Rendering problems with Vegas 8 Pro (trial) at DVinfo.net

Jeff Yin · September 24th, 2007, 02:38 AM

I have completed editing an HD 10 minute short with Vegas 8 Pro, and I now want to render it into something that can be burned on DVD. Unfortunately, no matter what I try to do, Vegas either outright crashes, or gives me an error message and closes.

I know this isn't a general rendering problem, because I rendered some test HD footage when I started, just to be sure I could. I'm guessing the problem is related to the size of the footage.

I have tried rendering it in several different formats (MPEG-2 is my preferred, but I tried .avi and .wmv too), and the result is always the same - no go. Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks

Ronny Hofsoy · September 24th, 2007, 03:17 AM

I'am not sure this could be ralated but some of my m2t clips that caused v7 to hang could easily be opened in v8.

The big question is: Could it be that v8 is more sloppy inspecting m2t's for errors, and thus increase chances of crash later in the workflow? I have no evidence that this would be the case.

Check the m2t files for errors, it could easily be done with some of these apps...just to be sure...

http://homepages.roadrunner.com/mwilczyn/mpeg2repair/
http://www.videoredo.com/Download.htm

I have used mpeg2repair with luck....

-Ron

Mike Kujbida · September 24th, 2007, 07:16 AM

I believe you just discovered the limitation of the trial version.
Sorry :-(

Jack Zhang · September 24th, 2007, 03:37 PM

Try the Dynamic Ram to 0MB and Rendering threads to 1 trick. If that doesn't work, buy Vegas 8.

Jeff Yin · September 24th, 2007, 10:23 PM

Unfortunately those work arounds didn't solve my problem.

Regarding trial versus normal, how could it be the trial version? It would be one thing if I got a notification saying the trial cannot handle files of a certain size/length, but random crashes, error messages, and stalls? That isn't the sort of thing in trial versions that impresses upon me the desireability of the full version.

Ronny Hofsoy · September 25th, 2007, 05:16 AM

Did you check that source files for errors?

September 24th, 2007, 02:38 AM	#1
Jeff Yin Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Fremont California Posts: 27	Rendering problems with Vegas 8 Pro (trial) I have completed editing an HD 10 minute short with Vegas 8 Pro, and I now want to render it into something that can be burned on DVD. Unfortunately, no matter what I try to do, Vegas either outright crashes, or gives me an error message and closes. I know this isn't a general rendering problem, because I rendered some test HD footage when I started, just to be sure I could. I'm guessing the problem is related to the size of the footage. I have tried rendering it in several different formats (MPEG-2 is my preferred, but I tried .avi and .wmv too), and the result is always the same - no go. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks

September 24th, 2007, 03:17 AM	#2
Ronny Hofsoy Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Tromsoe Norway Posts: 28	I'am not sure this could be ralated but some of my m2t clips that caused v7 to hang could easily be opened in v8. The big question is: Could it be that v8 is more sloppy inspecting m2t's for errors, and thus increase chances of crash later in the workflow? I have no evidence that this would be the case. Check the m2t files for errors, it could easily be done with some of these apps...just to be sure... http://homepages.roadrunner.com/mwilczyn/mpeg2repair/ http://www.videoredo.com/Download.htm I have used mpeg2repair with luck.... -Ron

September 24th, 2007, 07:16 AM	#3
Mike Kujbida Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Windsor, ON Canada Posts: 2,770	I believe you just discovered the limitation of the trial version. Sorry :-(

September 24th, 2007, 03:37 PM	#4
Jack Zhang Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Burnaby, BC, Canada Posts: 3,053	Try the Dynamic Ram to 0MB and Rendering threads to 1 trick. If that doesn't work, buy Vegas 8.

September 24th, 2007, 10:23 PM	#5
Jeff Yin Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Fremont California Posts: 27	Unfortunately those work arounds didn't solve my problem. Regarding trial versus normal, how could it be the trial version? It would be one thing if I got a notification saying the trial cannot handle files of a certain size/length, but random crashes, error messages, and stalls? That isn't the sort of thing in trial versions that impresses upon me the desireability of the full version.

September 25th, 2007, 05:16 AM	#6
Ronny Hofsoy Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Tromsoe Norway Posts: 28	Did you check that source files for errors?