can’t render project

[Steve Rhoden]

You sure haven’t given us much info to go on, for us to assist you.
And why in the world are you using and querring video joining software?
Forget about rendering in small segments, that’s a waste of time.

What specific errors are you talking about and whats the render settings
and format you are rendering out to? Whats the format of the video you
have on the timeline? etc, etc, things like that.

Have you tried rendering to another format or tried disabling your GPU, need
more to go on.

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[Bob Peterson]

If you need to render many small segments, simply bring the rendered segments back into Vegas, place them on the timeline, and render the whole. Use an appropriate intermediate file format for your segments.

It is not clear why you are not using Vegas to render the entire project. Are you encountering an error when you do that? If so, what is the error?

[Johnny Laty]

when try to render the whole thing i get a message that says:

an error occurred during the current operation.
an exception has occured

i even get that message when i’m just working on the project in one piece. i have to split the movie into a bunch of 5 or 10 segments to work on it. meaning i have to have a bunch of different sony vegas files to work on it.

render settings:

video mode: CBR
format: windows media video 9
image size: 1440 x 1080
(checkmarked) override default compression buffer (seconds): 8
video smoothness: 90

target bitrate
internet/LAN : 6.4 m

i’m rendering out to wmv
source video format is wmv.

i can’t render to any other format other then avi or wmv. the others are all poor quality or the just don’t render at all.

sony vegas 9 HD platinum edition usually crashes on me when i’m working on projects. i always have to divide them into smaller sections.

how do i disable my GPU? i looked online but there were no answers.

[Johnny Laty]

i have tried to bring the segments into sony vegas an rerendering them but i still get an error.

what is an appropriate intermediate file format for my segments?

i encounter an error if i have the whole project up in one timeline. i have to split the project into several 5 or 10 minute segments.

the error says:

an error occurred during the current operation.
an exception has occured

i have split up most projects i work on.

[Aaron Star]

Can you post the media info on your source media? – https://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo/Download

Then screenshot your project setup, and list any FX you are using on the media?

You can disable your GPU under Options > Preferences > Video, but you say you are on VP9. GPU was included in VP10, so there is no disable in VP9.

In a simplistic approach, use the match media icon on the Project Properties. Then Render As to a wmv profile that has an = next to the profile or matches the project properties. I would attempt rendering to an XDCAM profile, just to see if the render completes without fail.

If you need to render to .wmv vs .mp4, modifying a profile to make WMV render to 10Mbs or 20Mbs, or change to Quality VBR and the bitrate will be optimized for content. WMV is just VC-1 or VC-3, or in other words MP4 inside a WMV file. AVCHD could be considered VC-4. You could do the same process and render to .mp4 changing the profiles to roughly the same bit rates.

[Johnny Laty]

General
Complete name : C:\Users\johnny\Desktop\movie 2\dd 1080 B 3 (19th).wmv
Format : Windows Media
File size : 136 MiB
Duration : 2mn 48s
Overall bit rate mode : Constant
Overall bit rate : 6 765 Kbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 6 764 Kbps
Movie name : dd 4-27 a
Encoded date : UTC 2015-08-21 15:48:55.587
SfOriginalFPS : 239760

Video
ID : 2
Format : VC-1
Format profile : MP@HL
Codec ID : WMV3
Codec ID/Info : Windows Media Video 9
Codec ID/Hint : WMV3
Description of the codec : Windows Media Video 9 – Professional
Duration : 2mn 48s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 6 519 Kbps
Width : 1 440 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.175
Stream size : 131 MiB (96%)
Language : English (CA)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : WMA
Format version : Version 2
Codec ID : 161
Codec ID/Info : Windows Media Audio
Description of the codec : Windows Media Audio 9.2 – 192 kbps, 48 kHz, stereo (A/V) 1-pass CBR
Duration : 2mn 48s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 3.85 MiB (3%)
Language : English (CA)

i don’t have “match media” in my project properties.

i don’t have a XDCAM profile in “save as type” in “render as”

main concept mp4 only lets me do 640×480 and 320×240
fraunhofer AAC (mp4) only does sound.

[Johnny Laty]

i’m also using some muzzle flashes in parts of the movie.

[Aaron Star]

Its been a long while since I have seen the VP9 render as panel. Most codecs will allow you to go in and create custom render size, and save that setting as a new preset. If I remember right the XDCAM support was not to .mxf, but stored it in a .mp4 container. Can you post some screen shots of the render as window? VP9 according to wiki was the 1st version to fully support xdcam. Are you on the last build?

Based on the footage info you posted, make your project settings 1440 x 1080 @ 23.97FPS, square pixel aspect ratio. Then create or use an equivalent WMV profile that matches 1440×1080@23.97FPS, square pixel, and bitrate of >10mbs. You can also enable the Quality VBR mode, and WMV will auto determine the bitrate.

Your source material is only 6Mbs for a 1080 material, that is less than what YouTube runs at for HD content. Generally you want to be at double or quadruple the bitrate for editing.

[Bob Peterson]

I think I would upgrade to the latest Studio release. My impression is that Studio is relatively inexpensive to start with, and, therefore, is probably not terribly costly to upgrade. It is simply not worth all the time and effort you are spending to get an old system to work. I don’t have Studio, but you can probably use the latest version on a trial basis to see if it solves your problem.

BTW, what are your computer specifications in terms of Windows version, cpu, speed. memory, hard drive, and that sort of thing? I hope you are at least running Win 7.

Once you upgrade, if all else fails, you can get tech support from Sony.

[Johnny Laty]

yes i’m on the last build

“Generally you want to be at double or quadruple the bitrate for editing.”
what does that mean?

is my footage not full hd?

i tried to render in the settings you gave me but it still crashed.

if i upgrade to a new sony vegas will i still be able to open this project in it?