John Rofrano
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Zooming all the way out and dragging the mouse to make a timeline selection is the easiest way. Then just render the selection. You can quickly zoom out by double-clicking the horizontal scroll bar at the bottom of the timeline. Personally I would drop a marker half way through the timeline so you know exactly where to start for the second render.
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> Is it safe to uninstall these: NET framework 1.1, Vegas 6, and Microsoft SQL server desktop engine Media manager software?
Yes. Vegas 6 used earlier versions of all of these that Vegas Pro 8 doesn’t need (and won’t work with anyway)
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It sounds like you are running out of system memory not disc space. How much memory do you have? Close all unnecessary applications including antivirus, etc. to free up memory.
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Highlight the audio track and type the V key to display the Volume envelope. Then just double-click on it to add a keyframe anywhere that you need to change the volume (…you can also right-click and select Insert/Remove Envelope > Volume (Shift+V))
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Usually this happens when Vegas doesn’t have a codec that it needs. Get a copy of the free utility called GSpot and drop the AVI file on it. It should tell you what codec the file is using and if it is installed on your system. Then find and download the codec you need.
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No limit that I know of.
Try rendering 1/2 at a time to DV AVI and then place the two AVI files into a new project and render the whole thing as MPEG-2. There should be no appreciable loss in quality as the Sony DV codec maintains even after several renders.
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> So do you use the Media Manager?
lol, yea… I’m the trainer in VASST Absolute Training for Vegas+DVD, Vol. 7 Media Manager Demystified. I use it to keep track of all my stock media (video, audio, images, motion backgrounds, sound fx, etc.) It is an outstanding tool that is often under utilized and misunderstood.
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A failed installation is never a good thing and yes, I have been in this situation where installing an application has caused my PC not to boot. Not a good feeling.
I have my PC set up with an extra drive (D:) that I place all of my stock media and a daily backup of my C: drive using Acronis TrueImage. It does a full backup once a month and runs every morning at 7:30am to do an incremental backup of any changes from the day before. If a catastrophe strikes, I can boot with the repair CD and restore my computer to the state it was that morning or any day I’d like in about 20 minutes (and I’ve had to do this twice!). Once bitten, twice shy as they say. You may want to consider this a lesson learned and set yourself up like I did. It is set-and-forget easy and, as I said, has saved me several times.
If I were you I would boot with the original Windows XP CD and do a repair install. That is not the same as using the recovery console. What you do is proceed as if you are re-installing Windows and then right after you accept the license agreement Windows recognizes that it’s already installed and asks if you want to repair the install or install fresh. Select repair the install and it will proceed to reinstall Windows over what you have leaving all of your applications in place. I’ve done this several times to recover from the problem you are having (that was before I started my daily backups which are much quicker to recover from)
Here is a web site that describes the process in more detail. It is worth of a bookmark! 😉
How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
Good Luck!
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Not sure what’s going on but creating a 25GB Blu-ray disc may require 50GB or more of hard disc space. I would check that you haven’t run out of space in the place that you set your temp and prepare folders to.
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What I have read is that there are different bundles of Vegas upgrades. If you upgrade from Sony, you never need your previous key and, in fact, you can legally sell your previous version and transfer the license to the buyer. If, however, you buy an upgrade that’s not from the Sony site, you’ll need your previous license key to install the upgrade. I don’t know if that also means that you cannot sell your previous version since you will need the key every time you install it in the future.
Having never bought an upgrade like this (I’ve only read about the experience) I too am interested in the experience the original poster had.
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