Or load(nest) all the needed vegs to a timeline of a new project and take your time when selecting them one by one. Select every veg and do the batch render. You must have enough RAM.

Thanks j-v. I'll try that.

Thanks also mintyslippers. However, my meagre pension won't allow that expense.

j-v, does that mean I've misunderstood the 'Render Project' option within the Batch Render dialog? I had assumed that this would allow me to batch render multiple projects.

Sorry, cannot help you further because I never do batchrendering, only batch stabilizing. No need for it because I prefer to make a complete project and use than my own named renderpreset.

@Jack S I don't know why that option is in the Batch Render script, as far as I know selecting that will just render the current project.

In the past I have Batch Rendered using 3 scripts which I have loaded shortcut icon into the top toolbar.

The first scripts runs through the track in the timeline, places a region for each event, and then names that region the same name as the event.

The second scripts does the heavy work of rendering each region to the folder you select with the region name.

The third script removes the regions to cleanup the timeline.

This would work for you if you first start a new project (we will call it master), then nest your other projects in the timeline on the same track one after the other.

I think the scripts I'm suing are a bit different than those included with Vegas Pro 16. If you are interested we can work out a way to get them to you.

Thanks Eagle Six

You're right. I've tried the option and it does render the current loaded project.

I have tried to pull the first of my projects onto the timeline but Vegas crashed immediately. I pulled it from the explorer tab and I'm hoping that this is the correct way of doing it. Is this the correct way to nest projects or has it to be done a different way?

I never use the Explorer bin, I load the project.veg in the Project Media bin like any other clip, then add it to the track. However, I just tried the Explorer and it worked on my system. I'm loading rather small projects, like 5-7 minutes. However long are your projects?

I wrote before when using nested vegs you have to be patient, because after clicking the veg in the explorer first the swap0 file has to be made before you can drag it to the timeline. If you set the thumbnail preferences to "automatic play" you can see when it is ready because it begins to play the veg. Than you can drag the file and the next time the same can be dragged immediately.

Thanks Eagle Six

Like yours, my projects are short, maximum about 12 minutes.

Thanks also j-v

I note your solution. I admit that I tried to pull the project in immediately. I'll do it the way you described and see what happens. My system is a little outdated so nesting may be a little too much for it.

Thanks everyone for the input.

For those who need to open and render multiple audio-only projects, here is a quick tip.

Let's say you have 50 project files you need to render.

- Run Vegas and import all project as nested.

- DONE ! They are already rendered.

When you import a project as nested, Vegas auto-renders the project and saves a copy with ".sfap0" extention. Those files are PCM / WAV so you can drag them into SoundForge or batch rename them all to WAV (in command prompt) and use them.

@Jack S I think the best way to render multiple vegas projects is with the script made by @jetdv. It's really very useful. And using it in conjunction with Voukoder you can render projects with different aspect ratio and frame rate without problems.