Norman Willis
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Hi Lee.
In the future, may I suggest sticking to one thread as long as you can, so that people do not get lost as to your previously posted system specs? I know I got lost as to what your machine specs are more than once; and then felt pretty silly about having done that.
>>also i mentioned previously that i am more than happy to buy more RAM i have 3 GB already and someone mentioned that vista 32bit cant handle anything higher than 4GB and if you get 4GB it will only use 3.5 GB is this true?
My Vista-64 workstation has different specs, but on my Vista-32 Dell laptop I have 4GB RAM installed, in two 2GB sticks. When I right click on My Computer and select Properties, it shows 4.00 GB Memory (RAM). However, under Windows Task Manager (CTRL-ALT-DEL), Performance tab, Physical Memory MB reads 3581 (i.e., 3.581GB). Other people’s machines may be different: I don’t know, but I think that is fairly standard.
I cannot prove this, but in my subjective personal opinion, Vista is such a memory hog that every little bit of RAM helps. RAM is so cheap now that I would definitely recommend it. And if you have an SDHC or spare USB port, you can also add a 4GB or larger ‘fast’ (Class 6) SDHC card, or a ‘ReadyBoost Capable’ USB/thumb drive, and then right-click the device in Windows Explorer, and enable ‘Windows ReadyBoost’ on that device. This will basically give Vista 4 more GB of RAM for use as a physical swap file. I know it helps my laptop. Please note that you can use a card or a thumb drive larger than 4GB, but Vista 32 will only assign 4GB for ReadyBoost; and then the rest just shows up as storage. But make sure all SDHC cards are Class 6, and USB/thumb drives are certified ‘ReadyBoost Capable’ (i.e., fast).
Another thing that definitely helps is to ‘turn off the pretties.’ Double-click My Computer, click Advanced System Settings, then Advanced tab, then press Performance. Select “Adjust for best performance.” I recommend re-enabling “Show thumbnails instead of icons”, and “smooth edges of screen fonts”: but it is your computer, you can do what you want.
Vista uses a ton of system resources (RAM) for ‘making things pretty’ on the desktop, which does nothing for Vegas. Turning all of that stuff off will reduce a lot of memory overhead for the OS, which makes more memory available for Vegas. Personally, I prefer thumbnails over icons, because it helps me when looking for pictures; and I really prefer smoothing on screen fonts. I don’t know, but I don’t think either of those two things are used much when Vegas is rendering, so I don’t think they cost much in terms of resources during rendering (although someone here may know lots better). However, the rest of the ‘pretties’ I don’t need, and I prefer the extra performance. But again, it is your computer, you can do however you feel led.
I hope this will help you. Please let us know how it goes.
Norman Willis
http://www.nazareneisrael.org
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Hi Mike.
If I may ask, what does a beefier video card help with in Vegas?
Anything?
Thanks.
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>>…. if your video will go to the web, it is good to know that the newest flash player version supports (and play) mp4-h.264 video as well, that you can render from Vegas (mainconcept AVC template) with excelent results even in HD (1280 x 720) ….
Hi Enrique.
I’m confused. Are you saying that H.264 will play in in most flash video players?
So I can just upload Main Concept AVC H.264?
And will Sony AVC H.264 work as well?
Thank you,
Norman
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I agree with Theo, but before you go to reload Windows, you might try booting in Safe Mode (usually F8 on startup), and see if you can get System Restore to run.
If that won’t work, then reloading Windows….
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OK, I’m sorry. Thank you for the recap. I must have been getting you and another gentleman I was trying to help mixed up.
If you are rendering successfully, the problem does not sound like memory.
Perhaps John Rofrano or one of the other experts will know. But have you reported this to Sony?
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>>You already have all the RAM that your 32-bit operating system can handle. Buying more RAM would be throwing money away. You would need a 64-bit OS to take advantage of more than 3GB of RAM and you would need a 64-bit CPU to run a 64-bit OS.
I would send the report to Sony has your screen capture shows. I am reading a lot of problems with memory and rendering to WMV with Vegas (I don’t know I don’t use WMV for anything). It is more than likely not something you can fix. Report it to Sony.
I just read this.
I do not mean to contradict you, John, as you obviously know lots more about computers and Vegas than I do. But I have been told that Vista 32 can recognize 3.5GB of RAM. Is that wrong?
I apologize I did not pick up on the WMV thing.
Norman Willis
http://www.nazareneisrael.org
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>>i dont know how the ram is like if its 1 2gb and 1 1gb or 2 1gbs and 2 0.5gbs i couldnt say, how i can find this out.
Contact Dell. They will know. If you have a Dell Support Center icon in your task tray, double-click on that.
>>if i can i would like to install more RAM what would be ideal?
The hypothetical ideal is 4GB, but be aware that Vista 32 only uses about 3.5 of that. Additionally, you can also put a fast SDHC card in an SDHC card reader (if your model has one), or a fast ‘Windows ReadyBoost’ thumb drive in a USB port and enable it for “Windows ReadyBoost”, which gives a slight bump available RAM (and hence a slight bump up in speed).
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Nathan, Vegas has been handling your memory fine for a very long time; yet now all of a sudden it goes belly-up…but nothing has changed with your machine?
You can do what you want, but why not just give F12 a whirl? Your memory is probably just 100% fine…but then you will know.
Norman Willis
http://www.nazareneisrael.org
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Lee, please give us detailed system specs.
What is your processor?
Amount and type of RAM?
How did you get 3GB RAM in conjunction with a CoreDuo?
Do you have 2 each 1GB sticks, and 2 each .5 GB sticks?
With 3GB RAM, paging file should be 3 x 1.5 = 4.5GB.
With 4GB RAM, paging file should be 4 x 1.5 = 6GB.
Are the minimum and maximum size on your paging file the same?More RAM is always better. RAM is cheap nowadays.
And please run F12 on startup, and run system diagnostics on your RAM.Norman Willis
http://www.nazareneisrael.org
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The black glow is working good. Under Media Generator, on the Effects Tab, I check “Draw Outline”, and then set Feathering to Zero, and Width to 1.000. Then I am setting RGB to 40-40-40, while leaving Alpha at 255. It really makes the text stand out, while minimizing the amount of on-screen real-estate lost.
I will need to apply these same settings to all of the subtitles on this track. Is it possible to apply these settings to all of the existing media generator clips on this track automatically /globally? Or must this be done manually (in each and every media generator, individually)?
Norman Willis
http://www.nazareneisrael.org
servant@nazareneisrael.org