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Vegas Pro 12 Lag
Hello all!
For the past few months, I assume because of the release of Pro 13, Vegas Pro 12 has been a bit buggy for me.
Currently there is a 10 second lag whenever I do something on the timeline. For instance if I splice a picture or video (S), or even undo it (Crtl+Z), the program freezes and after 10 seconds the commands will be completed. I can still slide video and pictures around in real-time with no problems what-so-ever.
This normally doesn’t happen as the commands generally don’t lag on me and I haven’t done anything recently to my system. The last time this happened was when I was producing a 30 minute long film and that was way back in February. Since then, I’ve made like 3-4 videos without this issue but that’s probably because those projects didn’t have so many files in the project media bins.
Could this be a reason why?
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Update:
I left Vegas open and I come back 10 minutes later and the program crashed. It wasn’t playing anything back or doing any action, I just left the program open and it crashed for no reason.
This is really frustrating.
HP HPE-1020
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
EVGA GT640
8GB Ram
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Check the Windows Event Viewer for info on what caused the crash. When a system starts slowing down it is usually due to a lack of available system resources or RAM (I don’t think it’s a RAM issue here). Go into System Configuration and shut off everything except antivirus software (I’ve posted how to do that many times here).
There’s also a chance it is due to heat inside the computer. Open it up and blow the dust out. Make sure all fans are working.
Dave
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Thank you Dave. Because this is my first time using event viewer, I wasn’t able to immediately pin-point what exactly went wrong with my system; mostly because I didn’t check the time when the crashes occurred.
I’ll try to see what happens tomorrow when I have time to fully search for the problem.
I allowed Vegas to use 7GB of the 8GB I have for RAM but this problem still happened when I limited Vegas to just a mere 3GB. I’m looking to expand my Ram to 16GB but it might take a couple of months to acquire everything.
Like I mentioned earlier, this problem doesn’t happen when I have very few items on my timeline so this might be a RAM issue since my CPU isn’t really running (according to task manager) when these glitches happen.
HP HPE-1020
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
EVGA GT640
8GB Ram
1TB Hard Drive -
Bill,
I don’t think it’s a RAM issue. You’d have to have TONS of events in your project to cause a RAM issue. 8 gigs should suffice for most people.Do you know how to open the Windows System Configuration window? In the Windows ‘Run’ box type: msconfig
When the System Configuration window opens, click the ‘Startup’ tab. If you have many items with checkmarks, these programs are using system resources upon system start-up. UNCHECK them all EXCEPT your anti-virus software. Then reboot.Load up your current project and see if the lag disappears.
Please let me know.Dave
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Hello Dave,
Thank’s for you suggestion so I tried disabling all my startup programs (I don’t have antivirus [reckless I know,]) and the lag still happens. And I actually do have a lot of events on my timeline…they’re mostly HD jpegs, some GoPro 3 footage, and HD camcorder footage with a running time of 17 minutes.
I’m sure if I get 16GB of RAM, I won’t come across this issue because the lag only happens when I make videos using this many events.
HP HPE-1020
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
EVGA GT640
8GB Ram
1TB Hard Drive
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