Sony Ate MY Critical Project File !!! WTF!!!

[Steve Rhoden]

Well all i can wish you is good luck…i know what you
are going thru…..You can also try opening it if there
is a problem, by right clicking on the project file and
select open with sony Vegas.

Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Creative Arts Director and Film Maker.
Project Samples at:
http://www.youtube.com/hentys

[Edward Troxel]

[Mike Kujbida] “Details & download location are in the Vegas 8 AutoSave Custom Command thread.”

Please note that the correct procedure to get the most current version of Auto Save is to simply install Excalibur. Auto Save is still free to use and will continue to work even if Excalibur expires. You can find the download link to Excalibur here:
https://www.jetdv.com/excalibur

Edward Troxel

[Andre Anthonio]

i’m on it, guys. more than “thanks”!

Andre Antonio
PHATeFX Panama

[Mike Kujbida]

Thanks for the info Edward.
I’ll keep it in mind the next time I recommend AutoSave.

[Danny Hays]

Just another tip, you can search your whole computer for veg or bak files by search, *.veg or *.bak. Did you try restoring your computer to the last known saved veg file with windows restore? Danny Hays

[Andre Anthonio]

thanks again for the input . i delivered the project although it may have been missing some details. then, i needed to get some rest. i’m back on my horse again. it’s almost 2:00 a.m. just want to say that i did NOT try restoring my computer to an earlier date. but, i’ll keep it in mind for the next time. i did, just now, though, right click the white .veg file but there was no option to open it. thanks super thanks again to all.

Andre Antonio
PHATeFX Panama

[Allen Zagel]

One other thought. Are you on XP? I don’t know about Vista but you can try a System Restore. Restore back to before the crash.

Use Excalibur but if you’re doing manual saves every x minutes. Don’t save over the last one. Do a Save-AS and give it incremental numbers or letters.

That way many saves to go back to.
Allen

ASX Media Group, Inc.
http://www.asxvideo.com
NEW DVD – Europe, Trains-n-Trams

[Edward Troxel]

NOTE: A new version of Auto Save has just been released. To get the new version, go to https://www.jetdv.com/excalibur and download and install Excalibur 6.0.6. The first fix solves a problem that could cause Vegas to lock up after a render. Here’s the fixes to Auto Save:

Fixed an issue where AutoSave would try to save while the “Render Complete” dialog was still visible.

Fixed an issue where AutoSave would prevent Vegas from releasing media when not the active application.

Edward Troxel