Before you read any further and, more importantly, before you post any reply to this thread, please note that I am experimenting independently of Sony, SCS, Apple, and Microsoft. I am a project maintainer at winehq.org for SCS software. I want to see the Vegas family of applications run on both Mac OS and Linux (*nix OSes) for various reasons. I'm not telling you that YOU should want them to, I'm just sharing my findings. If you want to know why I am interested in seeing these apps run on *nix systems, then I will create a separate thread to address that question.
No, I do not have screenshots posted for you anywhere (yet) but I ran the usual tests and am quite pleased so far:
It allows for all of V5's supported project resolutions. It will edit your standard, garden variety DV encoded AVI's with PCM audio no problems. It works with effects such as color correction, Magic Bullet Movie Looks for Vegas, and other standard, basic post-production tools. Track envelopes function as they should, and are snappy/responsive.
It DOES have some of the same issues that I had with Mac OS 10.4 and Darwine 0.9.53 but is overall more stable for editing/rendering. It's funny to note that X11 on Leopard is sort of 'broken' for other Wine apps, but Vegas doesn't seem to need the same resources that other mainstream applications need. I will have a blog post up soon detailing the installation instructions and details of my experience so far with this latest attempt.
ON LINUX: I accidentally installed Wine 1.10 (the latest unstable development release) instead of version 1.0. I proceeded to install Vegas V5 on Ubuntu 8.04 64-bit without being prompted to install .Net 1.1, which I found strange, but it completed the install, and allowed me to enter my serial number and start working. It had the same issues as before, but caused a catastrophic system failure after only a few minutes of experimenting with Vegas, such that I actually had to insert an install disc to check both partitions and rescue my workstation. SUMMARY: beware of Wine 1.10; it's not a stable release and Vegas 5 has regressed.
POST SCRIPT:
Please think before you post. The Golden Rule is still a good measure of etiquette when on the internet.
No, I do not have screenshots posted for you anywhere (yet) but I ran the usual tests and am quite pleased so far:
It allows for all of V5's supported project resolutions. It will edit your standard, garden variety DV encoded AVI's with PCM audio no problems. It works with effects such as color correction, Magic Bullet Movie Looks for Vegas, and other standard, basic post-production tools. Track envelopes function as they should, and are snappy/responsive.
It DOES have some of the same issues that I had with Mac OS 10.4 and Darwine 0.9.53 but is overall more stable for editing/rendering. It's funny to note that X11 on Leopard is sort of 'broken' for other Wine apps, but Vegas doesn't seem to need the same resources that other mainstream applications need. I will have a blog post up soon detailing the installation instructions and details of my experience so far with this latest attempt.
ON LINUX: I accidentally installed Wine 1.10 (the latest unstable development release) instead of version 1.0. I proceeded to install Vegas V5 on Ubuntu 8.04 64-bit without being prompted to install .Net 1.1, which I found strange, but it completed the install, and allowed me to enter my serial number and start working. It had the same issues as before, but caused a catastrophic system failure after only a few minutes of experimenting with Vegas, such that I actually had to insert an install disc to check both partitions and rescue my workstation. SUMMARY: beware of Wine 1.10; it's not a stable release and Vegas 5 has regressed.
POST SCRIPT:
Please think before you post. The Golden Rule is still a good measure of etiquette when on the internet.