Another question: to sublip, or NOT to subclip. That is the question.

[Ron Whitaker]

This may be a dumb question, but explain “add half of your media to the project.”

Right now I haven’t added any media to the project, as far as I know. All I’ve done is open a media file within the Trimmer window, then create subclips. Then I open another media file within the Trimmer, create subclips, etc.

Is that considered “adding media” to a project?

Maybe what I can do is have two instances of Vegas open, one with an old project open (if I can open one), then the other instance with a new, blank project. Then I can start dragging over subclips from the media bins one or two at a time.

Is that what you mean?

[John Rofrano]

[Ron Whitaker] “Right now I haven’t added any media to the project, as far as I know. All I’ve done is open a media file within the Trimmer window, then create subclips. Then I open another media file within the Trimmer, create subclips, etc.”

The media is considered part of the project once you import it into the media pool. So all of the media you imported and created subclass for is considered “in your project”. The fact that it’s not on the timeline has no bearing on this. Vegas is going to try and find all of the media that’s listed in your Project Media tab.

[Ron Whitaker] “Is that considered “adding media” to a project?”

Yes. Any variation of File | Import is importing media into your project and making it available to place on the timeline.

[Ron Whitaker] “Maybe what I can do is have two instances of Vegas open, one with an old project open (if I can open one), then the other instance with a new, blank project. Then I can start dragging over subclips from the media bins one or two at a time.”

I’m not sure that you can drag and drop subclass from one project to another but it’s worth a try.

[Ron Whitaker] “Is that what you mean?”

No. I meant create a new project, go to File | Import and import all of your footage. Save the project and close Vegas Pro. Open Vegas Pro and the project and see if it has any problem opening with all of the media in the media pool. if this works, then your media is fine and the problem is somewhere else (perhaps your original suspicion of having too many sub-clips).

~jr

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[Ron Whitaker]

John:

Here’s what I did:

1. I opened a new instance of Vegas
2. I did a File > Import > Media From Project.
3. Selected the .veg file
4. Clicked the Import Bins checkbox

Vegas imported all the bins from the .veg file I selected.

5. I saved the file as a new name.
6. I then opened the file

It hung at 81% and never budged.

[John Rofrano]

Ok, now try creating a new project, go to File | Import | Media… and import all of your raw footage. Save the project and close Vegas Pro. Open Vegas Pro and the project and see if it has any problem opening with all of the media in the media pool. if this works, then your media is fine and the problem could be a corrupt media bin structure.

~jr

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[Ron Whitaker]

Here’s what I did:

I opened a new instance of Vegas.

I selected File > Import > Media.

I selected all the media (video) files that I had been referencing while creating the subclips.

They came in fine.

I then saved the project out, then re-opened it.

It opened fine with no problems.

[John Rofrano]

[Ron Whitaker] “It opened fine with no problems.”

So it looks like the problem is not corrupt media since the media loads fine. That points to some other corruption in your original project. If the media bins are corrupt it may be what’s causing this problem. I would contact Sony and see if they can look at the .veg file for you and maybe spot what’s wrong.

~jr

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[Ron Whitaker]

Thanks for your help, John.

I opened a ticket with Sony last week regarding this. I heard back from a support rep, uploaded my system info as well as some of the .veg files.

I hope they are able to help!