[Joe Mantaratz]

These all work for sure but there may be an easier way if you are done editing and just want to save the entire project with trimmed media.

Save your project under a new name only this time select COPY MEDIA with PROJECT. It will then ask you if you want to create trimmed sources of the media in addition to being able to add extra head and tail in seconds to the trimmed media. Save the whole project to a new folder you created. The only downside is you will lose any sub folders you may have created for your different media. Not ideal but it will work in the short term. Don’t recall this being an option in the prior version of Vegas Pro as I only recently discoverd it.

All of my work for any project goes into one main folder then sub folders are created for anything esle. This way I am not hunting all over for files and can backup a projext easily.

[Joe Mantaratz]

It was a shocker to me as well and the odd thing is those updates do not show up under installed programs it shows up only under the WINDOWS UPDATE/VIEW UPDATE HISTORY.

Just ck’d mine and yet again this one hotfix continuously installs itself regardless of what I do. Here is the hotfix that causes all the trouble, bet you have it as well. Remember I have my settings to never download nor to ck…well as you can see by Microsofts own statements they will do as they wish. So I may have to never allow this system again to see the internet. What a sham indeed.

Hotfix for Windows (KB2505454)

Installation date: ‎12/‎29/‎2013 7:15 PM

Installation status: Successful

Update type: Important

Fix for KB2505454

[Joe Mantaratz]

Ah John so I though also was the case with not letting them install but then I found a little gem of a disclosure that says it may install them anyway when you check for updates. From day one I have always had the setting to never check or download updates and then after all the trouble I found that info.

Here is how it reads from the privacy statement

Choice and control
Update Services are turned on if you choose one of the following settings: (a) install updates automatically; (b) download updates but let me choose whether to install them; or (c) check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them. The Windows Update service is turned on and set to “Install updates automatically” when you choose the express settings during Windows setup.

If you turn on the Update Services, regardless of which setting you have chosen, required updates to some components of the service will be downloaded and installed automatically without further notice to you.

How is that for a gem?

If you would prefer not to receive required updates, turn off the Update Services.

You can also choose whether to check for or automatically install Important and Recommended updates for your computer or Important updates only. Optional updates are never installed automatically. To change your Update Services settings after Windows setup:

It also knocked out my Blue RAY Burner and had to reload the drivers for that. If Sony would make a Mac version to I would leave in a heartbeat. So I am not really eager to allow it to download all the latest updates and have to start all over agin with fixing everything else. But maybe I will just have to start from scratch. Will see…

[Joe Mantaratz]

John, I spent most of the day installing drivers and testing. When all is said and done I finally have the device manager showing everything as it should be. No more unknown devices.

I also downloaded the latest drivers for the video card but that did not help issue with the Wild Card FX running poorly. Not sure where to turn from here for a solution as it makes little sense. Surely there must be something I am missing I just cant figure it out.
As stated before there is nothing on this machine that is not for editing and basic operation. Is there something I can send you to look deeper into this that you can think of?

As a side note to all of this I found out that although I opted out completely of Windows Update it still somehow was able to download a HOTFIX which would cause my IE to crash and the audio in videos such as YouTube to start, stop then cease to function. What was in this gem of a hotfix I have no idea but every couple of days it would reinstall iteself with no notice. Thankfully I routinely create restore points. With all the drivers now correct it remains to be seen if it will cause an issue again. Here I was chasing possible Flash issues and conflicts but at the end of the day I still don’t know if it is really stable now. Time will tell.

I’m also not clear on why the Video card GPU acceleration needs to be turned off for SVP to function properly. I’ve read the threads as to it being problematic and Vegas not using the GPU for rendering but what about the intergration of RED and BCC while editing?
Tried selecting it on and off but it makes no difference at all.

Thanks as always for all your help.

[Joe Mantaratz]

I will go and check and get back to you, the drivers for the chipset should be with the install CD that came with the board. Can’t see how I missed that but who knows at this point.
Almost make me want to start from scarth again….almost.

I had to flash the bios for the board to recognize the CPU since the board was in production before the CPU.

