[Chelsea Volz]

I was actually beginning to think the same thing.
That its simply my computer…
I have a plan.
I’m going to attempt to purchase a new computer and also Sony Vegas 8.0 Pro. Now, I am still going to attempt all of the suggestions that John has given to me. One – because he took the time to really give me some awesome advice and Two – because I’d really love to save this video and not risk losing it in the process of changing all of it over. Which brings me to my next question: Is there any way to transfer all of my existing projects from one computer to another or from one version of vegas to another, that you know of?
Or would I lose everything I’ve been working on/everything that is completed?

The new computer would be a Sony VAIO® LT Series PC/TV All-in-One

Here are some specs:

Hard Drive

* Interface : Serial ATA

* Speed : 7200rpm

* Capacity : 1TB18 (500GB2x2)
Processor

* Front Side Bus Speed : 800MHz

* L2 Cache : 3MB

* Speed : 2.40GHz1

* Technology : Intel® Centrino® Duo Processor Technology

* Type : Intel® Core? 2 Duo Processor T8300
Memory

* Maximum : 4GB14

* Speed : 667MHz

* Type : DDR2

* Installed : 4GB14 PC2-5300 (2GBx2)
Graphics

* Chipset : Mobile Intel® PM965 Express Chipset

* Processor : NVIDIA® GeForce® 8400M GT GPU with Total Available Graphics Memory of 1535MB (max.)10

* TV Tuner : Yes – Internal (NTSC/ATSC Support)

* Video RAM : 256MB dedicated video RAM
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Would that be a good enough computer to successfully run and render projects like the one I’m having problems with? Or would this computer still cause issues with Sony Vegas?

[Chelsea Volz]

Thank you so incredibly much for all of your wonderful help. I appreciate your patience more than you know. I haven’t converted any of my files yet, but I am beginning to now. After they are all converted, though… How do I go about replacing the clips in my project? Do I just replace them in my project one by one? Or is there an easier, mass way to do so(like the way you showed me when I simply clicked on ‘Replace’)?

And also, what should I do about the generated media thats in the timeline?
I have quite a few solid black frames(no image) with audio playing beneath them and then at the beginning, I have the introduction as a black/text generated media frame.
Should/How I convert those?

And one more thing, I just opened Super C and this is the message I received: Free Disk(C) Required: 20 BG :: Found: 148 GB
Total Ram:: Required 512 MB :: Found 2,042 MB
Available RAM :: Required 176MB:: Found 504 MB
CPU Speed :: Required: 1800 MHz :: Found: 1399 MHz[PROBLEM]
Screen Size :: Required: 1024:768 :: Found: 1280:800
OS :: Required: Windows (R):: Found: Win Vista [PROBLEM]

Due to the detected problems, you may experience errors when encoding large input files, or when encoding to Ninetendo, WMV, H.264 or when rendering to a high VideoScaleSize larger than 768:576
They may also cause program instability, severe encoding slowness or an out-of-synch issue.

“OS Problem causes all kinds of errors with most output containers/codecs.
Could be due to a slow PC, very low available RAM or a Rebooting is required.

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Do you think I should still attempt to use this program?
o.O

[Chelsea Volz]

How do I check what settings my project is in? o.O

-Sorry if that’s a stupid question…

[Chelsea Volz]

Okay. So I just downloaded Super(C) and it’s asking me for all of this information I have no idea about.
#1. Select the Output Container (there are all sorts of options but I chose WMV, just let me know if that is wrong.)
#2. Select the Output Video Codec (Because I chose WMV, there are these options: MS – mpeg4 – v1, MS-mpeg4 – v2, WMV7, WMV8)
#3. Select the output Audio Codec (For question number 2, i answered WMV8, but I dunno… There are these options since I’ve chosen certain answers, I guess: ADPCM IMA, ADPCM MICROSOFT, mp3, wma)

Then there is a section that says: Internal Encoders are Auto-Selected to Complete This Operation. And “FFmpeg” is chosen out of the following options: FFmpeg, MEncoder, FFmpeg2theora, RealProducer

There is a Video Section with the following options:
Disable Video
Stream Copy
Video Scale Size with ratios ranging from 128:96 to 480:320 or no change.
Aspect Option with ratios ranging from 1:1 to 16:9
Frame/Sec with the options: 23.976, 29.97, 25, 30
Bitrate kbps Section with the options ranging from: 768 to 29,040.
Then there are Quality Options: Hi-Quality, Top Quality, Stretch It, 48K Audio…

Then there is an Audio Section with the following options: Disable Audio & Stream Copy.
Under Sampling Freq there are the following options: 22050, 44100, 32000, 48000
There is a Channels Option with 1 or 2 available.
Bitrate kbps option with: 32, 48, 64, 80, 96, 128, 160, 192.
DVD Language Select AudioStream Track # with options: default, and then 1-24.

Then there is an OutPut section that says:
Encode to File Format: WMV
Use Video Codec: WMV8, 384:288(4:3), 768 kbps, 25fps
Use Audio Codec: wma, Stereo, 64 kbps, 44100 Hz, AudioStream(default) selected

Then there is a final section that tells me to drop a valid multimedia file and it will try to play or encode.

