Stephen Mann
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I usually don’t respond to rants, but since you did ask a simple question, I’ll provide the answer.
“What do you mean “does the temp file already exist”?”
The error message you got was from Windows. Vegas, or more likely a codec requested a file open from Windows and Windows replied, “I can’t do that, Dave”. Windows didn’t tell why it failed which is why you got the “An error occured while creating the media file. Exception thrown by method called”.
If you had recently rendered the same project but aborted it before finishing, then you could have some lingering temp files that weren’t properly closed. Vegas is pretty good about cleaning up after itself, but Sony does not write the drivers and codecs used in a render.
I am always amazed by the number of people who expect a software upgrade to fix their PC, then complain when it doesn’t.
Steve Mann
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You mean like a bug? Just export the image in Photoshop to a png image of about 100 pixels and put that into a video track above your work.
Steve Mann
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And I would argue, if you’re paid by the hour, choose Vegas.
Why? If you’re paid by the hour then you want the slowest, most complex and confusing workflow possible. That’s not Vegas.
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Asking someone about their editing program is like asking about religion.
Years ago Vegas did not have any plug-in support, so FCP and Premiere users laughed at us. When Vegas was slow to use GPU support, they laughed.
So the wallflower patina persists.
If asked “which program should I learn?”, I reply that if they will be paid by the hour, then definitely learn Avid, Premiere or FCP. If you are paid by the project, or just want to edit for your own use, then you can’t beat Vegas.
Steve Mann
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First, you don’t have to remove 10. All versions of Vegas can run on the same machine. If you are editing existing projects, make a backup copy of the V10 veg file because you can’t go backwards.
If you have ANY problems with V13, turn off GPU support in Preferences and in the “Render As” template. Honestly this should be the default.
I have been quite pleased with V13.
Also, if you have DVDA5 installed, keep using it. Too many people have run into bugs in DVDA6 and there really aren’t any new features from 5 to 6.
Steve Mann
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Steve, I think the OP wanted to *decrease* his render time. LOL
Steve Mann
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What version of Vegas?
Vegas thrives on processor power. No other hardware change makes as much difference as a faster processor. Your 8-year old PC (the Pentium T4200 was introduced in 2008) is woefully inadequate for video work. (“Fast” and “Pentium” are an unlikely combination).The render probably starts out with optimistic predictions of rendering time, but then meets the reality of a really slow PC.
Steve Mann
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Grazie is correct.
The problem with reversing a GOP format, as most of our work is, is that compression is forward-looking. You start with an I-frame followed by some P-frames which only need to hold the differences from the most recent I-frame. When you play it backwards, the program has to look for the next prior I-frame, build complete frames in memory that haven’t yet been played, then jump back another I-frame and start over. Quite a lot of computing there and most PC’s can’t keep up with it, so reversed video preview can be choppy.Steve Mann
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I am still not seeing the problem. Walk me through it – what’s your workflow?
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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