Steve,
You are one of the lucky if you haven’t experienced Vegas crashing. I have used Vegas since 4.0 and use to love this app. But since 7 and HDV it seems to be getting more unstable.
I rendered some 1440 x 1080 p clips in 9.0c and the clips were full of some weird artifacts that looked like interlacing. Tech support charged me $29.00 for the support call and after a week replied “canot replicate the problem.” I switched to version 8.0 and with the exact settings the render came out fine…but version 8 would not capture. So I had to capture in 9 and edit in 8. Every single time I edit I spend hours trying to fix “technical” issues when I should be focused on creativity. Vegas crashes every single time I edit.
Sony HVR-V1U, Sony FX1, Canon XH-A1, Red Rock Micro 2, Dell i7 (8gb memory) Project settings 1440 x 1080 p, shot at 24p.
Chris
https://www.dogbytefilms.net