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Options > Preferences > Internal > Memory needed by Vegas (MB).
People in this post on sony forum were very excited about the hidden INTERNAL tab, and “Memory needed by Vegas (MB).”
“Just to clarify, the tab labeled “Internal” is normally hidden. To see it hold down the Shift key while selecting Options>Preferences from the menu bar. This tab is hidden for a reason, so be careful. To quickly find the setting type “Memory” into the search box at the bottom of the window.” Image here.
Can anyone tell me what this memory adjustment is for, and if it’s something to be concerned with “getting right” ?
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It’s hidden for very good reason – you can truly hose Vegas here. The tab is called “Internal” because they are supposed to be internal to Sony engineers and support. Sometimes a Sony support engineer may direct a user to make an internal change.
I am only guessing – but I suspect that this is the setpoint where Vegas will refuse to run if there is not at least the minimum RAM set here. You can’t “force” a program to use more RAM than it needs.
Steve Mann
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Is this a situation where I should respect the advice of Kevin in TIME BANDITS:
“Mom! Dad! It’s evil! Don’t touch it!”
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Excuse me when I say I find this setting very interesting. As you probably remember, I have had serious issues with Vegas 12 “hitting the wall” as if the project just got too big. Would this setting give me a handle on that problem? My “big” project is still unfinished, for several reasons I won’t enumerate.
Vegas technical requirements state.. 500 MB hard-disk space for program installation, 4 GB RAM (8 GB recommended) If a user had only 4GB there would be a real issue if this setting were raised to 2GB or higher. Not enough RAM for the PC to run.
When you say “hidden for a good reason” I guess you are hinting that it could screw up Vegas to the point it wouldn’t function? So what? A new install? I eat new installs for breakfast.
I updated my RAM to 24GB, I see little harm in playing with that setting. I doubt it’s the magic bullet but we’ll see. I’ll let you know what happens. Fingers crossed.
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Yes, you can render Vegas useless with the wrong settings in the “internals” menu. I wouldn’t know about reinstalling since I only install Vegas once.
Changing the RAM settings in the internals menu only, I suspect, change the setpoint where Vegas will give an error on startup.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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I raised the “Memory Needed by Vegas” to 4096MB, just to see what would happen. Fortunately, not much.. At least it didn’t render Vegas 12 useless, it still starts and loads project just fine, except the “big” project I had hoped it would help me with. No dice on that one. The forum that Sam was referring to has many references to improved multicam editing performance, especially in preview function. I’ll leave my setting at 4096MB and run some projects this week to see what happens.
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As I said before, you can’t force any program to use more memory than it needs. I strongly suspect that this number is simply a set point to trigger an error message if you don’t have enough ram to run Vegas.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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I basically agree with your statement “you can’t force any program to use more memory than it needs”.
That is quite obvious. And likewise I can’t force Sony Creative to design a program that gives me more than 100 thumbnails and one that doesn’t have to constantly rebuild them as I scroll looking for a certain shot. This in spite of the fact that my system has ample RAM to store tens of thousands of thumbnails and hold them so they don’t have to be rebuilt.
I can’t force Vegas to use more RAM than it needs, but likewise, I can’t force it not to crash when I do a simple “cntl Z” undo.
The issues like thumbnail creation, undo functions, are issues that should be improved with additional RAM.. And now that RAM is so cheap that even the most challenged among us can afford 10 times more than we actually need, It would be nice if the software would take advantage of that extra storage and help iron out some of these bugs.
I’m not expecting this hidden function “shift /options /preference /memory that Vegas needs/… to give me new abilities that we weren’t promised when I installed SVP, I just want to it do what it’s supposed to do, do it efficiently, and without crashing.
I understand that people that don’t write code for a living shouldn’t be poking around in hidden internal, but sometimes I can’t see where I have anything to lose, and maybe a little to gain.
“I strongly suspect that this number is simply a set point to trigger an error message if you don’t have enough ram to run Vegas.” You are probably right. But do you ever wonder why no one has thought to even ask Sony what this number represents?
As always, I really do appreciate everyone’s suggestions and feedback. Without this forum I would have given up a long time ago.
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To test the assumption that “Memory needed by Vegas” is just a trigger to initiate an error message that your PC doesn’t have enough memory to operate Vegas, I set the number to 48,000 (default is 1,024). This should represent double my installed 24GB. No error message. The program opened and loaded my most recent project.
We are truly in unknown territory.
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I do have to agree with you here. Sony Vegas Pro 12 crashes about 5 – 10 times an hour. It is completely unacceptable that software is shipped out so untested that doing normal things (like clicking the play button, or opening a file) will lock Vegas up. I keep changing preferences, hoping to stumble upon the formular for getting this software to run smoothly. I feel like it’s 1992 again, when PCs crashed all day, and made for depressing work experiences.
If you do discover the magic solution in INTERNAL, please share.
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