Vegas 12 problem opening veg file

[Stephen Mann]

I may have missed it in an earlier post, but just what did the error message say?

Also, another way to make sure your PC recognizes the RAM is to boot into the BIOS, look at your system resources that the board sees, then save the configuration. (You may have to change something then change it back to force a save).

I do know that with early versions of Windows, you always had to go through the BIOS to get Windows to recognize hardware changes. I just do it now out of habit.

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

[Larry Brewer]

The entire sad story is way back in the thread, but here is the error message.

“An error occurred while reading the file. Make sure you have read access to the file/folder and that it is not corrupted.”

I just tried uninstalling a re-installing Boris 7. No change.

I tried “hiding” the media by renaming the media folder and just letting it open with the media missing. No luck there either, it still fails at 68%.

[Stephen Mann]

The error is coming from Windows. A file could be locked by another program or you don’t have permission to open the file or you may not be the file owner. (Damned Windows security…) Or the file has moved (but Vegas usually catches that).

Again, let someone else open the veg file (minus the media). If it also fails at the same point, then the problem is in the veg file itself and cannot be fixed. Otherwise, right click on every piece of media in the project (not just the timeline – Vegas loads everything in the Project Media whether it’s used or not).

Here’s a possible fix – it can’t hurt to try – delete all .sfk and .sfl files. Vegas will recreate the as needed. If one of these is corrupt, you could see this error.

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

[Larry Brewer]

I am busy right now installing matching plugins on a sec PC to test that.

I will also try deleting the sfk and sfl files.

thanks!

[Larry Brewer]

I tried deleting the skf & skl files, no luck.

Haven’t got the right plugins on the 2nd PC I was attempting to use to test the file. Here’s a link to the veg. Could you see if you can open it?

5119_showedit102212.veg.zip

[Stephen Mann]

Good news – Bad news.
The veg file crashed here at exactly the same spot, so the bad news is that your veg file itself is the problem and can’t be fixed. The good news is that none of your media can be at fault.

I know that this is too little – too late, but when I have a sizable project, I make versions at milestones in the project using save-as instead of save.

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

[Larry Brewer]

Thank you for that effort. I will make sequential saves going forward. Can you elaborate on why the veg.bak also crashes at 68%? They are both exactly 3,940,352 bytes, and were saved 23 mins apart, 23 mins in which I did no editing on the project. What could cause both files to be corrupt in exactly the same way?

As I mentioned earlier in the thread, a crash had occurred a couple days earlier and that “restore” file brought back 90% of the project. Thank god for crashes!

And in the sessions before the final disaster, attempts to open the veg at several stages in the project had failed, but the veg.bak had always worked. At least until the day it didn’t.

I have a strange habit of clicking the SAVE icon twice when saving on the fly. Not sure why I do it other than “just to make sure” the project gets saved. Can that be a problem?

Thanks for your help and advice.

[Larry Brewer]

Nigel
Thank you for the suggestions, and sorry I hadn’t gotten back to you sooner. I recall thinking that I had.

Still working the issue, I recovered 90% of the edit with a restore file. A less stubborn person would have moved on.

I will seriously consider using your suggestion of editing in segments and nesting the veg files. As long as I have used vegas, a person would think I would be more familiar with nesting and the obvious benefits. This might be a real nice way to cut down on the load times, and the danger of having all the eggs in one basket.. so to speak. And this project would really be perfect for that approach due to the layout.

Thanks again!

Larry Brewer