After a Nvidia Graphics update, Vegas won't use GPU to render

moksimsal wrote on 2/12/2022, 4:52 PM

Using Vegas 17
GPU is Nvidia GTX 1650, let me know if you need more details
Vegas has always been fine rendering using my GPU, as when I go to render using MAGIX AVC/AAC MP4, the options with the brackets (NVIDIA NVENC) have always appeared, and they've rendered smoothly/quickly without issue. After I opened Vegas after this update, the templates have disappeared (except for one which I saved myself) and if I try and render using the NV12 (not really sure what it is just see it in the template info), it appears as

'An error occured while creating the media file [file name].mp4
A component failed to initliaze'

If I go back to just using CPU rendering, the issue goes away but it renders at like 1fps... so it's pretty unusable. I've restarted and reset Vegas and my computer multiple times to no avail. And it's not like it doesn't recognise my GPU - in the Preferences > Video tab it has my GPU listed for the GPU acceleration of video processing combo box. Any advice appreciated.

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Former user wrote on 2/12/2022, 5:12 PM

I did notice some strangeness with updating to latest studio driver when I loaded Davinci Resolve. It did not start and showed a box saying something like "Your GPU has changed please restart" Which was concerning, on restart it loaded normally and I still had the same GPU.

I did not see any problems with VP18 as far as GPU being removed from settings or NVENC settings not showing

RogerS wrote on 2/12/2022, 10:01 PM

I'm on the latest NVIDIA studio driver with 15 & 19 and it is okay. Perhaps do a reset of Vegas?

moksimsal wrote on 2/13/2022, 4:11 AM

I did not see any problems with VP18 as far as GPU being removed from settings or NVENC settings not showing

Wow. I just bought and installed Vegas 18, booted up my project, and it still doesn't work. Great.

I'm on the latest NVIDIA studio driver with 15 & 19 and it is okay. Perhaps do a reset of Vegas?

I've done multiple resets of Vegas, and even opened it on V18. This doesn't help.

Dexcon wrote on 2/13/2022, 4:39 AM

GPU is Nvidia GTX 1650, let me know if you need more details

What are the rest of the specs of your computer: e.g. CPU, RAM, Windows version, etc.

After I opened Vegas after this update,

Was the last NVIDIA update for the Studio version (usually recommended for Vegas Pro) or the Game version?

If I recall correctly, the NVIDA website makes available for download older versions of its drivers, though that was some years ago so may not be current, but if still available it may be possible to go back to the previous driver version that worked for you.

Yes, its still there - https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/drivers/ - just scroll down for the previous (studio) drivers for the GTX 1650.