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Why am I getting a “could not create media file” error while trying to render in Sony Vegas Pro 9?
I’m using a Windows 7 64-bit desktop PC, with Sony Vegas Pro 9 and QuickTime 7. The PC has 3 GB of RAM. I’m trying to render a 50 minute long video to a .mov file but keep getting the error: “An error occurred: could not create the media file”. I don’t know when the error occurs because I normally just leave the PC running and walk away because I know it’ll take a while. If I select a small portion of the video, it will easily render to a .mov file. It’s just when I try rendering it as a whole I get the error. Is there any way to fix this??
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Hope its Vegas 9.0e you have.
What is the video format you have on the time line? HD,HDV,AVCHD ??
And are they from a new breed of camera?Steve Rhoden
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Some are MPEG2 filmed on my Sony Handycam. Some are prerendered movs n some are movs from my iPhone.
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QuickTime rendering in Vegas requires twice (2x) the disk space. So depending one which QuickTime template you used, it will need enough disc space to create a 50 min temp file, and then the same amount of disk space again to copy the temp file to a MOV file. Most likely you are running out of disk space when it tries to copy to the second MOV file.
~jr
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OK…
Try renaming the folders you have those videos in and Clean
up your pc (i often use the free app called CCleaner).
And restart your computer and try again.
Make sure you have the latest version of Vegas 9 also.Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Film Maker
Filmex Creative Media.
1-876-832-4956
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That totally makes sense. But how do I correct the problem? Are there any low memory templates I could use instead that will give me the same results? I tried MPEG1 and MPEG2 but the custom window wouldn’t open. My specs on my current template are:
Width: 640
Height: 360
Frame Rate: 29.970000
Field Order: None
Pixel Aspect: 1.000
Video Format: MPEG-4 Video
Compressed Depth: 24 bpp color
Quality: High (100%)
Data Rate: Unconstrained
Key Every: 3 Frames
Audio: Uncompressed
Render Quality: Best
Optimization: Fast StartI’m shooting for a nice HQ widescreen video (the kind of widescreen that is YouTube widescreen). But your explanation makes sense… the video only displays the error after it has rendered the entire project. What other templates can I use?
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[Tyler Nickerson] “What other templates can I use?”
I see you’re trying to create a 640×360 MPEG4 video file. The Sony AVC encoder can do this for you. Use the Internet 640×360-30p template. It looks like this is exactly what you want.
Ultimately, you should get a bigger hard drive.
~jr
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Although I want a YouTube widescreen format, the video is going to be burned to a DVD. Would it still be clear on a TV?
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If you plan to play the DVD in a DVD player connected to a TV then it must be MPEG2 format. DVD players only understand MPEG2.
~jr
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But I’ve burned movs to DVD b4 n they worked fine. Why is that?
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[Tyler Nickerson] “But I’ve burned movs to DVD b4 n they worked fine. Why is that?”
If you are referring to a DVD formatted disk, the disc structure contains a VIDEO_TS folder and an AUDIO_TS folder. In the VIDEO_TS folder and a bunch of VOB files (Video Objects). These files are MPEG2 format because that’s the only format that the DVD spec supports. So your MOV files that you thought you were burning to DVD were actually being converted to MPEG2 by whatever program was burning them.
Check the DVD that you made and try and find the MOV file. It’s probably not there because it was converted to MPEG2 VOB files. It is possible that you have a special DVD player that will recognize MOV files, but normal DVD players cannot do this. I know some DVD players will recognize DIVX file burned directly to the disc but this is not part of the DVD format and these are not considered standard DVD’s.
~jr
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