Haunted by past frames in Vegas 8c at DVinfo.net

Walt Noon · February 20th, 2009, 04:19 AM

I just wondered if anyone knew why past frames sometimes pop up later in a project timeline where they don't belong?

I never had this problem in earlier versions of Vegas, but it has happened in Vegas 8 several times to me now.

How weird is this?!?!?!?!?

I'm doing an instructional video, and I had a shot of a circuit board. I wanted to superimpose some information about components, so I created a timeline above the main timeline and masked in component identification graphics.
I later changed my mind and did an animation instead, and I deleted the whole sequence from my timeline. Everything seemed fine.
When the project was done, I rendered it to a cineform master. And on double checking it, saw that the objects I had masked in (a sequence I erased) now appeared LATER in the video on top of another sequence, yet I see them no where on the time line.

How can this be, and can I get rid of them!?!

With Vegas 8, I've several times had a spurious frame turn up somewhere far out of place in a project, and I just deleted the spurious frame (weird, but fixable). But I can't delete frames in this case because they appear over other footage I need.

Am I doing something karmically wrong to incur these ghosts!?! :-)

Thanks!

Edward Troxel · February 20th, 2009, 08:25 AM

A couple things I'd try are:

1. Reduce the "Ram Render" amount to a small value (in the 16 to 128 range)
2. Reboot before rendering

Walt Noon · March 1st, 2009, 12:22 AM

Thanks. That did it, I think... I also reloaded suspicious clips...

February 20th, 2009, 04:19 AM	#1
Walt Noon Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Redlands, CA Posts: 35	Haunted by past frames in Vegas 8c I just wondered if anyone knew why past frames sometimes pop up later in a project timeline where they don't belong? I never had this problem in earlier versions of Vegas, but it has happened in Vegas 8 several times to me now. How weird is this?!?!?!?!? I'm doing an instructional video, and I had a shot of a circuit board. I wanted to superimpose some information about components, so I created a timeline above the main timeline and masked in component identification graphics. I later changed my mind and did an animation instead, and I deleted the whole sequence from my timeline. Everything seemed fine. When the project was done, I rendered it to a cineform master. And on double checking it, saw that the objects I had masked in (a sequence I erased) now appeared LATER in the video on top of another sequence, yet I see them no where on the time line. How can this be, and can I get rid of them!?! With Vegas 8, I've several times had a spurious frame turn up somewhere far out of place in a project, and I just deleted the spurious frame (weird, but fixable). But I can't delete frames in this case because they appear over other footage I need. Am I doing something karmically wrong to incur these ghosts!?! :-) Thanks!

February 20th, 2009, 08:25 AM	#2
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	A couple things I'd try are: 1. Reduce the "Ram Render" amount to a small value (in the 16 to 128 range) 2. Reboot before rendering __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

March 1st, 2009, 12:22 AM	#3
Walt Noon Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Redlands, CA Posts: 35	Thanks! Thanks. That did it, I think... I also reloaded suspicious clips...