Joe Mantaratz
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Look for the backup file and try that first. It is always saved in the same location as the project file…for ex….myproject.veg.bak
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You are most likely running out of memory or Vegas is attempting to write to a protected area of memory and this giving you the error. Try the basics first to free up resources, clean boot with no services running, no internet, virus, spyware, nothing at all. Then try again. What version of Vegas are you using and what is your OS and system specs. There are lots of threads on this one and just maybe one of them will solve your problem. I suggest doing a search. Hope this helps.
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I’m not understanding what it is exactly you did. Please answer the questions I asked and then lets take it from there.
DVD does not automatically start doing anything without you telling it what to do first. I presume you used Vegas to edit and render your video. What format did you select for the rendering? You should be using MPEG-2 for import into Architect. What do you mean Vegas lost the video? If you need help with the basics please ask and I will walk you through the steps.
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You are very right to feel the way you do and one would expect that is you buy brand A that any else with that brand should work seamlessly. Sorry that is just not the case. Let me explain further.
I too own a Sony Camera/software/a few other Sony products. I always thought same company, should all work together. They don’t and here is why.
The people who invent the hardware are not the same people who develop the software. There are entirely different parts of the same company but not the same function. I learned this after a 3 month on going dispute with Sony tech and finally the actual developers. The tech support were not knowledgeable about the software and offered very canned responses. As a matter of fact on many occasions the tech was surfing the web to find answers. Guess what forums he was looking in? Yep, this on right here. He even suggested that I should look in other forums. Well that did not go over well with me so I pressed on until I was finally connected to a developer who explained the reality.
The point is Sony is in the business to compete with other camera manufacturers, the compatibility with the software is an after thought. They, like many other companies use the public as beta testers and use our work around solutions as their knowledge base. Until of course they publish a fix…or in this case yet another update. It is the world we live in. We all have allowed it to happen because we think that version 7.2 will change our worlds so much quicker than version 6.5. Look at how many times windows versions have changed. Can anyone testify to Vista being the ultimate? I don’t use it yet and wont until I have to. Almost all of my computer woes have been from upgrades. Even when the evidence is overwhelming they are very slow to react.
Case in point…The popular SONY GL2 camera has known issues with the tape drive, they know it and we know it. No changes yet, but you can send it to them for and expensive fix. I almost bought one last year until I came across the many woes in various forums. Thank God for all the people who share their knowledge and experiences.
Sorry for running on but this is the reality. Keep on them and add your comments to other forums. They read them all the time.
Joe
PS I enjoy Sony Vegas and it is my preferred NLE.
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A few of questions first.
1.What Software did you use to render the video?
2.What format did you render it to?
3.About how long is the actual video rendered?
4.What is the size of the rendered file.Once you have answered these then I’ll try and help you get your DVD burned.
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There is wealth of knowledge out there to be learned and shared. Very glad this worked for you. Did you ever get the chance to check those temps? It is all part of the system health. Take care.
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Twenty years ago MAC had the niche in the market place for desktop publishing, music and video editing and their software/hardware was always about three times the price. They had the market locked in for quite some time. Did they do it better back then? Yes but only because they were the only ones really providing this service. Hence most people that have been in the business or around it started working on what was available and built their systems around it. So fast forward to present day and you can obtain a MAC for fairly close to what a PC costs, the software is still a bit more than it is for PCs unless it is offered in both platforms. I am a musician and in the studio we used exclusively MAC. It was expensive but the best. Now it is just a matter of what works for you. I still record music with my MAC and do my editing with Vegas. My preferences are for MAC only because they have a better track record for stability whereas PC’s simply do not. MAC are by design restrictive and less prone to user induced problems. Another upside is virus’ for the most part are written to PC’S not MACS. I build my own PC’S and like being able to tailor make everything, but I also like bringing in my MAC for their unbeatable warranty and getting it back the same day for ZERO charge!
Bottom line, it’s all about what works for you but certainly do not limit yourself to one platform, learn as much as you can from anyone you can and put those tools in your box. -
Was curious as to what the final outcome was. We’d all like to learn from your experience so if you can please pass the info along. Hope it all worked out.
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Actually I believe it is a combination of both. As I recall in prior versions there were codecs that you had to register separately from Vegas registration. You could not use them until you did. My point would be that if your file is playable in any other media player than why not Vegas, if it indeed it used the systems codecs it should play. It could be that the software is not designed to read that particular codec or version of it. There are a multitude of codecs out there and some are specific to a particular piece of hardware. They are always trying to improve on them to maintain the best quality while keeping file size down. Hope this helps sorry for the confusion.
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Do you have any other software to convert the file? That would be the easiest way to handle it, then import it again. I’ve had files that Vegas would not see for some reason yet other programs would. Vegas does not have every codec and there are variations to some of the codecs. I had files that would truncate and although they were imported properly and showed that they were of the correct properties, on the time line they only show about a 10th of the original size. These files were sent to Sony and they did not have the same problem. Go figure. I bet most people are not aware that you can send files to tech and they will work with you to find out a solution. Just takes time.So that being said go for the easy route and let me know if there is anything else.
Joes