[Hayley Gommersall]

Hey John,

This is the computer I was using before with vegas 10 pro:

Processor
Intel® Boxed Core2™Duo E8400 Processor – 3.00GHz Dual Core, Socket 775, 6MB, 1333MHz FSB,45nm, x64

Chipset
GIGABYTE® “S Series” N650SLI MCP Chipset – Socket LGA775 @ FSB1333 – For Celeron™D, Pentium®DC & Core™2 & Quad Core 2x PCI-E 16x SLI Ready Slots, 2 x PCI, 2 x PCI-E, 4 x DDR2- 800(Dual), 4 x SATA2 RAID, 1 x ATA100, 8 x USB 2.0, Gigabit LAN Durability Series – All Solid Capacitors, 8ch Audio, ATX

Memory
X2 Transcend® JetRam™ High-Performance 2GB DDR2-800 240-Pin Module : CL5, 4-Layer PC Board,

Graphics
Gigabyte® NVIDIA® GeForce 8600GT, 512MB 128Bit GDDR2, Dual DVI, HDTV, DirectX10, OpenGL, Dual RAMDACS, SLI Ready, Silent Pipe II

and I had no issues with vegas 10.
Also i was running XP which never used all my memory. I also looked at the mismatched memory and will change that, cos I remember this being told my when I first bought my first desktop.

The I3 processor is that not better than the Duo Core that i had.
Unfortunately I am on a tighter budget this time a round.

Hayley Gommersall
From Topline Promedia http://www.toplinepromedia.com
A media company focused on filming, editing, DVD Resource Development and Web Design.

[Hayley Gommersall]

Hi John thanks for your response, what i have come up with my computer guy is going to take my laptop and build me a new desktop, like a swop which is great so i will be getting this:
Processor
Intel Core i3 2120 Processor 3.3 Ghz,
3MB Cache
Memory
6GB DDR3 1333Mhz (16GB Max)
Configuration 4GB + 2GB
2 x DIMM slot
Hard Drive
1TB SATA II
Optical Drive
DVDRW Supermulti
Software
Operating System: Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64
Display
Monitor Not Included
Graphics
Intel Integrated HD 2000 Graphics
Input Devices
USB Keyboard and Mouse Included
Networking
Network Interface: 10/100/1000 LAN
Dimensions
Width 375 mm
Depth 180 mm
Height 360 mm
Interfaces
1 set 5.1 channel Audio jacks (3 jacks)
1 x PS/2 keyboard port
6 x USB 2.0 ports
1 x RJ45 LAN port
1 x VGA port
Expansion
1 x PCI-e x 16 slot (Free)
2 x PCI-e x 1 Slot (Free)
4 x Sata II ports (2 free)

and then just adding in my firewire card.

So i think that is a good deal as it is difficult to sell a laptop without taking a huge loss.

So pleased about
this. Just want to get back to editing again.

Thanks John also great advice

Hayley Gommersall
From Topline Promedia http://www.toplinepromedia.com
A media company focused on filming, editing, DVD Resource Development and Web Design.

[Hayley Gommersall]

Hey guys I have a similar problem. I moved from South Africa to the Uk and when I got here I bought my laptop in a hurry and only I knew it did not have fire-wire but had read that you can get a 4 pin fire-wire to usb cable which will work well i just tried it with my SONY HVR AE1 hooked it up to capture the footage i had taken and realised that sony vegas cant see the camera and windows does not pick up camera is connected.

So I am lost for options really. I might just try and sell my laptop at a huge loss and use money to rebuild a desktop.

Also my laptop does not have an exspress slot so was looking to see if you get an exspress card with usb to connect to laptop but i am sure as i have tired fire-wire to usb and no results.

Do you have any other options for me. would really appreciate it

Hayley Gommersall
FlyontheWall Productions http://www.flyproductions.co.za
A media company focused on filming, editing, DVD Resource Development and Web Design.

[Hayley Gommersall]

Well I went to into a istore today and they said that boot camp would be better than parellel as it would be better to have more processing power with only one operating system on at a time.

I just need to check how vegas acts on mac on windows 7

Hayley Gommersall
FlyontheWall Productions http://www.flyproductions.co.za
A media company focused on filming, editing, DVD Resource Development and Web Design.

[Hayley Gommersall]

Thank you Stephan for your response i have lowered it quite a lot and seems to be ok, thanks for replying.