And finally, it gives me the option to: Encode(Active Files)
Play(Active Files / Streams)
Play the last Rendered File
Player Options
and
Cancel All

[Chelsea Volz]

I’m not exactly sure, but I really appreciate all of your ideas. If there is a snag somewhere while doing this process, I will follow your next idea.
I’m not at all sure what NTSC DV or PAL DV are, but it seems to be working without that knowledge…
This approach is definitely working. I’ve been able to get it almost 33% of the way rendered using this process.
Is there something I can do to fix the WMV files because I have ALOT of DIFFERENT clips in this video and rendering all of these one by one would take a MILLION years, not to mention all of the space that it would consume because I would need to have a seperate render for each clip…
If I must do it this way, then of course, I will.
Just let me know, please. 😀

[Chelsea Volz]

When you say “the video that is the source of the first event and render it to a DV AVI file.”, you mean the the entirety of the WMV video, not just the small clip I manipulated, correct?
Because the very first event that is in my timeline is just text from the Generated Media with my logo, etc.
Anywho… I’ve began rendering the original video clip I used, the first actual piece of media/video in the project. I will follow the rest of the steps as I understand them. I will come right back to let you know if it has worked and if it doesn’t, I will ask you the other questions…
I’m only wondering because I’ve used these same clips in other projects that I’ve been able to render.

P.S. – When I go to Render > Type, I don’t have the option of DV – AVI, I only have a .avi (media for windows) option. I’m not sure if that is the same thing…

[Chelsea Volz]

I have 2038 MB of RAM. My operating system in Windows Vista Home Premium – 32 bit. And my processor is an Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5250 @ 1.50GHz – Not sure if you need any of that … I was planning on purchasing 1GB more of memory. Would that help?
The majority of the video clips in the timeline are WMV… I wasn’t even aware some of the clips were Quicktime. But I will redownload the latest versions of both Quicktime and Windows Media Player.

And yes, I have attempted to render the video in AVI, WMV and Quicktime formats, but they all crash.
How do I determine which format is causing the problem? What do you mean/How would I render some of the source files to a different format and replace them in the media pool? Do you mean re-download the clips and replace them in the timeline? Or just render the entire video in a different format? Or sections of the video?
I’m sorry for all the questions, I’m pretty much helpless when it comes to all of this technical stuff… But I can learn quick! So please don’t be discouraged to help…

[Chelsea Volz]

So. I approaced every angle possible while dealing with this rendering issue. Just for some information, I did download this version off of the internet. I never purchased the product. I know that that is illegal, but now I’m beginning to think that that is the reason for my rendering malfunctions. I know that that admition can lead to serious repercussions but my main priority is being able to save and render my project.

I’m going to start with the first technique I used:

When I tried to render the video in a MPEG-2 File, the render froze
at a random percentage and then there was an error message that read: “The Application has generated an exception that could not be handled.
Proccess ID = 0x1718(5912)
Thread ID = 0xa7c(2588)”
There were two options. “(1)Click OK to terminate the application” or “(2)Click cancel to debug the application.” I chose number 2.

Then I attempted to save the file in an avi format and the render froze at 3% but the time kept growing. I closed Sony Vegas using the Task Manager.

I restarted my computer and decided to go in an uninstall and delete all of the big files on my computer(The Sims games, mostly). I then tried to render it as a WMV and I got an error message that said “An error occurred while creting the media file. The system is low on memory. You may be able to reduce memory usuage by closing other applications.” However, I had no other programs running at the time. So I restarted my computer.

I went back into my computer and deleted every file, document, etc. that I no longer needed. I tried to render the video into two serperate parts in WMV format, but the render froze at 56% during the first part.

Then I tried to render it in Quicktime format and it produced an error message that read: “An error occured during the current operation. An exception has occured.” I tried to view the details, but it said that there were none available.

Then I tried to render it in WMV format again and it produced the same error message. It was very extensive and it said that: “An error occured during the current operation. An exception has occured.” When I clicked on details, there was a very long description that I saved and will post as soon as I’m back on my computer(I’m at school right now).

Here are a few specs about my Sony Vegas program:
Sony Vegas 7.0
7.0e (Build 2.16)

I’m not sure if that means anything.

Now, if anyone knows what all of this means it would be greatly appreciated. And I have two questions.
One: Is it possible for me to save my project as it is in Sony Vegas on an external harddrive and then upload it onto Final Cut and save it that way? Or will it not work? Will I have to render it first in order to do that?

Two: Do you think it would help the situation if I went out and purchased Sony Vegas 8 and someone got the files onto it from Sony Vegas 7. I’m not sure if you can transfer projects like that (like – I would be able to install Sony Vegas 8 and open the project from Sony Vegas 7 and work on it in 8) and then I could delete 7?

Help?

[Chelsea Volz]

The final use is for the web, although at some point when I change everything to Final Cut, I will need to put it on a disc.
The full length is about 3 minutes.

[Chelsea Volz]

The only reason I am not doing it on his computer is because he JUST got it a few weeks ago and I have none of my clips/progress on his computer. While, I have started my other projects on his, this one was very important to me.
Thank you very much. I will try what you suggested.
So I should just attempt to render the file in an AVI format instead of WMV?