Basic storage question...

Stiffler wrote on 5/30/2002, 1:43 AM

My OS is on a 30GB drive and my 80GB drive is just for storage... captured video, finished projects, and mp3s.

Vegas is on the same drive as my OS. IF I have a major loss on my OS drive, like a virus, or if I reformat, will I lose all my unfinished projects?

A related question...SF techs sometimes ask to send them a .veg file so they can try to figure out a problem, right? But the veg file is small, can they open it up and see the whole video?

I guess my question is, should my veg file be stored on my storage drive?

Just something I'm wondering, and thanks.

Comments

Chienworks wrote on 5/30/2002, 6:00 AM

I always store my veggies (thanks for the new word GG!) in the same folder as the project files, on my video storage drives (D: & E:). That way i don't lose anything if i have to reformat the OS drive (C:).

Former user wrote on 5/30/2002, 7:28 AM

Stiffler,

Always ensure that your veggies (and source) are stored on a separate drive. Having Vegas (the program) on the OS drive is fine...but ensure that you are writing and reading from a separate drive. Besides the obvious performance gains from having a separate drive, if your main OS drive fails...it's easy to reinstall your apps etc...but it would be brutal to try and recover your projects. I use three drives and all my work is separate from the OS/App drive.

Cuzin B

BD wrote on 5/30/2002, 9:51 AM

Stiffler,

If you have a burner, you can make daily copies on a CD-R disk of the veg files that you currently are working on, and also copy them to a second harddrive. Then you're protected even if your computer is stolen or destroyed.

At day's end, after a current veg file has been saved under its normal name: I click File > Save As, and then insert the current date into the file name. For example: "020529 Brandon's Movie" is the name of a copy of a veg file that I last edited on May 29, 2002.

If you create media such as titles and backgrounds: you could identify those files in your projects' Media Pool panel, and copy them to another harddrive or CD-R.

BillyBoy wrote on 5/30/2002, 11:02 AM

The veg file is used by Vegas Video to 'remember' which source files you used and what you did to the source files in your project during editing, transitions, applying filters, etc..

If you lose/change/misplace/corrupt either any of your source files in a project or the veg file, you're up the creek without a paddle. <wink>

I'm sure I'm not alone, I assume many make a series of "generation" veg files as you work on your project. In other words your first 15 minutes could be saved as myproject-a.veg, as you progress in your editing, you next would save as myprojectb.veg and so on with each progressive generation a little further along as you work through your entire project.

The idea is if you do something really stupid, have a system failure, power outage just decide you liked version 24 better then 30, you can just reload that veg file and have your project restored at that point. Vegas Video also can do automatic back ups.

Stiffler wrote on 5/31/2002, 2:11 AM

Thanks alot, everyone, for all the tips and info!