HDV Clip Limit?? at DVinfo.net

Matthew Niemann · June 20th, 2007, 11:36 AM

I started working on my first project shot with my Canon xh-a1 in vegas and have hit a problem.

It seems that after importing about 70 m2t clips into my project, vegas gives up, complains about lack of memory (which there's still plenty available according to task manager) and eventually crashes. I started this with 7.0e. I did some reading and saw E had some issues, so I un-installed and reverted to 7.0d and still having the same problems.

I also read that this was a well known bug in 6.0 - so I removed my old version of 6.0 as well. Still having the issues.

Has anyone else ran into this?

I'm running on a C2D E4300 with 2GB of ram - surely this is enough? If i have less clips than the threshold (around 70) everything works fine.

Thanks for any help!

Chad Bolton · June 20th, 2007, 12:04 PM

That's a lot of clips. Have you tried using sub-projects? Split your project up into 2 different ones then start a 3rd and put the 2 sub projects into it?

Matthew Niemann · June 20th, 2007, 12:09 PM

I guess I could - but it seems annoying to do so. I've read of people having over 1000 clips.. these are all small too.. most 5-20 seconds. There's got to be something I'm overlooking?

Tad Ryan · June 27th, 2007, 03:07 AM

I'm having the same problem and I'm running with 3 gigs of Ram.

Matthew Niemann · June 27th, 2007, 09:56 AM

I ended up converting them 50 at a time to Cineform (which i was planning on doing anyway) and they all imported fine (over 350).

Tad Ryan · June 27th, 2007, 11:41 AM

What would you do in the case of rendering to wmvHD?

June 20th, 2007, 11:36 AM	#1
Matthew Niemann Tourist Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 3	HDV/m2t Clip amount Limit?? I started working on my first project shot with my Canon xh-a1 in vegas and have hit a problem. It seems that after importing about 70 m2t clips into my project, vegas gives up, complains about lack of memory (which there's still plenty available according to task manager) and eventually crashes. I started this with 7.0e. I did some reading and saw E had some issues, so I un-installed and reverted to 7.0d and still having the same problems. I also read that this was a well known bug in 6.0 - so I removed my old version of 6.0 as well. Still having the issues. Has anyone else ran into this? I'm running on a C2D E4300 with 2GB of ram - surely this is enough? If i have less clips than the threshold (around 70) everything works fine. Thanks for any help! Last edited by Matthew Niemann; June 20th, 2007 at 01:32 PM.

June 20th, 2007, 12:04 PM	#2
Chad Bolton Tourist Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Maryland, USA Posts: 4	That's a lot of clips. Have you tried using sub-projects? Split your project up into 2 different ones then start a 3rd and put the 2 sub projects into it? __________________ Chad Canon HV20/Rebel XT/Vegas 7e

June 20th, 2007, 12:09 PM	#3
Matthew Niemann Tourist Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 3	I guess I could - but it seems annoying to do so. I've read of people having over 1000 clips.. these are all small too.. most 5-20 seconds. There's got to be something I'm overlooking?

June 27th, 2007, 03:07 AM	#4
Tad Ryan New Boot Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ca Posts: 15	I'm having the same problem and I'm running with 3 gigs of Ram.

June 27th, 2007, 09:56 AM	#5
Matthew Niemann Tourist Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 3	I ended up converting them 50 at a time to Cineform (which i was planning on doing anyway) and they all imported fine (over 350).

June 27th, 2007, 11:41 AM	#6
Tad Ryan New Boot Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ca Posts: 15	What would you do in the case of rendering to wmvHD?