Sony Vegas Pro 12.770 freezes when I import a previously rendered .mp4 file

[Stephen Mann]

Any feedback from Sony yet? What’s your current status?

Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com

[Cedric Divang]

Better late than ever. Looks like the problem has been fixed with the latest release of Sony Vegas Pro 13 (build 373) :

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2.0 What’s New
Notable fixes/changes in version 13.0 (build 373)

* Fixed a bug that could cause Vegas Pro to crash when using File > Import > Import Media from Project.
* Fixed a bug that could cause Vegas Pro to hang when playing some H.264 MP4 video files.
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So far, I have only tested a few videos that were freezing, they seem to work fine now.

[Cedric Divang]

Hello, just to say that actually the problem has not been fixed. It’s still present in the latest Vegas Pro 13 (build 453) 🙁

[Danny Hays]

Hello guys. I tried dropping it into Vegas 12 build (367) and it works perfect. It even plays with preview set to best full, not seeing every frame but totally usable. This is on a Sony I7 laptop. The media tab shows the file is 25 FPS. I did import it into a new instance of Vegas and when I dragged to the timeline I clicked yes to match project settings to file.But,, when I use Gspot to analyze the file, it shows it’s 50 FPS. Not sure why that is.

[Danny Hays]

Just tried the file with Sony Vegas 13 Build (290) and it locks up.

[Cedric Divang]

Danny Hays, thanks for your input !

I hope they fix this very annoying bug one day :-((( It’s not as if I had used weird encoding parameters so I think that quite a lot of people who use Main Concept have the same problem …

Even when I render the video using the latest Sony Vegas 13 (build 453), and try to load it, it hangs.

What’s weird is that the video was created using Sony Vegas, yet Sony Vegas can’t read it. I hope I can get my hands on the older version SVP12 build 367. Thanks again Danny !

EDIT : The video that I attached to my first message doesn’t lock up on Sony Vegas 13 (build 453). But another one, that I will upload in a minute, does.
EDIT 2 : it locks up on Sony Vegas Pro 12 build 770 too.

[Cedric Divang]

Here’s the video that locks up Sony Vegas Pro 13 build 453 (it’s the latest version) and probably all previous versions :
https://www.lehit.com/temp/ThisVideoLocksUpSVP13build453.zip

It was created with Sony Vegas Pro 13 build 453 but when I load it, it locks up.

It was rendered with these parameters :

CODEC :

Main Concept AVC/AAC (*.mp4)

VIDEO :

Include Video : CHECKED
Codec : Main Concept
Frame Size : 1440×1080
Allow Source to Adjust Frame Size : UNCHECKED
Profile : High
Frame rate : 25,000 (PAL)
Allow Source to Adjust Frame Rate : UNCHECKED
Field Order : Upper Field First
Pixel Ratio : 1,333
Number of Reference Frames : 2
Use Deblocking Filter : CHECKED
Variable Bit Rate :
> 2 Pass : CHECKED
> Maximum Bps : 20 000 000
> Average Bps : 10 000 000
Number of slices : 4 (default)
Encode Mode : Render using CPU Only
Enable Progressive download : CHECKED

AUDIO :

Include Audio : CHECKED
Sample rate : 44 100
Bit rate : 128 000

MEDIA INFO :

[Cedric Divang]

hope it gets fixed

[Jay Thompson]

So I came across your posts .. and I am having the same issues … anyone find a way to fix this?

I just received the raw footage from my skydiving adventure and now I can not edit it .. just keeps locking up as soon as I import the footage.

Adobe reads it find … but I don’t want to learn how to use after effects .. blah ……