[Nigel O’neill]

As a relative N00b to this forum, I came to use SVP because of the superior stability it offered over other NLE’s from Pinnacle, Adobe and Avid, albeit consumer/prosumer editions. SVP simply worked for me and got the job done. No more 10 hour renders only to have it crash on 99%!

I agree with John that SVP is a stalwart with HDV and DV, and I have to admit that when I first starting importing NXCAM, MXF and some AVCHD into my workflow, I initially had problems, but in time, Sony added support for them.

I have had a few unusual quirks, but I suspect they are more operator error-related in nature than genuine software faults.

Like John, I work in the software development world and understand what it takes to develop, test and maintain software for such a diverse platform of users, operating systems, hardware, software and video/audio formats. It ain’t easy to get it right the first time, especially when other vendors do not follow defined standards fully or choose to deviate, but at least Sony listens unlike some other companies and attempts to address the issues as best they can.

Unfortunately if that means not being able to support Mac formats, perhaps the answer for you is an NLE designed for them, as John suggests… .

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[Nigel O’neill]

An NVidia is definitely a must over ATI. Vegas Pro 10 takes advantage of the CUDA cores when rendering.

Having said that, I have an ASUS laptop with an ATI card, but it is an i7 laptop so it has sufficient grunt to compensate 🙂

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[Nigel O’neill]

Scrubbing should never be an issue, although I tend to scrub using the JKL keys after clicking on the timeline to roughly place the cursor. I seldom do so using the mouse alone.

The Quaddro FX 1500, albeit underpowered, should not cause crashes.

Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling Vegas?

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[Nigel O’neill]

Christopher, have you recently introduced new media/software into your workflow i.e. bought a new camera, added DIVX files, installed a new plug-in etc into your project?

Have you installed any CODEC packs? They are bad for Vegas!

When NXCAM first came out and I was still on SVP9, it would crash during scrubbing. When SVP10 was released, that stopped, I presume because Sony had added the proper codec support.

Have you recently added JPEGs or similar graphics to the timeline?

What is your operating system and patch level? I know that Windows 7 x64 recently released SP1, which could have impacted your Vegas installation. I am on Win7 x64 SP1 and have not encountered any issues, but then again I only edit in HDV and occassionally, Canon AVCHD and Sony NXCAM/MXF files, all of which edit fine in SVP10.

Are all your projects being affected, including old ones which previously never crashed?

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[Nigel O’neill]

Get Windows XP 64 bit and a 2nd hard drive. An eSATA port is a good alternative if you cannot get the 2nd HDD. You will need to get an eSATA caddy for the external HDD’s.

If you cannot get a laptop with built-in firewire, don’t stress. Make sure the laptop has an Express Card slot and you will be able to get a firewire card instead.

A model with a couple of USB 3 ports would be handy.

A 17″ screen would be useful for editing.

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[Nigel O’neill]

Thanks John and Danny. Just goes to show the power and flexibility that is Vegas.

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[Nigel O’neill]

David

What a comprehensive response! Any particular current makes or models that meet your criteria?

Nigel

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[Nigel O’neill]

2) Randomly changing clips!! Amazing this one. First time assumed it was me, but it has done it 3 times now. I`m editing, multiple lines and I noticed it`s changed a clip! The event name (file name) is correct, but look a at properties and it`s a different file name.

I have had this occur several times, and I edit only in HDV m2t files. It is always in the same spot and even after fixing it, reverts the change to the same rogue clip. It has affected both video and audio for me, but only on a few projects (so far). I also observed that the changes would ‘stick’ when simply restarting Vegas, but if I restarted the PC or dismounted and remounted the disc without a PC restart, the rogue clip would reappear. Saving as a new Veg file or version does not help.

It has gotten to the point to which I have to render the clip to an HDV intermediary and then continue editing with that. It’s a pain in the proverbial, but this is the only work around until 10d is released… .

As Vegas was not crashing, I have not reported it to Sony. Don’t know how to, actually. I tradionally only do so if I get a crash dump report, but if nothing is crashing…

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[Nigel O’neill]

Petroi

Given that you have since posted for assistance on less than legitimate means to obtain a serial number for NewBlueFX (https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/24/925411), how can we be convinced that you are a legitimate Vegas user?

This forum is only for users who have legitimately acquired their software.

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[Nigel O’neill]

Matt

You might want to trying using an NVIDIA graphics card such as the GTX 480 or 560/570 or 580 series, which has CUDA cores that Vegas Pro takes advantage of.

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