well, if i knew it was because of a specific wording, title name, or something in the tag (perhaps) then i could try to follow suit. when i looked at my YT stats for discovery, a huge % came from 'related videos'. ive noticed that sometimes my vid will be surrounded completely by Machinima vids, where mine is the only non-Machinima related one.

i think this might be the reason i got those crazy views. this vid is from a few days back. like that vid, i also have the words "japanese" "marathon" (perk) and "fail" in my tags or description.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjfE-3iFeUo
32-4 tinkerbell Grid ak74u

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kExqndT3EXo
51-6 commentary (just my ADD thought process basically) Villa Stoner63 w/yellowbar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivtzbKGE49c
30-2 commentary "Dear Nuketown" FFA AK47

Have nothing else running. you prob already do this, but I'll put it here anyway.

Defrag. Wont make a huge difference, but wont hurt, esp if you haven't done it in a while.

Your amount of RAM is low. Your processor isn't that old, so some additional RAM could help, & it should be fairly cheap. Could get a couple Gig sticks or somethin.

Does your computer have 2 HDDs? If you do, you could have Vegas/Source file on main drive © & render to another (D/whatever)
That'll help some.

What are the available options when recording w/ the HDPVR? Just M2TS?

Also, if you take a screenshot of your task manager that might be helpful too...
Example
(Hit Control/Alt/Delete)

Lastly, If you could send a Raw 1-2 Min file to me, to use the exact file you are, for most accurate results, that'd be good. I can play w/ & read up on diff rendering settings & let ya know my findings.

That's all I can think of ATM, but I feel as if I'm missing something... I'll update if something else comes to mind.

um i have 3 options to record w/the HDPVR. in basic terms its PS3/XBoX/something else.
ps3=m2ts (i can upload these raw to YT, which i do for all straight footage-only vids)
xbox=mp4 iirc (would it make more sense to record in mp4, then edit, and render to mp4 so no conversion is taking place?)
other = ? not sure. (maybe AVCHD or something?) seemed like something i dont use or havent heard much of but ill get back to u

ill look up this stuff a bit too on Google, but in case i dont get there just yet, is installing RAM an easy thing? i *did* happen to install my graphics card, and it wasnt hard, so i guess that gives me a little confidence.

my task bar is basically like this:
100% Sony Vegas

lol?

edit:
Pentium D 3Ghz dual core. RAM 1G Gateway XP japanese OS

Installing memory is easy, & it's relatively cheap. Installing a video card is prob slightly harder as you have to remove a screw or latch... ^_-
Probably a good option if you wanna squeeze some more life out of this guy. (Though CPU Speed is still paramount, as ya know)
the hard part is determining what exactly to get. If your gateway came w/ just one stick it won't be in dual channel mode, so that will create a bottleneck. It this is the case, it'd be better to simply scrap the current memory in there & place the new mem in there standalone. But we'll see if & when we get there.

For the taskbar thing, I mean just to take a screenshot of it so I can see what all is running. You can use "Print Screen" then paste into paint. Just seeing what else is running would be helpful. Or if you don't wanna be bothered w/ it tell me how many processes are running.

Lol.. I'm finding I'm needing to relearn stuff.

Also Disable resample on your clips before rendering- Will help quality & most likely reduce rendering times.

After looking around, I have found some useful info worth trying, for Vegas.

If you haven't already, make sure your Project Properties match your Rendering settings. If you don't, Vegas has to resize the vid twice, resulting in more work.
When rendering, use the "Good" Setting rather than "Best." Apparently using best makes the render take much longer with no quality increase; it's only really needed when using still images that have been resized. I'll definitely check this myself, so I'll report back!

Under the memory tab check "Channels"
It will either say single or dual.

