Stephen Mann
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Now I am more convinced that Windows is just running out of memory.
Try this – If you are satisfied with your work on the project as of today, use “render-as” to encode it into an uncompressed MOV file. (Warning, it will be huge). Now start a new project, and add the mov file to the start, then resume adding events at the end of the mov file.
If I am right, this will greatly reduce the number of clips in memory allowing you to add more to the timeline.
Nesting won’t work for this (anticipating the follow-up comments) because the memory requirements of nested projects is the same as the original project.
Steve Mann
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You don’t say which version of Vegas you are using, so I’ll tell you how I do it.
Turn on “Ripple” and in the drop-down menu select “all events, etc”. Now grab the first event that you want to move, and move it to the right. Everything related should move with it. (This is optional, but I like to see that the events already on the timeline move as expected). Now, CTRL-Z to move the events back to where they were. Now, with ripple on, just drag the new clip to the timeline where you want it to be inserted and everything after it will shift right to accommodate the new event. If you want to insert the new event in the middle of an existing event, you have to first split the existing event at the desired location.Note. ALL media on the timeline are events. You won’t find “clip” in the help files or manual in reference to media on the timeline.
Steve Mann
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With what little info you’ve provided, it looks like Windows has run out of memory. Look at this thread:
https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/24/928710
This may verify my suspicion: Rename one or more of the newer media files so that Vegas won’t find it. When Vegas opens and asks where the missing media is located, click on “Ignore”.
Also make sure that one of the new media files is not corrupt by starting a new Vegas project and bring the new media to the timeline. If it crashes here, then you may have bad media.
Steve Mann
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If you are going direct to the theater, then ask them. They may have everything from a home DVD player to the Sony SRXR320P 4K projector on a fiber network to the studios. If you are going through a distributor, then the distributor will dictate the format.
Steve Mann
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I believe your mistake was to delete the earlier version of Vegas. You never have to uninstall any Vegas software with an upgrade.
New Blue support has been pretty responsive in the past, give them a try tomorrow. I suspect that you deleted the plug-in when you removed the older Vegas version 9, but the plug-in is still in the registry.
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All that the CPU usage tells you is if the CPU is your bottleneck. In this case, it is.
…In My Opinion….
Trying to use GPU for some of the preview will be counterproductive for all but the slowest CPU’s. By the time Vegas renders the frames for delivery to the GPU, there’s little left for the GPU to do.
If it were as easy as some seem to think, Sony would have done it long ago simply for the marketing advantage.
…In My Opinion…No one with intimate knowledge of the Sony Vegas architecture has said anything to the contrary.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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You need to first ungroup the audio and video events. By default they are grouped and if you split one, you split both.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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Try using nesting. Put the tracks that you want to stretch in a separate project, save it to a new name, then in the original project drag the new name.veg file to a new track. Stretch that event.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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There’s really no “minimum” processor to use with Vegas. If your PC runs Windows, you can run Vegas. It depends on your definition of “run”. Anything less than a dual-core processor will seriously test your patience while the processor tries to keep up with your editing. AVCHD is highly compressed and you need the current state-of-the-art processor, like an Intel i7, to keep up with the real-time demands.
“I also see that Vegas Pro 10 can take advantage of my nVidia card’s GPU. Can I expect an improvement in preview smoothness or does that only apply to renders? I prolly should download the trial version and see……”
If you have a decent processor then you will likely see better performance with CPU only. the GPU will only help if you have an old, slow processor.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com