Hayley Gommersall
FlyontheWall Productions http://www.flyproductions.co.za
A media company focused on filming, editing, DVD Resource Development and Web Design.

[Hayley Gommersall]

Hi John, thanks for your response always, when i had a look at your specs my computer is way ok, I was so confused, then i heard something which got me thinking.

The church I go to I have also trained them on vegas and they have just upgraded to pro 10 also, they were having a download issue which was sorted out. They phoned sony SA and the technician asked them what anti virus software they were using, they said AVG.

So I decided to remove AVG from my desktop and vegas works 100% i have just finished a multi-camera project with no hassles.

I noticed that AVG has lots running in the background and takes up lots of process space, it had at least 10 things running when i looked in Task Manager under Processes.

I really hope this information helps others who i have noticed have had similar, “Not Reponding”, and other hanging problems.

I just dont have an anti-virus on my desktop know so need to look into that.

I have Free Avira on my laptop and i have vegas 7 on it and have had no hassles so might give that a try, do you recommend ay free antivirus programmes

Hayley Gommersall
FlyontheWall Productions http://www.flyproductions.co.za
A media company focused on filming, editing, DVD Resource Development and Web Design.

[Hayley Gommersall]

I am currently running vegas pro 10 just upgraded from vegas 7, a big jump i see, not just in the look and feel but also my computer is feeling the extra processing power needed to run pro 10. It seems when i am in vegas pro 10 working on a project if i move away and open a folder or media player vegas stops responding and i have to go to task manager to close it down .
Desktop Specs

Pentium®DC & Core™2 & Quad Core 2x PCI-E 16x SLI Ready Slots, 2 x PCI, 2 x PCI-E, 4 x DDR2-
800(Dual), 4 x SATA2 RAID, 1 x ATA100, 8 x USB 2.0, Gigabit LAN Durability Series – All Solid
Capacitors, 8ch Audio, ATX

– Gigabyte® Triton 180 Chassis – Black – Aluminum Bevel – 5 x 5.25″ & 5 x 3.5″ Bays – 1x Rear & 1x
Front 120mm Fans, No PSU

– Transcend® JetRam™ High-Performance 2GB DDR2-800 240-Pin Module : CL5, 4-Layer PC Board,
Life-Time Warranty

– LITEON® DVD LightScribe Super All-Write SATA, 20x+R/-R, 8x +R/-R DL, 8x +RW, 6x -RW, 12x –
RAM, 16x DVD, 48xCDR, 24x RW, White & Black

-Seagate® Barracuda™ 7200.11 Series – 750GB Serial ATA II (SATA2) Plus – Serial ATA 300 (3Gbps)With 32MB Cache @ 7200RPM – NCQ

-Seagate® Barracuda™ 7200.10 Series – 250GB Serial ATA II (SATA2) Plus – Serial ATA 300 (3Gbps)With 16MB Cache @ 7200RPM – NCQ

– Gigabyte® NVIDIA® GeForce 8600GT, 512MB 128Bit GDDR2, Dual DVI, HDTV, DirectX10, OpenGL,
Dual RAMDACS, SLI Ready, Silent Pipe II

– GIGABYTE® Superb 550W 24-Pin Power Supply, 3 Molex & 4 SATA Power Connectors, Intel LGA775
Ready & Approved, Includes Power Cable
Transcend® Multi Card Reader – USB 2.0 WHITE – Supports CF, SD, miniSD, MicroDrive, MMC,
Reduced MMC, MMC Mobile, Memory Stick, xD

– 3 Port PCI Firewire Card

Also i am running Windows XP Professional. I want to move to window 7 then my computer can use all 4GIGs of RAM rather than just the 2,5 GIGs that it sees right now with windows XP

[Hayley Gommersall]

Thanks John for your help I purchased the New Blue essentials II that has the chroma key effects and it works great thanks for introducing me to New Blue FX.

[Hayley Gommersall]

Thanks John for the quick response. with the newblueFX plugins do you have to buy the whole package or can you buy specific plugins

[Hayley Gommersall]

Hey guys I own a small production company here in south africa and i am a self taight vegas user i want to thank you both one for asking the question and second for the answer it has so helped me create better DVD’s

I have had a problem which is not the same as you guys were discussing but i thought i would just try something you said and it fixed my problem.

I has taken my about 7 hours of re making the DVD re-rendering ans i am so relieved that i have it all sorted tonight i will sleep like a baby

Brilliant thanks guys