I m a complete total Vegas beginner : Why did Vegas make my .MOV files unreadable?

[Nigel O’neill]

Remy

Vegas, like all editing programs, is non-destructive to the source media. Is your system fairly old or is your hard disk aging/failing?

What anti-virus program are you using? Perhaps it is treating the .mov as a possible threat and is attempting to ‘clean’ the file when you access it, and in doing so, is corrupting it.

BTW, the .sfk and .sfl are proxy files that Vegas uses:

Audio Peaks (*.sfk): These small files are created by Vegas Pro software when a media file is opened for the first time. This file stores the information regarding the graphic display of the waveform. This file is stored in the directory that the media file resides in and has a .sfk extension. These files may be deleted at any time; however, if they are deleted, Vegas Pro will redraw the graphics, creating a new .sfk file. So it is recommended that .sfk files be deleted when projects are deleted.

Media Markers (*.sfl): These files are metadata files that store information about media markers. Media markers are created in Trimmer. If the selected file type cannot save the markers internally, Vegas Pro will save the metadata to an external file with an .sfl extension (using the same base name as the media file). Be careful when deleting these files, because Vegas Pro does not re-create them automatically! Delete .sfl files only when deleting projects.

Audio Proxy (*.sfap0): Audio Proxy files are created for nested projects. When a nested project is imported, Vegas Pro will render a temporary file with the .sfap0 extension that contains the audio from a nested project. To avoid building proxy files, delete audio from nested projects and use the master project to create your audio.

Project Backup (*.veg.bak): When a project is saved, .veg.bak files are created in the project folder to allow a return to the project’s last-saved state. These files may be deleted at any time; however it is recommended that they be deleted when a project is deleted.

You can safely delete .sfk and .sfl files. Vegas will regenrate them.

My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10e (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6

[Dave Haynie]

In fact, Vegas won’t allow you to overwrite any file that’s actually in your project… I ran into this the other day.

It sure sounds like Quicktime is messed on this PC. Try re-installing it, see what happens.

-Dave