can’t render project

[Johnny Laty]

intel core 2 duo cpu e8400 @ 3 ghz
8 gb ram
windows 7.

i will try to get the new sony vegas.

[Aaron Star]

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

Normally when you record your source material, you want to record at >10Mbs for HD .mp4 or in this case Windows Media. Like I said before WMV is just a Microsoft version of .mp4 with MS audio.

How you capturing your source media to edit?

“Is my footage not full hd?”

According to Media Info no:
Bit rate : 6 519 Kbps
Width : 1 440 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 23.976 fps

1440×1080 is considered HD but in a 4×3 aspect ratio matching older TV sets, the older square sets vs. typical HD 16×9 ratio. If all your footage looks stretched vertically, then changing the Pixel ratio can correct the footage to 16×9. The original HVD captured in 1440×1080 with a rectangular pixel, that later played back in a 16×9 ratio. True HD is 1920×1080 with a square pixel. Media Info is seeing the footage marked as 4×3.

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

Does it crash in the same place? Have you tried muting tracks and test rendering, maybe bypassing the effects or uncheck or disable the effects on the footage? Trying to determine where in the footage or effects the error is happening. Could be a corrupt spot in the media stream that vegas is not doing well with.

You could try using “Sony AVC” and a profile that matches your project. Also maybe try rendering a test to .avi DV Profile, in attempt to rule out a WMV issue.

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

The new Vegas will read the old file, but save to a new format that VP9 will not read. You can try the trial version of either Movie Studio , Vegas Pro, or Catalyst Edit. You will still be able to open the old version of VP9, just make sure to not save over your original file if you plan on going back.

[Steve Rhoden]

If you can then, upgrade to the new version of Vegas Pro.
Your files will still be able to open, but as Aaron mentioned,
do not save over the files if you planning on going back to Version 9.
Doubt you will have much of the issues you are having now.

Steve Rhoden (Cow Leader)
Film Maker & VFX Artist.
Owner of Filmex Creative Media.
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[Johnny Laty]

thank you. i upgraded and it worked. appreciate the help.

[Johnny Laty]

thank you. i upgraded and it worked. appreciate the help.