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Clips have turned red on the timeline in 9c
I have been working on a fairly simple two camera shoot in SV Pro 9c. Last night, I duplicated the two video tracks, moved them to the top of the stack, and muted the original tracks. I then selected the two duplicated tracks, and created a multicamera track.
Today, a video clip on one of the original tracks is displaying as a bright red color on the time line. Similarly, some of the video on the multicamera track is a bright red. Previously, all video tracks showed image thumbnails on the timeline. Everything seems to play normally although I have not attempted any renders.
What is the bright red color indicating? Should I move this project back to Pro 8 before spending more time on it?
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I worked fine on 9.0a and 9.0b with only one ‘red episode’ in each, which was solved by a simple close and re-open. Then I upgraded to 9.0c, and I have this kind of thing often.
Usually a simple close-and-re-open will clear it, although if it keeps up, I may roll back to 9.0b, which was comparatively error-free.
I contacted Sony, and they told me to shut my Anti-Virus off. I told them it already was off, and they said the same thing again (turn your anti-virus off). I decided that since I had already reported the issue I should just press on, and if it does not resolve itself I will roll back to 9.0b.
I hope that helps someone.
Norman Willis
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Hmmmmmmm. There are some things you do not do. One of those is to turn the anti virus software off. There is, of course, also the fact the the anti virus software does not seem to have the ability to be shut off. It would be better to revert to release 8.
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Well, it’s off. In AVG, one just disables Resident Shield.
And I never go anywhere online with my desktop except hunting for .jpg’s on three websites, and uploading to three other websites. And I only answer emails from my laptop. I don’t even get email from anyone else.
It just crashed on render at 7%, and so I set Dynamic RAM Preview to 0. Now it is rendering at 35%. So we’ll see. But I sure wish I knew why it never uses more than 4GB RAM.
Norman Willis
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HI Norman,
And I never go anywhere online with my desktop except hunting for .jpg's on three websitesWould you recommend those webs? I really need sources of nice pics
Thank a lot !
Or Tal
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Hi Or.
Please try:
Photobucket
Wikipedia Commons (they want attribution, but otherwise free)
dvprofessionals.com
imageafter.com
movietools.infoAlso, you can Google, and select ‘Images.’ But then you need to check the website to make sure there is no copyright.
I hope that helps.
Norman Willis
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G’day Bob
I don’t know if this helps, but I had the same problem when I was using Vegas 7 until I got rid of the cheap tapes I was using in my Sony HDR-HC1E. Once I started using the high quality Sony tapes, the problem went away. -
If your comment was addressed to me, both cameras were using Sony Premium tape. I switched to Sony Premium several years ago when I learned that a camera should always use the same tape formulation.
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Turning Sony Vegas off and on will make the “red” track work in the mix…but it will not repair the real problem and the red track still won’t appear once you mix down the whole movie (I did have two red tracks in my movie and only one was mixing down).
I thought it sounded silly but I went in and turned off my firewall and THEN created the whole mix to a movie. It worked and all tracks mixed down as created!
Thanks for the tips.
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Yes, I have Red Frames in my 64 bit Vegas Pro 9.0c (build 895).
The red frames are with simple jpeg photos, no video issues to confuse the problem. Also Red Frames with images created using Vegas ‘Save snapshot to File…’.
Red Frames cause a black segment (no video content, just blank space) in rendered MPEG-2 files.
Sometimes loading image into Trimmer removes the Red Frame, but does not always remove black from rendered MPEG-2 file.
Turning off does not fix. Restart Vegas and the same Red Frame is there. Turn computer off, restart everything and same Red Frames…
No, I am not going to remove or disable my antivirus. What kind of a fix is that? Probably will end up with more problems elsewhere on my computer if I get a virus.
However, load project into 32 bit Vegas 9.0c (build 896) and there is no problem. Same computer, same everything else (drivers, CODECS, hardware, software, etc.). Actually, renders are faster using the 32 bit than with the 64 bit on a native 64 bit computer.
By the way I have HP HDX laptop, 2.0 Ghz quad duo processor, 4 meg RAM and 500 Gig disc 7200 RPM. I completely reinstalled windows and all HP software to clear any possibility of intereference from virus or rouge software that is not OEM. NVDIA graphics card. All came from HP basically stock except for blu-ray burner and disc size as custom features. And, besides HP OEM software, drivers, and etc. NOTHING else installed on computer except Vegas and DVD ARchitect. I keep all data off the laptop on an eSATA external drive (1TB 7200 RPM), but have copied files onto laptop hard drive to make sure that was not a problem (did not fix).
Me, I just use 32 bit Vegas 9.0c (build 896).
Have not seen red recently. Am I in for a suprise someday?
EJTorney
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It seems Sony Vegas and the whole support mechanism is getting worse as time goes by. Version 9.x (32 or 64) is a total piece of garbage when it comes to memory management. I have monitored it diligently in task manager – and if you actually watch the thing, it just keeps growing and growing and eating up memory even it if just sits there. The “canned” replies one get from Sony are about as helpful as a needle in the eye. Totally useless. I am now sitting in front of two time lines that are totally red. Restarted – shut down – restarted – totally useless – and neither the 32 or 64 bit versions seem to want to come back at all. – As far as turning off the AV etc… totally a canned reply from Sony. It is the most common reply one gets regardless of the issue. Useless! I can’t wait till NAB – I will then have a serious face to face with that division. It’s almost looking like Sony Vegas is becoming the “Toyota” of editing software. It’s a total memory “runaway” product since V9. – They really don’t listen or care about anything anymore it seems. But they will happily sell you a support package. – My guess is that there is some secret settings that need to be tweaked in preferences – but Sony has yet to document such things properly. Version 8 was soooooo much better.
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