If you do decide to get more memory, the mainboard tab will say what chipset your motherboard uses, telling us what memory will work.

the only thing is, now that im looking back on some of my vids, they dont seem to be very clear! i mean, lots of pixelization and shit. even on my first mw2 commentary, which was 13.5mb/s and rendered at top quality.. it doesnt seem that clear of a picture to me. lol. i dunno.

but anyways, thanks for checking all this stuff out. dont feel obligated to help, seriously. u can just say "i dunno" and i will understand.

i looked at my PC (kept all the tech stickers on) and it says:
GX7010J Gateway
Intel 945G Chipset
Intel Pentium D dual core @3Mhz each
1 GB RAM
Dual Channel Memory DDR2
320GB SATA HDD

should i still run the program u listed? (im thinking yes)

While your at it you can change Field Order & Deinterlace Method to "None", as they are the right settings for you. Lastly, you can check "Start all projects w/ these settings" so you don't have to bother w/ it again.

OK, I think that's everything for now.

after playing some more games against J-players, i cant stand that i am still lagging with my shots.
on my screen, i may be ADS waiting for a guy to come around the corner. since im crouched, ADS, and ready to fire, i shoot several rounds into him first but he still kills me. that still could boil down to him aiming perfectly and me missing. fine i can understand that. but when i see my killcam and it shows that i fired only once (instead of 3 times) and that my shots are a good 5 feet off target, that makes me go into rage. there is something going on here. i dont know if this is caused by:

a. me being host, and not being able to handle everyone so i still lag -or-
b. having crippling input lag from my tv

if its (a), then its just another thing to get frustrated over, but nothing i can do.
if its (b), then i would like to fix it!

k now on to a whole 'nuther demon. so my HDTV obviously has input lag. how much, i cant exactly be sure unless i go out and buy rockband2 and do all that testing. but by the looks of things, its probably safe to assume that it is affecting gameplay (ie losing 1v1 battles head on, even when i had the superior position/angle or was shooting first vs J-players). i mean, it literally happens every time i look at my kill kim. so i am willing to buy a converter to remedy the problem.

EDIT: finally found a concrete answer. AVS forum shows my TV to have 50ms lag... which is pretty shit!

been trying to research up on this, but its very hard for me to find answers since everyone has a different TV and situation. cant really look to my TVs manual for help, since its in japanese... (asking wife to help would not work, since she would just say "i have no idea what this technical shit means". lol). i remember trying to get the exact info right before i bought it, even emailed Sony, but never got a satisfactory answer from them or the net.
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i tried to buy a VGA-Component wire, connecting from the output of my hdpvr to the vga port on my tv. didnt work. or maybe i just have no idea what settings i need to change to GET that to work.

this is from a similar model (us, not J model) for my tv. im confused if that means i could use ALL those video possibilities through the VGA port? i guess it confuses me as to why its called a *VGA* port if it can do VGA, SVGA, XGA, WXGA, and HDTV through the VGA port....!
http://esupport.sony.com/docs/imanual/NA/EN/2b-1/connectpc_uc.html

of course, if somewhere in ur wisdom, u discover that my VGA port (D-sub 15pin) CANNOT handle more than 480p, then i will give up and call it quits for this mission.

this seems perfect:
http://www.amazon.com/LinkSty....&sr=1-1
Ypbpr in (coming from HDPVR)
VGA out (going to TVs VGA)

TBH, im getting completely confused by all the INs and OUTs lingo!!
so i want PVR (out) connected to VGA [TV] (in) right?
so this product has (in) which is accepting the (out) from the PVR?
and it has (out) which is taking one end of the VGA cord and going (in) to my TV??

seriously. i hate computer lingo sometimes.

do u mean, max is 2GB?
are u implying that i can get any (big) name chip(s) as long is its DDR2? is the 667 important? or PC2-5300?

also, this is probably hard to answer, but what is ur estimate to the actual (speed) improvement rate? i mean, are we talking like 5% only? (in which case, just shaving a few minutes off rendering times). or are we talking 20-25%, in which case it would be kinda sexier.