David Bilodeau
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I have several open support tickets with Sony about Vegas 12. Since early November when they last responded to my ticket about GPU acceleration being completly broken, they have become totally silent and non- responsive to repeated requests for updates.
This says, to me, that they are covered up in complaints and heads down scrambling to fix, or that because Sony is overall sinking….like Panasonic is…two iconic brands in trouble…that they have just stopped working on it. Not sure which, but either way I sure wish they would clean up the train wreck of an upgrade they call Vegas 12 Pro. I have been with them since Vegas 4 and this one is by far the most unstable and disappointing release.
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I imported P2 files which were copied for me from the P2 card to a USB drive, folder structure intact.
The files import fine – video and audio – but playback and especially rendering full HD is a train wreck.
Interlacing is so bad that pans and tilts are very jumpy and blurry.
My el-cheapo JVC and Sony prosumer cams are flawless.
Anyone have any suggested settings changes to fix this? I’ve tampered with Upper and Lower Field order (makes an individual frame, which otherwise is badly interlaced, look ok but the final product is still terrible).
I tried to post this question a moment ago and the forum seemed to kick it out. Sorry if this is duplicate.
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See next message; unintended duplication.
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I’ve just installed Windows 8 in a dual-boot configuration on my PC, having the luxury to do so.
Vegas Pro 12 build 394, 64-bit, crashes on playback as on Windows 7 with one big difference:
Windows 8/Vegas detected and intercepted the crash and I was able to submit detailed crash information about what the PC was doing at the time, and what Vegas was doing, so hopefully that will provide Sony with more information about what they need to do to fix this big bug!
Turning off GPU Acceleration still resolves the trouble, for now.
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Vegas is supposed to support the GTX series of cards and does, but what I am finding more and more as I test this issue is that with multiple takes in the timeline, Vegas 12 has a big problem rendering on the fly for playback.
Turns out, with GPU Acceleration enabled, a single take in the timeline (from a project already completed), can playback up to Best-Full without an issue. As soon as you load up the whole project with all the takes and try to playback, even with Preview-Draft, if you “touch” the timeline, Vegas hangs and has to be killed.
AND, I just installed the latest NVIDIA GTX beta driver released 3 days ago, so that didn’t help a bit.
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I still have the open case with Sony software support but expect the holiday has slowed them down even further. Will keep this thread updated as developments warrant. Also enlisted one of their training development partners to try and get a response. Actually, their lack of further response to the details tells me they very likely recognize there is a problem and they do not have an answer as of yet. That has been their pattern over the years.
Meanwhile, just read a disturbing article that both Panasonic and Sony have had their debt ratings cut to “junk” status…seems these venerable, iconic brands are really struggling in this tough economy. First the Hostess Twinkie…what’s next?
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One further update for today….
With GPU Accel enabled, and threads reduced to 3 (I have quad core 64-bit CPU), I can playback in Preview (Auto) mode with GPU Accel enabled and get nearly consistent 29.970 frame rate, if I start at a point in the timeline and just let playback go.
However, if I start jumping around in the timeline between chapters to look at different sections, Vegas UI hangs while audio continues even with those settings and I have to kill the process.
With GPU Accel disabled, no matter the playback setting and whether I jump around, no playback or UI hanging problems.
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Installed the latest beta NVIDIA drivers and still, with GPU Acceleration selected in Vegas 12 Pro, playback, and eventually Vegas entirely, hangs (though audio playback continues, the entire Vegas screen freezes.
So far the only workaround is to disable GPU acceleration, which is a pity because it definitely improved playback performance overall.
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Oh….they’re BETA drivers:
NVIDIA have released a GeForce 310.54 beta driver for it’s graphics cards.
I’ll see if I can get ’em and try ’em.
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Thank you for the tip! I did an online/automated driver check just this morning and it did not notify me of the availability of this NVIDIA “driver of the month” version.
The scan tool I just ran also shows me this, so it looks like they have branched the driver updates for newer cards.
NVIDIA Driver Downloads
Product
Current
Installed DriverLatest Driver
UpdateGeForce GTX 460
306.97
Your PC currently has the latest driver installed for your GPU. No driver update is necessary at this time.