Getting Red Frames...again at DVinfo.net

Brian Luce · April 26th, 2010, 03:53 PM

What exactly do red frames indicate? So far it's been a harbinger of bad things, RAM errors, crashes, etc.

Also, can anyone confirm or dispute the rumor that turning off 2 cores on a quad core machine stabilizes Vegas? I don't care how long renders take, right now I can't render anything.

Edward Troxel · April 27th, 2010, 06:51 AM

You shouldn't need to "turn off" cores. However, you can go to Options - Preferences and change the number that Vegas actually uses. Sometimes it *IS* helpful to drop that to 1.

Brian Luce · April 28th, 2010, 08:42 PM

"max number of rendering threads" in preferences controls how many CPU cores are utilized?

I assumed you had to go to BIOS of something more exotic to shut off cores.

Gerald Webb · April 29th, 2010, 04:46 AM

wow, coincidence, I was just talking to a PC builder about this today.
He said to go via Task manager, processes, right click Vegas and set to 2 cores only.
By setting 2 cores for Vegas and 2 cores for anything else, he believes the stability of the operation is vastly improved.
I havent tried it yet, will post back when I have something.
:)

April 26th, 2010, 03:53 PM	#1
Brian Luce Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,290	Getting Red Frames...again What exactly do red frames indicate? So far it's been a harbinger of bad things, RAM errors, crashes, etc. Also, can anyone confirm or dispute the rumor that turning off 2 cores on a quad core machine stabilizes Vegas? I don't care how long renders take, right now I can't render anything.

April 27th, 2010, 06:51 AM	#2
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	You shouldn't need to "turn off" cores. However, you can go to Options - Preferences and change the number that Vegas actually uses. Sometimes it IS helpful to drop that to 1. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

April 29th, 2010, 04:46 AM	#4
Gerald Webb Trustee Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Central Coast Australia Posts: 1,046	wow, coincidence, I was just talking to a PC builder about this today. He said to go via Task manager, processes, right click Vegas and set to 2 cores only. By setting 2 cores for Vegas and 2 cores for anything else, he believes the stability of the operation is vastly improved. I havent tried it yet, will post back when I have something. :) __________________ http://vimeo.com/livewebvideo

April 28th, 2010, 08:42 PM	#3
Brian Luce Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,290	"max number of rendering threads" in preferences controls how many CPU cores are utilized? I assumed you had to go to BIOS of something more exotic to shut off cores.