Blank Renders - Trial Version

Gary-Vrckovnik wrote on 4/30/2020, 4:40 PM

Hello,

I've just installed the Trial version of Vegas Pro 17. I've got a simple 2 min video (capture from an DV camera) and am trying to render. The video plays and sounds fine in the preview window. Regardless of which template I use from the Render As menu, the resultant file is a 2 min clip of black screen and no video. I see a small Vegas Pro watermark but that is it.

Does the trial not allow you to render a sample? I started with a 10 min clip and got an error that the trial only allows rendering of 2 min samples so I cut it down to just under 2 min ... yet it's clearly not working.

Any suggestions would be hugely appreciated!!

Thanks,

Gary

Comments

rraud wrote on 4/30/2020, 4:52 PM

Is the sound rendering? Try selecting a less than two minute segment and choose "Render loop region only" in the "Render Options" menu,

vkmast wrote on 4/30/2020, 4:52 PM

Was the length of your total project less than two minutes when you tried?

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/cant-render-loop-regions--110600/#ca683432

Gary-Vrckovnik wrote on 4/30/2020, 5:27 PM

The total project was 10 minutes …. When I hit Render As I got a message popping up that the trial version will only render 2 minutes or less. Thus I cut out 8 minutes. My current project length is 1:56;02 and I no longer get the message so I can move on to selecting a template and trying to render but everything is black and there is no sound.

Gary-Vrckovnik wrote on 4/30/2020, 5:29 PM

Sorry I forgot to mention that "Render loop region only" is selected as suggested by rraud.

vkmast wrote on 4/30/2020, 5:48 PM

@Gary-Vrckovnik did you read the linked comment from VEGASDerek?

Gary-Vrckovnik wrote on 4/30/2020, 5:57 PM

Yes I did read that comment and my entire project is less than 2 minutes.

Things are now working … I quit Vegas, restarted, opened a new project, repeated the exact same things I did previously (ie loaded the same video, trimmed it to less than 2 minutes and Rendered) and now everything is working fine .... odd but at least it works now!

Thank you for everyone's help and time!!

fr0sty wrote on 4/30/2020, 9:52 PM

It's possible that an unused track got soloed, or a used video track got muted, and maybe you didn't notice.

VEGASDerek wrote on 5/1/2020, 5:58 AM

I'll admit, the fact the project has to be less than 2 minutes was a mistake. The limit should be less than or equal to 2 minutes. I'll have this corrected for VP 18.

michael-harrison wrote on 5/1/2020, 3:29 PM

I'll admit, the fact the project has to be less than 2 minutes was a mistake. The limit should be less than or equal to 2 minutes. I'll have this corrected for VP 18.

It would be nice if you'd change that to "the rendered region must be <= 2 minutes" It would let people trial working with large projects but limit them to rendering <= 2 min worth

Gary-Vrckovnik wrote on 5/1/2020, 3:35 PM

It would be nice if you'd change that to "the rendered region must be <= 2 minutes" It would let people trial working with large projects but limit them to rendering <= 2 min worth

That would be a great idea!

In the end however as I was able to get things working, I've decided to pull the trigger and purchase Vegas Pro 17. So clearly the marketing theory works - the trial version was successful in capturing a purchase :)

Looking forward to getting lots of use out of my new toy!