Vegas 9 initial setup advice at DVinfo.net

David Stoneburner · May 4th, 2010, 07:02 AM

I'm finally moving to Vegas for my full time editor. I've been using Liquid for years and really like it, but it is an end of life product now. I just built a new PC and realized I lost my installation discs for Liquid. I've been playing with Vegas 6 on my laptop for a little over a year now. Anyway, I just paid for the upgrade to 9 and I wondering about set-up during the initial installation. In Liquid I have the program on my C drive, I saved projects on my graphics drive. I captured to my Video I drive and then had a Video II drive for rendered files. Since I'm only use to Vegas on my laptop, 1 drive, I'm not sure what is the best way to optimize the installation on multiple drives. Any advice would be helpful. Most of my footage now is HDV 1080i.
thanks.

Edward Troxel · May 4th, 2010, 07:51 AM

Install at the default location (which will be the C drive). After installing, go to File - Properties and change the various folders listed there as desired. Then go to Options - Preferences and change the various folders listed there. That will let you get the temporary, pre-renders, and audio captures off the C drive.

If you capture from tape, you'll also need to adjust the captures to capture to a different drive.

David Stoneburner · May 4th, 2010, 08:07 AM

Thanks. Quick question and many more to come since I really need to learn Vegas now, is it better to have a capture drive and a render drive, or is there a benefit to strip the 2 together for 1 drive? I have 2 500 gb sata drives for video currently set as capture and render.

Edward Troxel · May 4th, 2010, 08:11 AM

If you have two drives, it certainly doesn't hurt to keep them separate.

May 4th, 2010, 07:02 AM	#1
David Stoneburner Major Player Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 493	Vegas 9 initial setup advice I'm finally moving to Vegas for my full time editor. I've been using Liquid for years and really like it, but it is an end of life product now. I just built a new PC and realized I lost my installation discs for Liquid. I've been playing with Vegas 6 on my laptop for a little over a year now. Anyway, I just paid for the upgrade to 9 and I wondering about set-up during the initial installation. In Liquid I have the program on my C drive, I saved projects on my graphics drive. I captured to my Video I drive and then had a Video II drive for rendered files. Since I'm only use to Vegas on my laptop, 1 drive, I'm not sure what is the best way to optimize the installation on multiple drives. Any advice would be helpful. Most of my footage now is HDV 1080i. thanks.

May 4th, 2010, 07:51 AM	#2
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Install at the default location (which will be the C drive). After installing, go to File - Properties and change the various folders listed there as desired. Then go to Options - Preferences and change the various folders listed there. That will let you get the temporary, pre-renders, and audio captures off the C drive. If you capture from tape, you'll also need to adjust the captures to capture to a different drive. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

May 4th, 2010, 08:11 AM	#4
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	If you have two drives, it certainly doesn't hurt to keep them separate. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

May 4th, 2010, 08:07 AM	#3
David Stoneburner Major Player Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 493	Thanks. Quick question and many more to come since I really need to learn Vegas now, is it better to have a capture drive and a render drive, or is there a benefit to strip the 2 together for 1 drive? I have 2 500 gb sata drives for video currently set as capture and render.