[Wayne Waag]

Have you tried what Aaron recommended? Simply import all of your files into Vegas and then batch render them to an intermediate such as Sony MXF HD XDCAM-EX 1280×720-60p. Once rendered, do a batch replace of the files in your edited project that is giving you problems. At least you would know the files are acceptable to Vegas.

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[Wayne Waag]

So do a save as for the original file I was editing on?

Yes. Do a “save as” on the Vegas file that is now working, preferably copying all of the source media. In that way, you can always revert back, if things go awry during your editing. An even better solution for this type of problem in the future is to use a product such as Vegasaur. You can automatically do a project backup, say every five minutes or whatever length of time you choose.

wwaag

[Wayne Waag]

Okay this is odd, I did what you said, and suddenly no crashes whatsoever..but then again this is what happened before when I tried to re edit the whole thing and then the day after it would start crashing again

Good. Here’s a suggestion. First, save your project. Then do a “Save As” to create another project for your editing. In the event problems arise, you can then easily go back to the original project that was working. Even better would be to do the “Save as” with the option to “copy media” selected using another folder as the destination. In this way, you would insure that the files are not being altered in any way during your editing. Another alternative–if you’re worried about tomorrow–just finish tonight. Lol.

wwaag

[Wayne Waag]

SO is there a way to tell what file is choking sony vegas?

I would suggest that you re-read some of the suggestions that have already been offered. In my first attempt at providing assistance, I wrote:

If it only does this on the one project, you might open another instance of Vegas and begin copying assets from the “bad” project to the new project?

If you cannot even open the “bad project”, then create a new project and begin importing each asset, one at a time, saving and then re-opening. In this way, you should be able to tell which file(s) is(are) corrupted. It may be tedious, but this thread has already been going on for nearly a week to no avail.

wwaag

[Wayne Waag]

If you want the Default Vegas layout, simply enter “Alt-D”, followed by “D”.

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[Wayne Waag]

One other thing. Make sure that the Split Screen View button (just to the left of Preview Quality) is not depressed in your video preview window. E.g. if clipboard is selected and nothing is in the clipboard, then the screen will turn black if that button is depressed.

wwaag

[Wayne Waag]

First make sure that your events have not been accidentally muted. (Right-click, select switches, and see if Mute is checked). Also make sure that your video tracks and also the video bus (Ctrl-Shift-B) is not muted. If not, try this. Open the project that you’re having problems with. Then select all (Ctrl-A) and copy. Open a new instance of Vegas. Then Paste. If nothing happens, go back to the original project, select all, and then copy again. Go back to the new instance and then Paste. Your edited clips should then be pasted into your new project. If the events are still black, then begin by copying just a few events, and pasting into a new project. Good luck.

wwaag

[Wayne Waag]

I could edit it just fine the day before, but I saved the project and then after it kept crashing over and over, even when I re-edited the project from scratch

Then, try a system restore to the day that it was working fine. Perhaps an update led to the problem? That does happen. Hopefully, your project and data are on a drive different from your system drive.

wwaag

[Wayne Waag]

Try it. At this point, you don’t seem to have a lot of lose. Like I said, it would be helpful if you could post a short file so that you could confirm that it indeed is a file problem. If others experience the same problem, then you know your media are corrupted. Alternatively, do you have another system available that you could try using?

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[Wayne Waag]

Okay media info couldn’t read my files at all, it kept crahsing so I’m not sure what to do there.

If MediaInfo crashes when attempting to read only the header information in your media files, this suggests that your files are definitely corrupted. In that case, your only hope in salvaging those files would be to find some conversion application that could hopefully read them and convert them to a usable file, although in all honesty, this seems a bit unlikely. How about posting one of these files to Dropbox or something so that other members might have a go at helping you to read and/or convert them.

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