Stephen Mann
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150 instances of generated text shouldn’t be a problem. I’ve done at least that many. How much hard-disk space do you have available? If your “C” drive and or your project drive is getting full, then I would look at getting a larger HDD or cleaning up your current drives.
Your project disk should have 2X your source media size in free space. Your “C” drive is where Windows puts the TEMP folder which Vegas uses a lot. I recommend at least 1X your source media size free on the “C” drive.
Also, for no particular reason, uncheck the default “Close media files when not the active application” in the preferences tab.
If you fix the problem, please report back as to what you did.
Steve Mann
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My guess would be that your TEMP folder is getting pretty full.
Disk drives are ridiculously cheap these days, you can buy a Seagate 2TB drive at Micro Center for $60. If you use the migration program that comes on a CD with the disk drive, then you probably won’t have to reinstall any programs.Steve Mann
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“…even though I knew the final product would be put on a NTSC DVD, I opted for the higher quality setting…”
This is the correct workflow. Shoot and edit in the highest quality possible and only downconvert at the last possible moment. In this case when you encode (“Render As”) the MPEG2 file for the DVD.
At a later date, all you need to do to make a Blu-Ray disc is to re-encode the project for Blu-Ray.
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I avoid mixing video cards if at all possible. You greatly increase the opportunity for driver conflicts. Cards with 2 DVI ports are fairly cheap. I would go that way. I also avoid ATI/Radeon products because I have historically had problems with their drivers. Besides, the plug-ins from BCC and New Blue use the cuda cores in the nVidia GPUs.
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“I’m a video editor that use Sony Vegas Pro 10. I’ve been editing with this software since version 9. My question is should I switch from Sony Vegas to Final Cut Pro X, or should I continue to use Sony Vegas?”
You ask this on a Sony Vegas user’s group and expect a pro-FCP reply?
First. FCP-X is not FCP. You cannot edit an FCP project on FCP-X. The User Interface in FCP-X is not the same as FCP.
The “Industry Standard” depends on which industry you are talking about. Most job postings for editing projects specify the editing program that the job poster is familiar with. No consideration to what the end-product will be, just an emphasis on the tools. As it if really matters what brand of hammer the carpenter uses.
On the other hand, If I need an editor to help me with projects, I will look for Vegas editors simply because I can recover from any screw-ups that the hired editor makes.
So, if you are looking to engage the film industry, they tend to gravitate to one of Avid, FCP7, or Premiere Pro – because that’s what they started with and/or that’s what they were told is the industry “Standard”. Again, the focus is on the tool, not the results.
Remember, FCP-X is not FCP-7. Learning FPC-X is, in my opinion, a waste of time. Avid probably has the steepest learning curve and a price to match. Premiere Pro also has a steep learning curve and almost as-steep entry price.
So, to better advise you, you should first define what you want to do.
Steve Mann
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“Method Called” may indicate that you don’t have the right CODEC installed. Try a different CODEC by selecting a different “Render As” filetype.
Whatever you do DO NOT install a CODEC pack – they will replace your codecs installed by Vegas with some really inferior or defective ones.
Steve Mann
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The key is “error occured while creating media file”. This is a Windows error.
Do you have enough free hard disk space for 2X your likely project size? How much space is remaining on the TEMP drive?Another possibility is that there is a problem with the filename. File already exists or already open in another program. Try using a different filename in the “Render As” menu.
Steve Mann
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“Conclusion: USB drivers were somehow interfering with the video / audio cards.”
They weren’t interfering, they were competing for the I/O channel on the processor.
Nobody else picked up on it, but your second processor is VGA, so I suspect that the processor is doing extra work to downscale to the VGA monitor.
Steve Mann
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That was likely all done in Flash.
But if you make each text segment into a Photoshop layer then import them into Vegas “across tracks”. Next, spread the events out across the timeline where you want them to appear. Finally, make creative use of transitions to get the effects you want.Steve Mann
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