Vegas 6.0 locks up after video capture

[Jerryjet]

best guess….it is likely something outside of Vegas that is being a trigger. It could be other software running, PC resources, or peripheral connection related, etc. The issue may appear during the end of capture as that is the point when most PC resources are used .

the process of capture uses ram, disk speed, VGA, overlay, bus speed … basically everything in a PC. If the PC has an issue, the issue will always show itself during capture or BC.

Is this a new PC?

jerry h

[Dennis.stewart]

Jerry, Yes..this is a brand new PC….It’s a P4, 3.? ghz Xeon dual processor, with 4 gb ram…..This problem also occured in my old PC as well….Thoughts?

[Jerryjet]

are you connecting from miniDV camera directly to PC 1394 port?

[Dennis.stewart]

yes .

[Jerryjet]

What drive do you capture to?
Do you have any drag and drop software installed like Roxio EZ CD.
any AntiVirus stuff running?

What was the same between your old set up and this set up?
Please Detail your set up?

Jerry h

[Dennis.stewart]

My old PC was a 1.7ghz dual processor with 2gb ram. It acted the same way as this one. I upgraded from Vegas 5.0b to 6.0, hoping that would solve the issue, but it didn’t. I don’t have any anti-virus running, our company filters most of that on the server before it gets to opur PCs..however, I do run Spybot from time to time. I use Nero to burn my DVDs and CD. When I capture, I use either a Sony MiniDV deck and a Sony DVD recorder thru fire wire, if I have to ….I’ll use a VHS connected by RCA….Every capture devise does the same thing…

[Jerryjet]

well.. The upgrade will not have solved the issue because the issue is somewhere else. The issues is going to be something similar in old set uo to new set up whether that be software related or device related.

I do not know for sure, but I have some suspicions.
I have seen several issues with Roxio, Nero, and all these burning apps that use drag and drop technology. The issue has been reported across multiple editing applications and appearseither at Capture or print because those tasks use most PC resources . The issue comes when you use direct drag and drop or you do not either finalize the disk. The issue is packet write technology used in what we call drag and drop. The .dlls used screw with capture librairies. If these programs are auto running in the background from PC boot sequence, this has a greater likelyhood of happening and causing problems which show up during Capture.

Bigger issues is once you have a disk burned with drag and drop applications, it loads this apps into the PC simply from inserting a disk that was burned with drag and drop. “drag and drop is OK for office PCs. it is horrible for the stability editing machines.

The problem is uninstalling it does not get rid of the Packet write technology and the only way to really clean the PC is a re-install of OS.

You might also want to look into what other applications you use. Example:
Adobe software, like Photoshop holds onto to system reosurces even once the application is closed until the PC is rebooted. IF a PC needs a lot, like you are seeing during capture, the system may crash because it does not have all it’s other resources available.

SO far you are actually quite lucky that your captures are retianing your media and crashing only when you close.

When you boot your PC what runs automatically or what is runnig in the background?

By any chance do you have a wireless keyboard or mouse? Hope this gets you in the right direction.

Actually where it might be a Vegas issue could be if you record vast amounts of clips at once. That gets into a combination of any NLE + ram.

Hope some of this helps.

jerry h

[Stephen Mann]

Have you tried another capture program, like Scenalyzer?