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Serious Question – Is Build 563 Ready for Prime Time?
I never jump on new builds or revision upgrades because they can cause unwanted headaches. We all want the latest and greatest but many times when an upgrade comes out, “they” break something that was working fine before. Reading some of the posts about this upgrade I’m worried that it’s not ready for “prime time” use.
So, is build 563 a clean upgrade or are there new injected problems?
BTW, I waited 6 months before upgrading to V12 from V11.
Thanks.
Ken Bennett
Video Adventures
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I have found V12 to be very stable compared to V11, but have had to copy tracks, markers and events of my finished projects to V11 just to render, as I was seeing strange artifacts in the V12 output. It adds about 5 minutes to my workflow to do this, but that 5 minutes is nothing compared to the constant crashing and time wasted of V11.
Sony’s testing and quality control is not like it used to be. I have seriously contemplated using Adobe editing software, but the cost to migrate is quite prohibitive, plus the reason I moved to Vegas was because Premiere used to be as unstable as a flea on a dog. Vegas was rock solid in V8, 9 and 10, and then along came V11… freezes and crashes galore. V12 is definitely a vast improvement, but still has issues unfortunately.
There are those on this forum who have not had any issues with V11 and V12, but they are quite selective about their hardware and video cards and have no issues as a result. As a semi-professional hobbyist, my budget does not quite stretch as far, hence the issues, I guess. The money I make is enough to cover my software, hardware and camera purchases 🙂
My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 12 (x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6
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After a few issues, my V12 has been running “fairly” stable. Still get about 1 crash a day though. And Sony never responds. I do have Premiere Pro 5.5 and have to learn it if Sony doesn’t get their act back together. Love Vegas when it is working.
Ken Bennett
Video Adventures
Capturing Your Life’s Adventures! -
Only 1 crash a day? That’s pretty decent, plus Vegas’ crash recovery is very good IMHO. In V11 it was a life saver. The crashes were annoying at times, but the recovery was excellent 🙂
I find it strange that Sony has not responded. All my logged calls with Sony support through my account have been attended to, albeit slowly. They do try and fob me off now and again, but I persist and refuse to let them close the issue until the problem is resolved.
My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 12 (x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6
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the only issue I have with the excellent 563 build is that from time to time the plugin “Film Effects” from NewBlue (v130227) crashes for some random reason I don’t understand, I tried different GPUs, CPUs, whatever, I think it’s just buggy. So no complains about 1st party issues, Pro 12 v563 is a solid build.
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