Windows 8 and VP12

[Mark Thompson]

Hi,
that’s what I did and it does work. There’s some question as to whether SVP12 is supported in Win8 but you would need to check the Sony Web to confirm that.
I had trouble with the nVidea driver. I upgraded Win7 to Win8 and the graphics was broken 🙁 . So if you are upgrading to Win8 go to the vendor for whatever graphics card you have and upgrade to the latest driver.

Before the very latest nVidea driver SVP12 crashed frequently. Turning the accelerator off helped enormously – to the point that I’ve had no crashes since. I got brave enough to enable the accelerator again. It did work on projects that have not crashed before but still crashes on a project that did crash (i.e. a crash must leave a project damaged).

With the accelerator disabled SVP12 and Win8 feels like a robust pairing.
mark

[Steve Rhoden]

For serious Pros, i wouldnt recommend upgrading your major
editing sytems to Windows 8 just yet. WAIT until the dust
have settled, kinks straiten out and drivers properly updated
and finalized. We all know the complications these things can bring.

Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Film Editor & Compositor.
Filmex Creative Media.
1-876-832-4956

[John Rofrano]

Vegas Pro 12.0 doesn’t officially support Windows 8 yet. I’ve been testing our VASST plug-ins and while they work once they are licensed, the trials don’t work so Windows 8 must have changed their security mode yet again. We are looking into fixing this now.

Personally, I use a lot of software and I wouldn’t upgrade to any new OS until more than 80% of the software I use is certified to work with it. If you’re just a hobbyist I guess it doesn’t matter.

I can tell you from the short time that I’ve used Windows 8 for testing our software that there is no reason for anyone that doesn’t have a touch screen PC to upgrade because everything is 10x harder to do because it’s designed for a touch screen.

And if you think you’ll just use the Desktop App… think again! The Desktop has NO WAY to launch applications because there is no Start Menu. Microsoft expects you to go back out the Metro interface to start a new desktop app just to throw you back to the desktop. Duh! That’s the most ridiculous design I’ve ever seen.

Windows 8 is incredibly hard and cumbersome to use with just a mouse and no touch. You’ve been warned.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Steve Rhoden]

I’ve often wonder why does some companies design something
so good and streamlined, then at the next level of upgrade,
they throw all of that thru the window and create something
more cumbersome and less fluid.Why do they do these things.

Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Film Editor & Compositor.
Filmex Creative Media.
1-876-832-4956

[Phil Seymour]

So you can camp outside the shop and be first in the door at midnight to buy the latest offering. What a thrill!!

Windows 7 Pro64, 16GB RAM, SSD boot drive, GTX 570 Graphics, Vegas Pro 11 and VP10 just in case

[Steve Rhoden]

LOL…
I wonder if its gonna be the same nightmare that occurred several
years ago when Vista came out after a rock solid Windows XP
Service Pack 3.

Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Film Editor & Compositor.
Filmex Creative Media.
1-876-832-4956

[Stephen Mann]

Steve, every other version of Windows sucks. Win 98 was pretty good, only to be screwed up in Win 98SE. Windows ME sucked, XP saved their butt, Vista sucked even worse, Windows 7 to the rescue. And MS expects us to buy windows 8 with their history? If I owned Windows stock, I would be selling it now.

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

[Steve Rhoden]

You are so correct Stephen.
So, just like how Vista didnt get my money, its a
possibility Windows 8 will not get it either.

It wasnt time yet for a Windows 8, Windows 7 was
to be improved upon (Taken to a higher level as
an upgrade).

Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Film Editor & Compositor.
Filmex Creative Media.
1-876-832-4956

[John Rofrano]

[Stephen Mann] ” And MS expects us to buy windows 8 with their history? If I owned Windows stock, I would be selling it now.”

Yea, I think Microsoft is about to learn that “one size” does NOT fit all. I don’t want my desktop to look like a phone. Especially since their new interface is almost impossible to use without touch gestures and 99% of all PC’s don’t have touch screens. Microsoft should have rolled this out in two releases allowing a fully Windows 7 experience while introducing Metro for those who want it, instead of force fitting Metro on everyone whether it’s appropriate for their workflow or not.

By contrast, Apple supports full gestures in OS X with their track pad and I interact with my MacBook Pro the same way I interact with my iPad, while there is absolutely no gesture support in Windows 8 for non-touch devices.

[Steve Rhoden] “It wasnt time yet for a Windows 8, Windows 7 was to be improved upon (Taken to a higher level as an upgrade).”

Part of the problem is they made the Windows 7 experience WORSE. They are demanding that you use their Metro interface by removing any way to launch applications from the desktop. That gives people less choice, not more, and is a downgrade IMHO. I was very disappointed when I saw this. Why make things harder to use?

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Mark Barton]

I think the decision was based on the tablet market bringing in much more money than the PC market. Tablets are useful, but they are not a computer replacement yet. Unfortunately the money in the market will dictate where the resources are placed. If this trend continues, then it may mean that desktops as we know them today will increase in price as the mainstream volume decreases due to tablets. I hope I am wrong on this though!