I'm trying to import some footage into vegas pro 8 c but it keeps crashing.
It only does it from my Sony hard drive camera, which records in mpeg-2 sd, only after i've loaded quite a few clips onto the timeline ,about 50 clips.
This has never happened before.
I can use my EX1 files fine, i can also use my Canon avchd files fine.
The little sony camera is about 4 years old and i've edited loads of stuff from it before.
It's just my little play about camera, this time i took it on holiday to record some stuff.
I tried to burn a disc from the footage using nero, even that footage can't be seen by my pc or vegas or even my dvd player.

the message i get when the pc crashes is this

Sony Vegas Pro 8.0
Version 8.0c (Build 260)
Exception 0xC0000005 (access violation) WRITE:0x0 IP:0x2303B990
In Module 'mcmpgvdec.dll' at Address 0x23000000 + 0x3B990
Thread: VideoCache ID=0x1550 Stack=0x867F000-0x8680000
Registers:
EAX=00000001 CS=001b EIP=2303b990 EFLGS=00010216
EBX=00000000 SS=0023 ESP=0867f760 EBP=0867f778
ECX=0867f738 DS=0023 ESI=00000010 FS=003b
EDX=77879a94 ES=0023 EDI=00003f3c GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
2303B990: 89 3B EB 95 8D B6 00 00 .;......
2303B998: 00 00 8D BF 00 00 00 00 ........
Stack Dump:
0867F760: 0867F700 08580000 + FF700
0867F764: 5258FBB0 52440000 + 14FBB0
0867F768: 0867F77C 08580000 + FF77C
0867F76C: 004CA400 00400000 + CA400 (vegas80.exe)
0867F770: 004CA400 00400000 + CA400 (vegas80.exe)
0867F774: 00002D00
0867F778: 0867F808 08580000 + FF808
0867F77C: 2302E829 23000000 + 2E829 (mcmpgvdec.dll)
0867F780: 004CA400 00400000 + CA400 (vegas80.exe)
0867F784: 00000010
0867F788: 5277A5C8 52440000 + 33A5C8
0867F78C: 5276AF98 52440000 + 32AF98
0867F790: A6F9698E
0867F794: 2ADDAF10 2ADA0000 + 3AF10
0867F798: 0867F85C 08580000 + FF85C
0867F79C: 00000001
> 0867F7AC: 004CA400 00400000 + CA400 (vegas80.exe)
0867F7B0: 5277A6D8 52440000 + 33A6D8
> 0867F7B4: 231C7370 23000000 + 1C7370 (mcmpgvdec.dll)
0867F7B8: 0867F7CC 08580000 + FF7CC
0867F7BC: 5276B038 52440000 + 32B038
> 0867F7DC: 2303118E 23000000 + 3118E (mcmpgvdec.dll)
> 0867F7E0: 231C2B10 23000000 + 1C2B10 (mcmpgvdec.dll)
> 0867F7E4: 231C728E 23000000 + 1C728E (mcmpgvdec.dll)
> 0867F7EC: 2302EA7A 23000000 + 2EA7A (mcmpgvdec.dll)
> 0867F80C: 2302D765 23000000 + 2D765 (mcmpgvdec.dll)
> 0867F83C: 231D5018 23000000 + 1D5018 (mcmpgvdec.dll)
> 0867F874: 231C2B10 23000000 + 1C2B10 (mcmpgvdec.dll)
> 0867F878: 231C725C 23000000 + 1C725C (mcmpgvdec.dll)
> 0867F880: 2302D0F0 23000000 + 2D0F0 (mcmpgvdec.dll)
> 0867F88C: 2303B63E 23000000 + 3B63E (mcmpgvdec.dll)
> 0867F8BC: 230297BA 23000000 + 297BA (mcmpgvdec.dll)
> 0867F8DC: 23027CCE 23000000 + 27CCE (mcmpgvdec.dll)
> 0867F8F0: 33BCE077 33BB0000 + 1E077 (mcplug.dll)
> 0867F90C: 23026179 23000000 + 26179 (mcmpgvdec.dll)
> 0867F92C: 33BCDF36 33BB0000 + 1DF36 (mcplug.dll)
> 0867F99C: 33BCECE2 33BB0000 + 1ECE2 (mcplug.dll)
> 0867F9C4: 33BCF21B 33BB0000 + 1F21B (mcplug.dll)
> 0867FA00: 006B583B 00400000 + 2B583B (vegas80.exe)
0867FA04: 34729D28 33DE0000 + 949D28
0867FA08: 000000AC
0867FA0C: 00000000
0867FA10: 0867FA40 08580000 + FFA40
> 0867FA44: 77369F78 77320000 + 49F78 (kernel32.dll)
> 0867FA74: 0191B664 01860000 + BB664 (vegas80k.dll)
- - -
0867FFF0: 00000000
0867FFF4: 0059B990 00400000 + 19B990 (vegas80.exe)
0867FFF8: 00AE9C84 00400000 + 6E9C84 (vegas80.exe)
0867FFFC: 00000000

Can anyone explain ?
Paul.

I had problems like this with some old mpeg2 footage I was capturing from tape.
It was killing my Vegas 9c.
I eventually used Vegas 6 to capture and convert to cineform. It was stable but not all the data was retrievable. Btw, Vegas 5 is considered by some as THE most stable version. As you know, once you've got the footage stabilized with CF, it should easily import to V8.

I've found a workaround.
I imported 10 clips at a time and rendered them out as 1 mpeg-2 clip, then did another 10 and so on, so now i have about 6 new files and they work fine.
I've never had this issue before, do you think some footage was corrupted ?
Could it be something to do with a hard drive camera going through an airport scanner ?

Paul.

My first instinct is always blame Dell. Even on Mac problems, it must something to do with Dell. My next instinct is to blame my other nemesis, Windows Vista. Were I a logical person though, I'd probably agree with your suspicions: corrupted footage.