Vegas Not A Stable Platform

[Rosh Kadri]

First i’d like to mention i do not work for sony.
For 8 years, vegas has edited everything i threw at it. It crashed 5% of the time over several years. But through constant updates, i found most of the problems resolved. Im cutting a feature film with it right now with 1 terrabyte of P2 clips. Not a hick up. I also still work with DV tapes from capture to output and no problems either. What version are you using? Im still in pro 8 and its running smooth. Maybe its not a vegas issue, maybe a corrupt file, disk or other factors. My system mirrors yours too, windows 7, 3.2 GHZ

[Stephen Mann]

Can’t help you here, except to hold the door for you.

Vegas has always worked perfectly for me here since Version 3. I can count the number of crashes on one hand, and if I discount those due to system issues (usually old drivers) or operator error, then I am left with … one. One crash in years that I couldn’t explain.

If your system is unstable for Vegas, you won’t be very happy with Premiere, either.

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

[Steven Talley]

If you want to troubleshoot the problem,
1 Update your Video and Audio drivers to the latest. You probably have done this.
2 Try the 32 bit version of Vegas if your running the 64 bit version. You never know!
3 Try a previous version of Vegas like 9b, c or d.
4 The last resort is to wipe the hard drive and start over. If it’s going to work this will be your best shot.
Good luck
Steve

[Norman Willis]

>>4 The last resort is to wipe the hard drive and start over. If it’s going to work this will be your best shot.

Now there’s a helpful suggestion.

If you’re that frustrated, why not just start with that? It seems like it would save a lot of time, in the long run. And then maybe you don’t have to buy anything.

Norman Willis
http://www.nazareneisrael.org

[Kevin Mccarthy]

I produce a nationaly syndiicated weekly TV show in HD and with a schedule like that I can’t afford crashes. That is why I have used Vegas since version 4..It DOES NOT crash!

There has to be something corrupt in your system. If you are using HD are you using the HD capture not the SD capture? What are you doing when it crashes?

Perhaps you need a more consumer oriented product. Sony Vegas is definately a pro system that works all the time.

[Ken Bennett]

Well, I guess I woke up a few people.

I’ve spent my sleepless night going over my Vegas situation and reading your feedback. Don’t get me wrong. I do like Vegas when it’s working. If many say they don’t get crashes and others say do all the time, and it’s the same software version, it really leaves only 2 possible causes: the computer system or a bad Vegas disk/or download file.

I first got Vegas Pro 8 (32bit-WIN XP) last year to start to learn it (very limited time), between all my normal editing on my “other” NLE. I didn’t have any crashes in my learning. I then got Pro 9 and went through 9.0a, 9.0b and 9.0c and upgraded to WIN 7 64-bit. I edited a 2-cam wedding ceremony using multicam with no crashes. Then I upgraded to 9.0e. At the same time I did some computer hardware changes. Removed 2 external SCSI RAID boxes, replaced with one new SATA RAID box and installed 2 new RocketRAID cards to handle internal and external RAIDs. Then I put Vegas Pro 9.0e into full production…. and the crashes started.

Not being a computer guru, I’m thinking it may be something to do with the new RAID controllers and my internal RAID; since that’s where all my video data is located. I am in the process of cleaning off and reformating the internal RAID drive. So maybe the idea of wiping it clean and starting over is the key. Since that’s what I’ll be doing anyway.

Now when you say “start over” do you mean recapturing everything again?

I’m glad some of you have stable systems. Just wish I could mirror your system and have the same stability so I can get back to the creative process of editing killer videos using Vegas. (I really don’t want to or have the time to start over learning yet another NLE).

Feedback always welcome.

Thanks all,

Ken Bennett
Video Adventures
Capturing Your Life’s Adventures!

[Norman Willis]

>>I first got Vegas Pro 8 (32bit-WIN XP) last year to start to learn it (very limited time), between all my normal editing on my “other” NLE. I didn’t have any crashes in my learning. I then got Pro 9 and went through 9.0a, 9.0b and 9.0c and upgraded to WIN 7 64-bit. I edited a 2-cam wedding ceremony using multicam with no crashes. Then I upgraded to 9.0e. At the same time I did some computer hardware changes. Removed 2 external SCSI RAID boxes, replaced with one new SATA RAID box and installed 2 new RocketRAID cards to handle internal and external RAIDs. Then I put Vegas Pro 9.0e into full production…. and the crashes started.

The concept is, if one has a hardware combination that was stable and worked, and one ‘upgrades’ (i.e., changes something) and now it no longer works, then go back to what worked.

Norman Willis
http://www.nazareneisrael.org

[Bradley Mowell]

It’s your system. Not that your system is BAD. It’s just that your system operates on a crippled platform – Windows!

Windows would be great if it NEVER were connected to the internet.

Mine isn’t. It runs awesome! My old, ‘malware ridden’ laptop? Not so much.

Start with a fresh install…and NEVER plug in that ethernet cord.

Not practical?

Personally, I think ‘practical’ is what WORKS and not what sits there repeatedly needing fixed.

[Kert]

I had freezes with 9e so I went back to 9d and the freezes stopped. JK

[Bob Peterson]

It seems Vegas worked fine until major hardware changes were made. Then it started crashing. That seems to scream hardware or driver problems. Stuff that Vegas does not control. That seems like the best place to start.