Sony Vegas compatible with Windows 7 64 bit?

[Mike Kujbida]

[Chad Tyson] “they recommend a processor rated at 2.8 for running HDV AVCHD. call me an idiot, but that clearly says to me that my HP with an i7 intel that’s rated @ 1.60 won’t handle my HD clips..right????”

That number refers to the older machines (think Pentium 4 days)
Trust me when I say that your i7 more than meets the minimum requirements.

[John Rofrano]

…but that clearly says to me that my HP with an i7 intel that’s rated @ 1.60 won’t handle my HD clips..right????

I would be very interested to know if 1.6 Ghz i7 processors can handle HD. I’m guessing they won’t but I’d love to be proven wrong. Please let us know what your experiences are.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Steve Bowie]

Team:

When I loaded Vegas 7 / Media Manager 2.2 I received a “compatibility SQL Server with this ver of Windows error” …no solutions on line.

If I finalize loading anyway it does not allow me to import .mts files into Windows Live Movie Maker…WLMM freezes and closes.

Upon reverting back to an earlier restore point, WLMM is fine with .mts file playback.

Is Vegas 7 not compatible with Win 7/64?

My son just purchased a Toshiba i7 core maxed out and he is understandably livid 🙂 Any help is greatly appreciated.

[John Rofrano]

Is Vegas 7 not compatible with Win 7/64?

No it’s not supported. Vegas 7 is a Windows XP application. The current version of Vegas which supports Windows 7 is Vegas Pro 9.0. Version 8.0 supports Windows Vista and earlier and Vegas 7 only supports Windows XP and earlier. The problem you encountered is actually that Microsoft’s own SQL server that the Media Manager uses is incompatible with Windows 7 so this is an issue introduced by Microsoft and not Sony.

My son just purchased a Toshiba i7 core maxed out and he is understandably livid 🙂 Any help is greatly appreciated.

Tell your son that he has nothing to be mad at. It is temporally impossible for older software to support newer operating systems that weren’t invented yet at the time of their release. He should always plan for software upgrades when upgrading his OS.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Steve Bowie]

Thanks John, it was what I suspected and mostly my fault in not knowing what he was running for apps. We just new we needed a much faster computer for his video editing needs. I appreciate your expertise and we have a trial version of Vegas 9 in use and all is well.

Regards!
Steve

[Bruce Quayle]

Hi Chad,
I am trying to decide if the HP Pavilion DV8t quad will work for me on location. I’m shooting on a EX1r and will need to edit in HD.
What HP machine do you have, and have you solved your issues yet?
Your experience and insight would be very useful.
Many thanks,

Bruce Quayle

[Tad Hetu]

I had to up grade to vegas version 9 to have compatibility with win 7. the version 8.x just never ran correctly and froze

[Ibrahim Mehmet]

Yes John thanks for that

I have had a nightmare trying to run Vegas 9.0d 32 bit on my 64 bit win 7 machine.

I finally realised and loaded 9.0e 64 bit NOT 32 bit as i did initially and now seems things are getting back to normal however my project transitioned from 8.0c 32 bit to 9.0e 64 bit and suffered some loss with standard video (720X576 pal) that I had on the timeline along with full HD footage. What happened with some of this SD footage is that on import Vegas does not see video stream so I only get audio which is totally useless.

I complained to sony in a big way and waiting for response. Thanks to the forum I sorted it out.

cheers

[John Rofrano]

What happened with some of this SD footage is that on import Vegas does not see video stream so I only get audio which is totally useless.

What codec do those video files use? If you are using Vegas 64-bit, then you will need a 64-bit version of that codec installed on your system. Otherwise use Vegas 32-bit for that project.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Ibrahim Mehmet]

Thanks John, will do

Cheers mate