Stephen Mann
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I had quit offering to help people fix their PC’s because they couldn’t accept that if hundreds of users had no problems running Vegas, and that their PC crashes only when running Vegas, then it MUST be a bug in Vegas. But if you accept up front that the problem is likely in your PC, I’ll break my silence.
First, describe your system hardware.
Next, how does the crash present itself? Does it just stop, freeze or BSOD? Is there any warning? Any error message?
(Speaking of error messages – “Exception” is almost always a driver problem)Things to try:
If your PC is overclocked – don’t!. You are just asking for instability.
Turn off GPU support. First in the Preferences tab and again in ‘Render As/Customize Template’. If you have a fast processor, like a high-end i7, then GPU support may be counter-productive.
Disable the Antivirus software.
Set the User Account Control (UAC) to “Never Notify”. (Control Panel, Action Center, Change User Account Control settings). UAC can sometimes interfere with program execution if the program or Windows components used by the program are installed by a non-admin user.Do you have user accounts on the PC? This is the default mode of Windows installations intended to protect computer illiterate people from themselves. If you are the only user then go to the Control Panel/Users and delete all of the non-admin accounts. If you ever used any of these non-admin accounts, you will lose the “My Documents”, “My movies” etc folders for that user, so first copy the files to your admin “My Documents” folder, etc. Also, any programs installed by a non-admin user may not be available to any other user (unless you installed them “for all users of this PC”.
I seem to recall that you upgraded your system recently – did the problems start then?
Is this an off-the-shelf PC or a DIY project. If it’s the former. then have you run DeCrapify?
Are your Windows updates current?
Here is a program that I found that you can use as a band-aid to keep your sanity while you fix the PC: Autosaver
Steve Mann
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“Actually I have been using and promoting Vegas for many years, and in general, whenever I render a file for DVD I check the little box – include audio file, so I don’t have to deal with two separate files. “
It works for you, but it is not the best quality process. When you encode the MPEG file and check “Include Audio” option, the video bandwidth is slightly compromised. It’s not much but it is a measurable quality loss. You also force DVDA to demux the audio and video, and then it recompresses the audio with some loss of quality.
Steve Mann
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Here’s another Videotagger tip:
Use the lead and tail spacing to increase the space between sections.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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After you import a bunch of credits lines, you can CTRL-Click on similar items and change the type for all of them at the same time.
Personally, I use Videotagger. You create your credits in MS Excel then import them into Videotagger, then export the credit roll as an AVI file which you add to a video track in Vegas.
Theres an example in this discussion
Steve Mann
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Here’s a hint. In Videotagger, export the “movie” (their term) with the “slow” setting. When you bring it into the Vegas timeline use the CTRL-Drag method to adjust the final length. I do this when crediting a theater production that has curtain music, so the music and credits end at the same time.
Also, if you want the credit roll to be transparent, just chroma-key the event and select black as the key color.
Steve Mann
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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“I still get too many crashes per day.”
I would get tired of it, too if something were crashing this often, but I can count the number of Vegas 12 crash episodes here on one hand.
It isn’t Vegas. It’s your PC that’s crashing.
But while you are fixing your PC, here’s a convenient (free) program that will save your work in the background.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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I am not picturing the effect you’re describing. Can you post a screenshot?
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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I recommend that you use the right tool for the job. I use PromptDog. It’s not free, but cheap and it just works.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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Why are you telling the OP to downconvert? That is a guaranteed loss of quality, notwithstanding the marketing claims of “no data loss”. When you recompress already compressed video, you will lose some quality.
The correct process is simply to encode the same project into the MPEG and AC3 files needed by DVDA.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com
