Using Batch Rendering in Sony Vegas Pro to Render Multiple Videos at Once

If you're editing video on Sony Vegas Pro and want to render multiple videos at once, this tutorial is for you. Currently, Sony Vegas Pro is simply known as Vegas Pro since Magix owns it, so this solution applies to all versions of the software, from 11 or 9 up to the latest version 14.

This isn't a new concept, but apparently, people don't know about it, and it's very useful for maintaining editing efficiency, especially when you're editing multiple "Let's Play" episodes at the same time. Instead of having to render each video separately, you can leave them going overnight without having to start and stop new renders. This can save a lot of time.

To achieve this, you have two options: either make all your episodes on the same timeline and space them out, or use highlighting bars to select individual episodes for rendering. If you choose the first option, what you would normally do is use the little handles to highlight episode one, tell it to render, then use those handles again to highlight episode two, and so on.

Using the highlighting bar method, you can drag along with the playhead to select your first episode but instead hit "R" or right-click and hit "Create Region". This creates a video region for it to use to define what is essentially a standalone video. Then, do this for each of your videos on your timeline, select them all, hit "R", give them names (such as "Let's Play episode one" or just "episode one"), and make sure they have enough space between them so the regions are separated.

Once you're done with selecting your episodes, save your project. Then go up to "Tools" > "Scripting". From there, choose "Batch Render". In this box, you will need to select a render preset; however, the render preset won't be available like it is in the normal render menu, so you'll need to have your render preset created ahead of time find it, change where you render to an appropriate thing and give it a title. After that, an underscore will be added to the name which represents whatever the render's called.

Make sure that underscore is there, try to keep your titles cohesive so you know what's what next to okay. The important part here is that you need to have "render regions" selected instead of "render selection" or project if you choose to do it this way; it will render each one of those videos separately as separate videos which is hugely useful when recording a Go game session and wanted to chop it up into multiple episodes.

Alternatively, if you've edited your project and have each episode in separate Sony Vegas projects, you can actually create another Sony Vegas project just for rendering. You drag those other veg Vegas files into the project media manager then drag them onto the timeline and do the same thing. Another reason you might want to do this is if you don't want to risk like your individual edits getting messed up or something like that; you only have one file that you're selecting still apply the regions.

