The only thing that isn’t working is my ability to render a project that’s using effects. After you instructed me to change the codecs with AviDemux, I did so and the clips imported fine into Vegas (with only a few glitches here and there – blotchy pixelated spots, etc). I can also render regular clips that don’t use any effects fine. I just can’t render any projects that use them, as in – when I go to render, nothing happens – the estimated time left and the elapsed time continue to grow while the percentage bar stays at zero and eventually I have to shut down Vegas, it freezes and I have to ctrl+alt+delete to shut it down.
I have tried using the regular templates that come with Sony AVC and WMV (both of the default templates) but none of them work.
The only other software I have installed is CuteFTP 8 Professional, Aimersoft DVD Ripper and FastStone Photo Resizer and none of these programs have ever caused an issue with SV.
Would you happen to have a program where I could share my screen with you and then you could let me know what the issue is by doing things yourself? Or is that not possible?
My personal email address, if you’d like it so we can communicate further (I’d appreciate it), is chelsea.volz@yahoo.com. You’ve always been such a great help to me here since I joined and I appreciate it all more than you know. I’m quite computer illiterate and I’m grateful that there are people like you available to help those of us who still have a passion for editing but aren’t quite as eloquent with all the technical aspects of computers just yet. 🙂 So thank you, regardless.