Stephen Mann
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You will get this Windows error if another program has a file in the target directory open. Make sure that all applications are closed and try again.
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Try renaming your current shared folder to something else. If you can’t, then you need to figure out why. If you can, then the install should create a new one. Then just copy the contents of the old folder to the new and delete the old folder.
Steve Mann
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One more thing….
Remove any unused media from your project. I’ve experienced some rendering stops at 99% that was solved by clicking on the lightning icon in the project media window.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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“1.Are you using separate drives for rendering? Is there sufficient space? Do not forget that Vegas uses a default for the Temp folder. So that you might have sufficient room on the destination drive but not enough on the primary. Also please allow at least 10 gigs of space on any drive you are using to render as windows does not accurately report the remaining disk space. For example it does not redeem anything in the trash until you empty the recycle bin. ”
I have run out of room on the temp drive and Vegas just stopped. This was a while ago, like V6, and I have added a check for temp space to my workflow.
But I would look at core temps in this case. BTW, Windows XP and Vista default to automatically restart on errors so you never get the BSOD. You can uncheck the “Automatically Restart” in System/Advanced/Start and Recovery-Settings. Now, you too can experience the famous BSOD.
Oh, one more thing. Do NOT upload the screen dump of your error log or BSOD screen. The information is worthless to everyone but the original programmer. All you need to know is what application triggered the BSOD, and why.
Steve Mann
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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You want the fastest possible CPU and as much RAM as your O/S will support. Disk speed is not a problem as it was in the early days of NLE’s – most 3.5-inch disks are 7200 RPM. Buy at least two so that you can separate the O/S from the video files.
Intel just introduced a new processor (Core-I7 Extreme) that according to Maximum PC Magazine, blows away the fastest AMD processor by anywhere from 50- to 110% performance improvement. The chip is currently $1,000, so I will wait for the first price drop in a few months before I buy one and a new MB.
This is with air cooling. Add liquid cooling and you can bump it up another 10%.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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As Mike said – Render to DV-AVI. I have done exactly this with singers lip synching to a video. Vegas was playing the video and recording eight mics at the same time.
Quicktime is encoded, not rendered. When you play it back, the processor has to decode it, and could cause some stuttering.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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Out of curiosity, when someone posts a job for an editor, why are they so anal about which editing system the editor uses? Do you ask the carpenter what brand of hammer they use to build your house?
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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This is a limit in Windows. (DOS, actually). The filespec is limited to 132-characters. For example, “C:\windows\programs\filename.txt” is 32 characters. Fortunately, inside windows, all directory names and paths are truncated to the old DOS 8.3 form. For example, the directory “Program Files” will be “progra~1” to the internal O/S. This way, you can have as many as 9 folders between your drive letter and filename.
I haven’t verified it yet, but there is also a limit to any filename or folder name length. I think it’s 64-characters.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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What you are seeing may be a Windows characteristic. It depends on how you select the group – top down or bottom up. Do you click on #1 and shift click on #3, or the other way around? If I am correct then the order on the timeline will be different both ways.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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I often see ads for offsite editors, and the requirements almost universally say “FCP or AVID required”. I frequently reply with a simple question: “Why FCP/Avid? Do you ask the carpenter what brand of hammer he uses to build a house?”
I never do get a response…..
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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“You’re implying it has to do with the .NET framework that Vegas uses? I suppose that’s possible, but I still don’t see what purpose it serves for vegas to try to access verisign.”
The .net framework has a function that verifies the validity of a file signed with an X.509 certificate. Verisign maintains the certificates database. I haven’t programmed in the .net framework, so I don’t know if it is run on load or if it has to be explicitly called.