To achieve all of these rendering processes, you need to make sure that you have your resolution and frame rate set to the same thing in both project settings. This will save a lot of time from having to render one episode then go back highlight the new one and render the next episode and so on. Unfortunately, you don't get any sort of pausing capability like Adobe Media encoder but it's still kind of nice.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enI have a tutorial here today for those of you editing video on Sony Vegas Pro this or not Sony Vegas Pro anymore now it's just Vegas Pro because magix owns it uh so this applies to pretty much all version of Vegas all the way back from like 11 or 9 maybe even all the way up to 14 which is the newest if you want to render more than one video at once not at the same time but like in sequence without having to start and stop new renders uh kind of like adobe's media encoder I have a solution for you and this isn't a New Concept but apparently people don't know it and for those of you still editing on Vegas this is pretty useful to to maintain your editing efficiency if you you know edit a bunch of let's play episodes at the same time you can then render them out and render them out all at once you know leave it going overnight without having to render out each video separately so you have a couple options for doing this either you've made your episodes all on the same timeline and just have them spaced out and then what you would normally do is just use the little handles to highlight episode one tell it to render then use them to highlight episode two tell them to render that and so on you can actually use those highlighting bars so drag on the with the playhead and select your first episode but instead hit r or rightclick and hit uh create region and this creates a video region for it to use to define what is essentially a standalone video then do this for each of your videos on your timeline select them all hit R give it a name cuz that will affect the render so say like you know such and such Let's Play episode one or just episode one something you'll know and do that for every episode on your timeline make sure they have enough space between them so the regions are separated once you're done save your project then go up to go up to tools scripting and then choose batch render now in this box you will need to select a render preset the render preset will not be you will not have the preset editor like you do in the normal render menu so you will need to have your your render preset created ahead of time find it uh change where you render to to an appropriate thing and give it a title preset now after that underscore it's going to add whatever the render's called so make sure that underscore is there try to keep your titles you know cohesive so you know what's what the big thing is next to okay you need to have render regions selected instead of render selection or project if you choose render regions it will render each one of those videos separately as separate videos which is hugely useful if you've recorded this Go game session and wanted to chop it up into multiple episodes alternatively if you've edited your project and have each episode in separate Sony Vegas projects you can actually create another Sony Vegas project as just your like render project and drag those other veg Vegas files into the project media manager then drag them onto the timeline and do the same thing uh another reason you might want to do this is if you don't want to risk like your individual edits getting messed up or something something like that then you only have one file that you're selecting still apply the regions and go to tools scripting batch render but this time you don't have a risk of like screwing up any of the uh the the the clips or the length of it or anything like that just make sure you have your resolution frame rate and so on set to the same thing in both project settings and then disable resample or whatever you need to do fairly straightforward this can save you a lot of time from having to render one episode then go back highlight the new one render the next episode and so on unfortunately you don't get any sort of pausing capability like Adobe Media encoder but it's still kind of nice hope this video was helpful for you if it was smash the like button get subscribed for more awesome Tech videos consider contributing to the project and channel over on patreon and I will see you in the next One OS box is a patreon supported production our videos would simply not be possible without the support and generosity of our patreon whom you can see on screen right now if you'd like to join the Inner Circle and get early access to videos among other things go to patreon.com Vox to learn moreI have a tutorial here today for those of you editing video on Sony Vegas Pro this or not Sony Vegas Pro anymore now it's just Vegas Pro because magix owns it uh so this applies to pretty much all version of Vegas all the way back from like 11 or 9 maybe even all the way up to 14 which is the newest if you want to render more than one video at once not at the same time but like in sequence without having to start and stop new renders uh kind of like adobe's media encoder I have a solution for you and this isn't a New Concept but apparently people don't know it and for those of you still editing on Vegas this is pretty useful to to maintain your editing efficiency if you you know edit a bunch of let's play episodes at the same time you can then render them out and render them out all at once you know leave it going overnight without having to render out each video separately so you have a couple options for doing this either you've made your episodes all on the same timeline and just have them spaced out and then what you would normally do is just use the little handles to highlight episode one tell it to render then use them to highlight episode two tell them to render that and so on you can actually use those highlighting bars so drag on the with the playhead and select your first episode but instead hit r or rightclick and hit uh create region and this creates a video region for it to use to define what is essentially a standalone video then do this for each of your videos on your timeline select them all hit R give it a name cuz that will affect the render so say like you know such and such Let's Play episode one or just episode one something you'll know and do that for every episode on your timeline make sure they have enough space between them so the regions are separated once you're done save your project then go up to go up to tools scripting and then choose batch render now in this box you will need to select a render preset the render preset will not be you will not have the preset editor like you do in the normal render menu so you will need to have your your render preset created ahead of time find it uh change where you render to to an appropriate thing and give it a title preset now after that underscore it's going to add whatever the render's called so make sure that underscore is there try to keep your titles you know cohesive so you know what's what the big thing is next to okay you need to have render regions selected instead of render selection or project if you choose render regions it will render each one of those videos separately as separate videos which is hugely useful if you've recorded this Go game session and wanted to chop it up into multiple episodes alternatively if you've edited your project and have each episode in separate Sony Vegas projects you can actually create another Sony Vegas project as just your like render project and drag those other veg Vegas files into the project media manager then drag them onto the timeline and do the same thing uh another reason you might want to do this is if you don't want to risk like your individual edits getting messed up or something something like that then you only have one file that you're selecting still apply the regions and go to tools scripting batch render but this time you don't have a risk of like screwing up any of the uh the the the clips or the length of it or anything like that just make sure you have your resolution frame rate and so on set to the same thing in both project settings and then disable resample or whatever you need to do fairly straightforward this can save you a lot of time from having to render one episode then go back highlight the new one render the next episode and so on unfortunately you don't get any sort of pausing capability like Adobe Media encoder but it's still kind of nice hope this video was helpful for you if it was smash the like button get subscribed for more awesome Tech videos consider contributing to the project and channel over on patreon and I will see you in the next One OS box is a patreon supported production our videos would simply not be possible without the support and generosity of our patreon whom you can see on screen right now if you'd like to join the Inner Circle and get early access to videos among other things go to patreon.com Vox to learn more\n"