[Howard Ferrier]

I thought I’d better check the AC-3 files and it turns out they were all only about 40 seconds long due to me having the loop region only box ticked. So I re-rendered the complete projects x 4 and they all stalled at around 12%.

So I followed advice and converted all 40 odd songs to wav format and replaced the wma files. I placed the wav files on a new audio track then at the end deleted the audio track with the wma files on it. One thing I just noticed is that the first 7 tracks are “grouped” under track 1 – there is a small margin or column at the left of the 7 tracks & then the margin/column stops above the 8th track. It’s hard to explain and probably nothing.

Completely confident the audio would render fine I was utterly deflated to see the thing stop at 2%. Any more lateral thinkers?

Now where did I put those razor blades……

[Howard Ferrier]

By the way the wma files weren’t protected or anything.

[Howard Ferrier]

Thanks Terry & Mike for your suggestions. I went ahead and separated the project into 4 smaller ones and solved the problem but not the mystery. Every audio render took about 5-10 seconds. I will now do the video renders and rejoin them in DVDA. I assume it’s pretty straightforward to rejoin them, I’ve never done it before.

Just also like to say these forums are invaluable for dummies like me and I sincerely thank all the guys who chipped in with advice & suggestions. Hopefully if I ever get a proper handle on Vegas I might be able to help solve someone else’s problem down the track.

[Howard Ferrier]

I just tried 2 things.

I actually removed the entire audio track containing the songs, saved it, closed it, reopened it & rendered it. Same thing happened.

Then I tried to render the audio as mp3, it got to 3% before collapsing. Does this give anybody a hint as to the problem?

[Howard Ferrier]

Thanks John. I checked all the audio files I loaded into the project and ecxept for 3 mp3 files, they are all wma files I transferred from my downloaded music folder and copied them to a separate folder for this project. As I said before the whole project plays perfectly in the preview window. I am a real novice at all this and my problem is I don’t understand half the lingo being thrown around in the manual.

The only thing I can think of is to remove each song separately, render, and see what happens. I will of course save a copy of the file first. Bloody time consuming but probably better than starting again.

[Howard Ferrier]

Thanks for your reply Rob. I have reinstalled Vegas 8 and shortened the file name. Twice already this morning it has done exactly the same thing – stopped at 2%. I actually get a saved AC-3 file about 3500Kb in size but I haven’t tried to play it.

When the Render As dialog box comes up I get a choice of AC-3 Pro or AC-3 Studio. If Pro selected I get 2 choices in the drop down box – Default Template & Stereo DVD. The Custom button is normal. If Studio is selected I get 3 choices in the box – Default Template, Stereo DVD & Stereo DVD AGC (Automatic Gain Control) On. When Studio is selected the Custome button greys out. ()The 2nd time I tried to render this morning I used AC-3 Pro; was using Studio.)

When I try to halt the render process by pressing the Cancel button nothing happens. When I press the X in top right corner to close the program I get a message saying something like process needs to be cancelled, press OK etc. I can press the close program X a hundred times and it won’t do anything except bring up the message. Pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del and trying to end the program also results in clicking End Now a dozen times before the program eventually shuts down, in its own good time.

I am thinking it might be a song that is corrupting the process and if so how do I get around that? Can I split the project into several smaller projects, re-render the video & hopefuly the audio render will work? Am I able to rejoin the bits in DVDA? Are there certain audio file types that don’t work in Vegas? I have previewed the entire project and it works fine.