auto save function in vegas

[Graham Bernard]

I use Edward Troxel’s AutoSave utility to do this. It also saves in various locations too. Very reassuring.

Grazie

[Jeff Schroeder]

read this post… https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/24/934071

Type auto in the filter results box (or something like that)
Be very careful!

Windows 7 64-bit, ASUS P6X58D, i7 960 3.20GHz, 24.0GB DDR3, 12TB connected storage

[Larry Brewer]

I found the solution, I think.

Options / shift preferences / internal / search autosave / change 300,000 ms (5 min) to some smaller figure. like 60,000 ms.

[Jeff Schroeder]

Bingo! I wouldn’t go much lower that say 30 seconds. I think that would be pushing it. ! minute is good. Are you having crashes?

Windows 7 64-bit, ASUS P6X58D, i7 960 3.20GHz, 24.0GB DDR3, 12TB connected storage

[Larry Brewer]

I am using Vegas 11 and you are asking me if I’m having crashes?

Yep, I’m having crashes. Any solutions?

[Jeff Schroeder]

Well, I’m using 11 on 2 systems and I’m not crashing. I glad I’m not crashing, but it’s all you ever hear around here. I guess my workflow is simpler than most. I use 3 AVCHD tracks for multi-cam, then add intros, music, trailers, commercials, LT’s and occasional bug in the corner, for a 1/2 hour show.

I don’t do email or web browsing on my production machine, just Vegas, photoshop and a few utilities. I always run the updates on my test machine first for a couple of weeks to see how they will do. The test machine has Vegas, Photoshop, AE, Office software, email, and a bunch of junk. It also shares most of the storage on the other one. I guess if Vegas runs well in that environment it will run well on my ‘isolated’ machine.

I’ve been quite happy doing it this way.

Jeff

Windows 7 64-bit, ASUS P6X58D, i7 960 3.20GHz, 24.0GB DDR3, 12TB connected storage

[Larry Brewer]

I’m very happy to hear your systems are running stable. I have a few more programs installed, and multitasking is not un-common. Having said that, my past systems were also pretty loaded but Vegas crashing wasn’t a problem back then.

For the record, the crashes happen at different times for different reasons. Sometimes when splitting a clip, when dragging a clip, when importing a clip, when extending the length of a clip.

For trouble shooting purposes I use task manager to shut down unused processes, but no luck.

Are you using Vegas 11 64 bit?

Are you running Windows 7 64 bit?

My projects have a wide variety of clip formats… avi, wmv, HDV, mov and mpgs. The problem might very well be an issue with a certain format. HDV, by itself has always run very well.

I have began to use external hard drives without the usual USB enclosures, instead using USB3 docking stations. This might be problematic, but hard to say.

Thank you for your feed back. It is encouraging to hear good reports, I’ll keep trying different things til I find whats causing the issues.

quad core i7, 12GB ram, SSD system drive SSD program drive, Blackmagic HD extreme video capture card. 4TB raid 0.

[Jeff Schroeder]

Yes i’m using Windows 7 64-bit, and Vegas Pro 64 bit. I’m not using avi, wmv, HDV, but occasionally .mov (h.264) and mpg. I use a USB3 docking station every day. No-Blackmagic, but I have an esata 9TB raid 5. I do not use the Sony multiicam.

Jeff

Windows 7 64-bit, ASUS P6X58D, i7 960 3.20GHz, 24.0GB DDR3, 12TB connected storage

[Nigel O’neill]

Jeff, do you run a dual monitor setup?

[Jeff Schroeder]

Nigel,

Yes, I have 4 monitors on my desktop. 2 for each computer. I don’t think I could edit with less screeange.

Jeff

Windows 7 64-bit, ASUS P6X58D, i7 960 3.20GHz, 24.0GB DDR3, 12TB connected storage