vegas 9 stuck at building peaks m2t at DVinfo.net

Gerald Labrador · October 28th, 2009, 05:57 PM

I'm using Vegas 9.0b, to edit captured HDV files, m2t.
Vegas gets stuck, freezes, when building peaks. I hit cancel on one of them, and the audio was corrupt in the middle, or missing altogether. I tried opening the file in trimmer (not on the timeline) and it had no audio.
When I tried the same file in Premiere Pro CS3 and it works just fine.

I tried mpeg2repair, but that doubled the file size and ran out of disk space. The exported file had no audio.

Anyone have any ideas or work around?

Seth Bloombaum · October 28th, 2009, 06:33 PM

OK, I've not experienced any of this, but here are some ideas...

Are you so close to being out of disk space that there isn't enough for the sfk/sfap0 peak files to be written? (they write to the directory where the video files are, by default, can't be changed)

Try removing the sfk/sfap peak files from the capture directory, and see if Vegas likes your video better...

There's a pref that's worth experimenting with, just to see if it helps narrow down the possibilities: Options | Preferences | General | Build peaks for visible events only. The idea here would be to drag your caps into the project media folder and see if they'll work there, then drag one to the timeline and see what happens.

Are you capturing in Vegas' HDV capture app? If not, it's worth trying.

Have you worked with M2T files from this cam captured the way you're capturing with this version of Vegas and seen it work? Or, is this the first time for this workflow...

Are you running in Vista? Does the Vista user account have administrator privileges?

Sorry I don't have a direct answer for you, but I hope this helps. BTW, 9.0c was just released, also worth trying that!

Gerald Labrador · October 29th, 2009, 11:45 AM

Thanks Seth.
I tried all of your ideas, including updating to 9.0c, but it still acts up. After updating, more of the video did play through explorer/trimmer, but would eventually hang.

These were captured with Premiere CS3 and HDVSplit, that maybe why the errors.

Also, I noticed red frames in Premiere (where they work fine), so my guess is Vegas does not like dropped frames.

I'll have to work in Premiere for now...and I just got into liking Vegas too.

Seth Bloombaum · October 29th, 2009, 01:59 PM

Yeah, you gotta' do what you gotta' do to get your project out.

When you have time you might try going back to some camera tapes with Vegas, and see how it does for you.

Jay Massengill · October 29th, 2009, 03:36 PM

I recently did several projects on a secondary computer that I had loaded consumer Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 9.0B on. I used m2t files imported directly off the SDHC card, shot with a Canon HF11 set to the 17Mbps 1440x1080 quality level.
Other than the preview window lagging pretty badly when passing through a complex section of the timeline, I had no problems at all with any of the editing once I defragmented the harddrive.
I did have a couple of instances where Vegas froze while building the peaks, but that computer was having a lot of strange behavior during that first week so I didn't really think it was isolated to Vegas. Many different media programs were crashing. After defragmenting, I had no problems other than preview lag, which was to be expected with an underpowered computer.
That computer is a Core 2 Duo 6300 at 1.86 Gigahertz with only 2Gb of RAM and Windows XP Pro SP2.
Have you tried defragmenting your media drive?

Brian Luce · November 1st, 2009, 11:32 PM

My Vegas 9c is crashing like crazy too. Happens every time I try and import captured HDV files. Defragging now, hope it works.

October 28th, 2009, 05:57 PM	#1
Gerald Labrador Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 55	vegas 9 stuck at building peaks m2t I'm using Vegas 9.0b, to edit captured HDV files, m2t. Vegas gets stuck, freezes, when building peaks. I hit cancel on one of them, and the audio was corrupt in the middle, or missing altogether. I tried opening the file in trimmer (not on the timeline) and it had no audio. When I tried the same file in Premiere Pro CS3 and it works just fine. I tried mpeg2repair, but that doubled the file size and ran out of disk space. The exported file had no audio. Anyone have any ideas or work around?

October 28th, 2009, 06:33 PM	#2
Seth Bloombaum Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,420	OK, I've not experienced any of this, but here are some ideas... Are you so close to being out of disk space that there isn't enough for the sfk/sfap0 peak files to be written? (they write to the directory where the video files are, by default, can't be changed) Try removing the sfk/sfap peak files from the capture directory, and see if Vegas likes your video better... There's a pref that's worth experimenting with, just to see if it helps narrow down the possibilities: Options \| Preferences \| General \| Build peaks for visible events only. The idea here would be to drag your caps into the project media folder and see if they'll work there, then drag one to the timeline and see what happens. Are you capturing in Vegas' HDV capture app? If not, it's worth trying. Have you worked with M2T files from this cam captured the way you're capturing with this version of Vegas and seen it work? Or, is this the first time for this workflow... Are you running in Vista? Does the Vista user account have administrator privileges? Sorry I don't have a direct answer for you, but I hope this helps. BTW, 9.0c was just released, also worth trying that! __________________ 30 years of pro media production. Vegas user since 1.0. Webcaster since 1997. Freelancer since 2000. College instructor since 2001.

October 29th, 2009, 01:59 PM	#4
Seth Bloombaum Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,420	Yeah, you gotta' do what you gotta' do to get your project out. When you have time you might try going back to some camera tapes with Vegas, and see how it does for you. __________________ 30 years of pro media production. Vegas user since 1.0. Webcaster since 1997. Freelancer since 2000. College instructor since 2001.

October 29th, 2009, 11:45 AM	#3
Gerald Labrador Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 55	Thanks Seth. I tried all of your ideas, including updating to 9.0c, but it still acts up. After updating, more of the video did play through explorer/trimmer, but would eventually hang. These were captured with Premiere CS3 and HDVSplit, that maybe why the errors. Also, I noticed red frames in Premiere (where they work fine), so my guess is Vegas does not like dropped frames. I'll have to work in Premiere for now...and I just got into liking Vegas too.

October 29th, 2009, 03:36 PM	#5
Jay Massengill Trustee Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Burlington Posts: 1,976	I recently did several projects on a secondary computer that I had loaded consumer Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 9.0B on. I used m2t files imported directly off the SDHC card, shot with a Canon HF11 set to the 17Mbps 1440x1080 quality level. Other than the preview window lagging pretty badly when passing through a complex section of the timeline, I had no problems at all with any of the editing once I defragmented the harddrive. I did have a couple of instances where Vegas froze while building the peaks, but that computer was having a lot of strange behavior during that first week so I didn't really think it was isolated to Vegas. Many different media programs were crashing. After defragmenting, I had no problems other than preview lag, which was to be expected with an underpowered computer. That computer is a Core 2 Duo 6300 at 1.86 Gigahertz with only 2Gb of RAM and Windows XP Pro SP2. Have you tried defragmenting your media drive?

November 1st, 2009, 11:32 PM	#6
Brian Luce Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,290	My Vegas 9c is crashing like crazy too. Happens every time I try and import captured HDV files. Defragging now, hope it works.