[Joe Mantaratz]

Update:

John I downloaded the latest NVIDIA drivers…no help.
With only a 3×3 array and SD footage all matched to project the results were the same. Jittery at half preview and just not fluid at all.

Could the problem reside with the Mother board installation or in the bios? The reason I am asking is in the devices tab there are question marks under Other Devices. Also the sound display constantly flickers as if there is an IRQ conflict but the audio plays fine. My thinking was that NVIDA was competing for the sound so I disabled it ability since I don’t use it for that purpose. No help there either.

You and I have basically the same system I thought you may be able to shed some insight. Sorry I am grasping at straws here for a solution and I am not a novice builder but also not an expert.
Clean system, followed specs, all new software fresh install and still problems. Yep like Mac for the lack of those issues for the most part. But here I am yet again.

[Joe Mantaratz]

JOhn, I am currently out of town but I have a large project to film when I get back and I wanted to at least keep the info flowing as best I could. The system I built only has the following installed and nothing else.

WIndows 7 Pro 64 bit
Boris Red and BCC
SVP 12 suite
Wondershare Ulitmate Video Converter
VLC video player
Quicktime

All updates have been turned off for all software. The test footage I tried with the Wild Cards FX was all SD and the project settings matched. That is the first step I do when I import any footage and so just to be sure I tested the FX with only SD footage and nothing else in the project. I have not checked the latest drivers for the video card but I will when I get back.

I thought something was wrong with my system when the render kept hanging up and then ultimately crashing with that FX on the timeline.
Prior to crashing however it would effect any other window open such as IE by totally distorting the page. Even if I opened the task manager the problem was the same and it rendered it totally unreadable. It did render when brought into its own timeline.

I tried turning the Video card on and off in the preferences just to see if that would have any effect. It didn’t.

Sorry this is a jumble of info I am squeezing work during a family vacation on the sneak. LOL No doubt you understand.

[Joe Mantaratz]

It works when I bring all the events back to the very beginning of the timeline. I presume since it is lookging for something to loop from that the blank space causes it to produce nothing.

Bottom line is it works so I guess I have to render out what I want and bring it back in or nest it.

Side Question: I built a high end machine using the higher end limit of Video Guys DIY9. It was listed in a prior post of mine but here it is again.

1 CPU 4930K Ivy Brigde
2 32 Gig Ripjawz 2133
3. Nvida PNY K4000
4. ASUS P9X79 Pro
5. Crucial SSD 960GB (OS/Programs drive)
6. WD Velociraptor 600 GB (Media Drive)
7. WD 160 WD Velociraptor 160 GB (Render Drive)
8. Cool Master Full tower (USB 3/2, E Sata) Huge case
9. Water Cooled
10. Net Gear Wireless USB Adapter
11 Win 7 64 bit Pro
12. Sony 12 Suite..updated to latest build
13. Boris Red
14. Boris Particle
15. ASUS Blue Ray
16. Firewire PCIe card
17. Corsair 850 W PSU

The Wild card effect brings the system to a crawl in the preview. even on draft is it not fluid. The footage I am using is all SD and no effects at all. I have also noticed other times when it does similar things as well. Such as image masking and simple text with drop shadow. Can’t recall all the details of how and why it happens but I can repeat it on a regular basis. I have tried with and without the NVDIA card active but to no avail.

My dynamic ram is set to 200…I played around with it changing it but it made no difference. Thought it might be the cause.

I thought with a high end machine like this I would breeze through these issues, it must be something I am missing in my setup

[Joe Mantaratz]

Guess you read this after I edited the post…what I meant to say was when I select Coordinated Loops not Ordered.
No the events are not at the beginning of the timeline as the video wall I wanted at the end of the production.

Not sure why that would matter but I will try it now and let you know.
Thanks

[Joe Mantaratz]

John I must be missing a step here in the process because when I follow the list and select COORDINATED LOOPS the video goes blank.

All of my events are 4 seconds (120 frames) butted up together as yours are displayed and applied WILD CARDS to the track level but to no avail.

The array is set at the default level so no problems there. Any insight as to what is happening?