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Vegas 10 program bug
Used Vegas 10 on my i7-2600 8GB RAM desktop for several weeks. In the last two weeks, Vegas has been aborting saying that memory low.
But, I have been loading projects of smaller sizes. For example, I loaded a project of just 250 MB. Task manager tells me that Vegas is using 270 MB.
Then, I try to render it and suddenly usage shoots up to 840 MB. In the past, I have loaded projects of 1 GB and it worked. It’s getting worse.
I have been closing other applications. Even reinstalled Vegas. What’s gone wrong?
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and this is occurring in both the 32 bit and 64 bit versions of Vegas? Are you using the pro version?
Whenever I get low memory errors, I chuck my edit into Vegas x64. Problem solved.
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My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10 (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6
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Definitely a Vegas bug.
Spent many hours testing and observing. Not a hardware issue. I7-2600 and 8GB should be enough for my modest needs. Not the OS – Windows 7 64-bit.
Vegas 10 (32-bit)crashes when it exceeds +800MB. It should be possible to plan your rendering around this limit.
The real problem is that Vegas uses memory erratically. Sometimes, memory use by Vegas surges. Even small projects abort when this happens. For example, a project may be churning along at 600MB when usage suddenly spikes to +800MB.
Cannot recommend this software until Sony has stabilized Vegas. Cannot be trusted for critical use (for money or for grades).
Has anyone else had this problem? Does the pro or Version 11 have this problem?
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I just used Vegas pro for a multi cam edit with filters and effects without issue.
Have you reported the problem to Sony? unless you report it, they cannot fix it!
Have you used any other editing packages? I have used products from avid, adobe and pinnacle, which all let me down in the render phase. Vegas has yet to fail me, and I would have done about 50 projects.
My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10 (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6
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“Definitely a Vegas bug.”
The fact that hundreds, perhaps thousands of Vegas users do not have this problem pretty much negates your statement. A bug has to be repeatable and predictable. If you can outline the steps needed to reproduce the “bug” *and* any other user can duplicate the problem, then you have a bug that can be fixed.
Low Memory is a WINDOWS issue. Search the forum for “low memory”.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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Dear Stephen,
I specifically said that it should be possible to work around a low memory ceiling. The real problem is that the amount of memory specifically used by Vegas 10 can surge suddenly (and without apparent cause).
My prelimary conclusion is based on hours of tesing and observation. Nigel doesn’t use Vegas 10. I presume you don’t either. So, thanks for your contribution.
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“I specifically said that it should be possible to work around a low memory ceiling. The real problem is that the amount of memory specifically used by Vegas 10 can surge suddenly (and without apparent cause).
My prelimary conclusion is based on hours of tesing and observation. Nigel doesn’t use Vegas 10. I presume you don’t either. So, thanks for your contribution.”
Nigel’s signature specifically says, “Vegas 10”.
But that’s beside the point. Have you read any of the dozens of posts regarding “Low Memory”?
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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Yes!
None of which deals with stability. I have had aborted renderings from as low as 250MB project.
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What you are saying is that you have made up your mind – so why ask for help here?
You apparently do not understand memory utilization in Windows programs or you would not confuse “stability” with memory usage. The two are completely unrelated.
If you are receiving “Low Memory” warnings, they are coming from WINDOWS. Not from the running programs.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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I`ve had very serious problems trying to master my 90`documentary.
I get crashes in Vegas 10d everytime I try to open the project and increase timeline area to edit it. The project has Cineform (Neoscene or Neo) + Sony MXF(35mbits/s)+JPEG photo codecs. Vegas 9e doesn`show this behavior so frequently, but stops render randomly along the process.
With both versions I can`t render the full project. There are always a failure.
I thought, based in other`s opinions, that was the system I`m using – Windows 7 Professional (64bits), Intel dual core 2 – 3Gz processor, Intel motherboard, 6GB RAM – that was not enough, despite attendind the minimum system requirements of both Sony Vegas and Cineform.
But the same kind o problems happened lately with much powerful systems I tried, with 8GZ RAM,Phenon 4 cores processor etc.
My (and that from people that tried to help me with their systems) conclusion is that Vegas Pro 9 and mainly Pro 10d are very buggy and not appropriated to professional use, at least with long form projects. -
Dear Stephen,
Windows is only the messenger. The issue is how Vegas uses memory. Why is memory use not linear and consistent?
Windows closes down Vegas when the program exceeds its allotted memory. Why does the program use so much memory?
The standard line is to upgrade your OS. software and RAM. But, this is the brute force approach. You don’t know what is going on. You just hope that more of everything fixes the problem.
Apparently, it doesn’t fix the problem for everyone.
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