Video frustrations

[ManFromGlass]

As Logic is a bit behind the curve with being able to edit video I end up using Lumafusion on the ipad and then bringing it in to Logic for the final video/audio marriage. The process is a bit clunky but Lumafusion has turned out to be more than capable. I looked at Resolve and it looks great but I didn’t want to learn the hardcore language of editors. I may have to check out Reaper at some point.

[Drew Stephenson]

I use shotcut for the actual video editing then move it into Reaper for the audio side.

[shufflebeat]

I've done some editing in Resolve and found it to be quite unintuitive. Everything works but nothing is where you expect it to be, which is most likely down to my own incongruous workflow coming from an audio perspective. Maybe if I had to deal with an regular video issues it would have made more sense.

It was very impressive and got the job done but I was really not using any more features than are already available in Lumafusion on the iPad. The problem with LF was file storage and handling on my half-full device, otherwise I'd have used that exclusively.

Reaper is the way to go if your vid is instructional rather than beautiful.

[sonics]

Returning to the OP about video in Cubase.
My experience with Cubase 8 was that I had to convert some videos to a new format to have then scrub/play smoothly.
If you're using Cubase 9, I believe it has a new video engine and the method I used may no longer be relevant. ISTR people still having video issues with Cubase 9/10, though.

It was to do with H264 handling, specifically of P-frames and B-frames. I had to transcode video to use I-frames only, then playback was perfect and I could get on with the scoring job (a 40-minute dance piece BTW).
Frame rates and/or audio can be converted at the same time, if required.

Current Cubase video support information can be found HERE.

[RichardT]

Returning to the OP about video in Cubase.
My experience with Cubase 8 was that I had to convert some videos to a new format to have then scrub/play smoothly.
If you're using Cubase 9, I believe it has a new video engine and the method I used may no longer be relevant. ISTR people still having video issues with Cubase 9/10, though.

It was to do with H264 handling, specifically of P-frames and B-frames. I had to transcode video to use I-frames only, then playback was perfect and I could get on with the scoring job (a 40-minute dance piece BTW).
Frame rates and/or audio can be converted at the same time, if required.

Current Cubase video support information can be found HERE.

Thanks - that could be very helpful.

[MarkOne]

As I have the full Adobe CC suite for business reasons, I have really got in to Premier CC for my video editing needs.

I do find the node based workflow in Resolve a bit mysterious, and Premier's plug-in ethos is very much in line with a DAW workflow.

It's not cheap though!

[Drew Stephenson]

Premier Elements is affordable and very capable though and Hugh, at least I think it was him, managed to find a link to a buy it standalone last time we discussed this.

[resistorman]

I've been using Vegas since its inception and have found it to be very intuitive for a DAW user. I was getting "light" version updates from Magix, but now their low-end software has abandoned it for a dumbed down piece of junk and Vegas has gone subscription. Guess I'll use it as long as I can and then bite the bullet and learn Resolve.