vegas 9 keeps losing clips at DVinfo.net

Ian Planchon · September 24th, 2009, 12:01 PM

everytime I open the project I am working on, different media clips are missing, and it prompts me to specify a replacement. when I save and close, then open again, that file is fine, but now its missing another one. then I save and close. Open again and the FIRST file is missing. seems totally random!

any ideas whats going on?

Chris Harding · September 24th, 2009, 04:51 PM

Hi Ian

By default the new versions of Vegas put the media "offline" if you either close the program or just minimise it!! The moment the Vegas interface loses focus (you open something else) the media goes off line!!!

Go to "preferences" and under "General" you will find the options that need to be disabled!! Just uncheck the two options that allow the video to go offline when the interface loses focus as well as the audio!! Apply and you will have no more issues.

Chris

Ian Planchon · September 25th, 2009, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Chris Harding

Hi Ian

By default the new versions of Vegas put the media "offline" if you either close the program or just minimise it!! The moment the Vegas interface loses focus (you open something else) the media goes off line!!!

Go to "preferences" and under "General" you will find the options that need to be disabled!! Just uncheck the two options that allow the video to go offline when the interface loses focus as well as the audio!! Apply and you will have no more issues.

Chris

thanks for that, but i dont think thats my problem. in this problem. a clip will literally get lost. I get a notification saying I need to specify a replacement file for clip xyz. I havent moved the file from its source location, I havent touched it in any way. it just decides it wants to get lost.

Graham Bernard · September 26th, 2009, 01:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Chris Harding

The moment the Vegas interface loses focus (you open something else) the media goes off line!!!

I've gotta ask - why? Why would I want to place Vegas into this "sleep" mode regarding Media? What would be the advantages? And I mean this, I am not being sarcastic or controversial here.

Grazie

Ian Stark · September 26th, 2009, 02:13 AM

The only advantage I can think of is that is releases the media for use in other apps, eg if I want to work on a still image in Photoshop. Of course if the media is playing you can open the file in another app but not save it.

Regarding Ian's issue, I was wondering if the media is stored on an external drive and whether the drive letters are changing. It seems unlikely but might be worth investigating.

This could be one of those 'reinstall Vegas and it goes away' situations.

Steve Renouf · September 27th, 2009, 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Ian Stark

The only advantage I can think of is that is releases the media for use in other apps, eg if I want to work on a still image in Photoshop. Of course if the media is playing you can open the file in another app but not save it.

Regarding Ian's issue, I was wondering if the media is stored on an external drive and whether the drive letters are changing. It seems unlikely but might be worth investigating.

This could be one of those 'reinstall Vegas and it goes away' situations.

Don't know if it bears any relationship to the issue Ian is experiencing but I've just been experiencing another irritating (and initially baffling) glitch with 9.0b on Vista x64.

I have a 2hr+ project where the project was started in 8.0c with each scene being a seperate .veg. (As the project was started before 9.0b was available). Anyway, I decided to finish editing all the scenes in 8.0c (didn't want to change everything in mid-flow) and use 9.0b for the final render with the 8.0c veggies nested.

So, brought all the 8.0c veggies onto the TL in 9.0b added titles, additional audio tracks running across scene changes etc. and final credits.

Upon doing a final check run-through before rendering, I discovered one or two scenes had somehow lost the audio!?! So, right click on clip, open for editing in 8.0c, select ALL, move everything to the right, move everything back to the chock, save and go back to 9.0c - low and behold, audio magically re-appears!?! Go figure!

On this point, I can't find in v9.0b the option to force re-doing peaks... (which may be a shorter method for achieving the same result!?!).

Edward Troxel · September 27th, 2009, 01:59 PM

Grazie, here's the simple answer:

You say you use the script to open a photo on the timeline in a photo editor a lot. Here's your two options:

1. You leave Vegas to open the photo in the photo editor. Vegas now reports the media as "offline". You can now edit the photo, save the photo, and when you switch back to Vegas, it will automatically see the changes made.

2. You leave Vegas to open the photo in the photo editor. However, Vegas keeps the media "online". You can now edit the photo but you CANNOT save the photo because Vegas has it locked. Instead, you now need to do a "Save As" in the photo program if you don't want to lose your changes. When you switch back to Vegas, you'll still have the original photo. If you want the changes, now you have to manually replace with the new photo.

So, I definitely don't mind my media going "off line" when Vegas doesn't have the focus.

September 24th, 2009, 12:01 PM	#1
Ian Planchon Major Player Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: an Alaskan living in Des Moines, Iowa Posts: 513	vegas 9 keeps losing clips everytime I open the project I am working on, different media clips are missing, and it prompts me to specify a replacement. when I save and close, then open again, that file is fine, but now its missing another one. then I save and close. Open again and the FIRST file is missing. seems totally random! any ideas whats going on?

September 26th, 2009, 02:13 AM	#5
Ian Stark Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 2,237	The only advantage I can think of is that is releases the media for use in other apps, eg if I want to work on a still image in Photoshop. Of course if the media is playing you can open the file in another app but not save it. Regarding Ian's issue, I was wondering if the media is stored on an external drive and whether the drive letters are changing. It seems unlikely but might be worth investigating. This could be one of those 'reinstall Vegas and it goes away' situations. __________________ www.vit-media.com www.classicmachinefilms.co.uk

September 27th, 2009, 01:59 PM	#7
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Grazie, here's the simple answer: You say you use the script to open a photo on the timeline in a photo editor a lot. Here's your two options: 1. You leave Vegas to open the photo in the photo editor. Vegas now reports the media as "offline". You can now edit the photo, save the photo, and when you switch back to Vegas, it will automatically see the changes made. 2. You leave Vegas to open the photo in the photo editor. However, Vegas keeps the media "online". You can now edit the photo but you CANNOT save the photo because Vegas has it locked. Instead, you now need to do a "Save As" in the photo program if you don't want to lose your changes. When you switch back to Vegas, you'll still have the original photo. If you want the changes, now you have to manually replace with the new photo. So, I definitely don't mind my media going "off line" when Vegas doesn't have the focus. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

September 24th, 2009, 04:51 PM	#2
Chris Harding Inner Circle Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 8,441	Hi Ian By default the new versions of Vegas put the media "offline" if you either close the program or just minimise it!! The moment the Vegas interface loses focus (you open something else) the media goes off line!!! Go to "preferences" and under "General" you will find the options that need to be disabled!! Just uncheck the two options that allow the video to go offline when the interface loses focus as well as the audio!! Apply and you will have no more issues. Chris