Project won't open - stuck at 6%

James Binder · March 19th, 2009, 01:28 AM

Project wont open-stuck at 6% - any thoughts?

I think I know what the problem is – Magic Bullet Looks. But I don’t have a solution.

I installed the plugin yesterday, worked many hours on a project, closed it, then tried to re-open it and…stuck at 6%. It won’t load the project further. I have another vrsion of the project saved as well – that one will only load to 2%...

When I disable (rename) the magic bullet .dll file -- the project will load. I’m running Vegas Pro 8a. Downloading 8c now and hope that might help the situation.

Clearly this plugin is causing a problem. I’d really hate to lose my many hours of work. I applied numerous instances of Magic Bullet Looks to individual clips all across my timeline.

Any thoughts or anyone had a similar problem?

Thinking of upgrading to a new machine – I’m on a somewhat now old duo core 3.2 ghz PC presently… might that be the problem?

Thanks --

James Binder · March 19th, 2009, 01:35 AM

UPDATE:

Just installed 8c and the project now only loads to 1% - and no further. What gives?!!!

Anyone?

James Binder · March 19th, 2009, 01:47 AM

Further Update:

I just got the project to open - somehow. I opened a previous project that did not use any instances of MB. I clicked on a clip, then opened/applied magic bullet, then turned it off and exited the project. I then noticed in my Windows task manager that Looksbuilder.exe was present where it had not been earlier.

It seems that if looksbuilder.exe is not running already (in the task manager>processes) when you open a Vegas project that has been saved with MB Looks applied -- Vegas won't open the project.

Humm --

Anyone else experience this? Strange.

March 19th, 2009, 01:28 AM	#1
James Binder Major Player Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: NY, NYC Posts: 367	Project won't open - stuck at 6% - any thoughts? Project wont open-stuck at 6% - any thoughts? I think I know what the problem is – Magic Bullet Looks. But I don’t have a solution. I installed the plugin yesterday, worked many hours on a project, closed it, then tried to re-open it and…stuck at 6%. It won’t load the project further. I have another vrsion of the project saved as well – that one will only load to 2%... When I disable (rename) the magic bullet .dll file -- the project will load. I’m running Vegas Pro 8a. Downloading 8c now and hope that might help the situation. Clearly this plugin is causing a problem. I’d really hate to lose my many hours of work. I applied numerous instances of Magic Bullet Looks to individual clips all across my timeline. Any thoughts or anyone had a similar problem? Thinking of upgrading to a new machine – I’m on a somewhat now old duo core 3.2 ghz PC presently… might that be the problem? Thanks --

March 19th, 2009, 01:35 AM	#2
James Binder Major Player Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: NY, NYC Posts: 367	UPDATE: Just installed 8c and the project now only loads to 1% - and no further. What gives?!!! Anyone?

March 19th, 2009, 01:47 AM	#3
James Binder Major Player Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: NY, NYC Posts: 367	Further Update: I just got the project to open - somehow. I opened a previous project that did not use any instances of MB. I clicked on a clip, then opened/applied magic bullet, then turned it off and exited the project. I then noticed in my Windows task manager that Looksbuilder.exe was present where it had not been earlier. It seems that if looksbuilder.exe is not running already (in the task manager>processes) when you open a Vegas project that has been saved with MB Looks applied -- Vegas won't open the project. Humm -- Anyone else experience this? Strange.