[Mike Schwartz]

Forgive me if you know this already.
Sounds like interlacing lines that result from the 60i (i=interlaced and p=progresssive). If you are playing back on your computer, VLC media player or in some NLE, search for a “deinterlace” setting and enable it. Just a thought.

[Mike Schwartz]

Ok, that’s a pretty good solution. Thanks. I was thinking of just setting my desired values in the Take Name, but found getting to it too onerous. Never considered a keyboard shortcut. Side note: I’m guessing I can put anything I want in the Take field, and it doesn’t impact editing in any logical way. I’ll read up on Take Name to confirm.

[Mike Schwartz]

I’ve done a bit more testing on the Sony Vegas clip limit I’m experiencing. The nature of the issue is this: The Media Bin has an import feature. When I import video files (from my hard drive), Sony Vegas (Pro and Movie Studio, Trial versions) starts to get flaky when Windows page file (PF) usage approaches 2GB. I think the issue is with the Sony product, because on the same computer, Permier Elements doesn’t have this issue. Furthermore, as stated in other posts below, others have the same issue (it’s still an issue 2 years later since those posts) on different hardware specs, indicating it’s likely a Sony issue.

Test 1:
Imported 90 HD video files (.m2t). At about 1.88GB PF Usage, clips stated to go “offline”, video tracks were missing in clips (but audio was present), the import file picker couldn’t produce video file properties, and finally Sony reported a memory error. This occurred in both the trial versions of Sony Vegas Pro and Movie Maker.

Test 2:
Imported about 360 low resolution quicktime (.mov) files. At about 1.75GB PF usage, all the same symptoms occured as in Test 1.

Tests were completed where:
– Windows manages the page file
– Page file was set explicitly, very large (min/max == 10GB) on a SATA-2 drive dedicated solely to the page file.

Other posts indicate Sony Vegas is buggy in that it has a clip quantity limit, and other posters have indicated the 2GB page file limit. Sadly, Sony doesn’t address any of this in their KB, nor have they repaired it.
https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/24/821885
https://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=105406

I’ve submitted details of my issue to Sony Creative, but don’t expect a return since I’m using trial versions of Vegas. The sad thing is that I’m using the trail versions to see if the Vegas product is something I should move to. I really like the Vegas UI and method of editing, but the 2GB limitation is a total non-starter, especially since I doing HD editing.

[Mike Schwartz]

Thanks for considering my predicament Jeremy.
I’m trying import a few hundred m2t files into my project. They are all very short clips. These files have already been captured by a different app, and are now sitting on my hard drive.

My preference is to import all of the m2t files into my project, analyze which ones I want to keep, then delete the rest. I’ll likely end up with 100+ clips (i.e., m2t files) on the timeline.

I don’t think Sony Vegas Movie Studio has any issue with the actual m2t files, as they play back just fine within SVMS. My issue is the cap of virtual memory. Even after re-formatting my drive, re-installing XP, updating to SP3, I still see this in Help>About>Computer tab:
Memory
Physical memory: 2,097.1 MB
Paging memory available: 4,194.3 MB
Virtual memory possible: 2,097.0 MB

I have tried variations on setting the page file space (let windows manage AND set explicit min/max well above 2GB). In every case, SVMS always shows the above numbers.

Can someone look in Sony Vegas Pro and see if it shows similar virtual memory limitation? I’d really appreciate it. I’m excited to move from Premier Elements to SVMS, but cannot if there is this limitation. Perhaps I’ll have better luck with Pro.