blue screen of death on rendering mp4

JMacSTL wrote on 12/6/2017, 11:07 AM

Vegas pro 11 (most recent build) crashes on rendering Main Concept 720p MP4. This occurs if I've done any editing, whether audio or video, and even if I've rendered once, and then after doing NO editing, attempt to render again. After the crash, the PC reboots, and then I can render safely. Problem solved ONLY if I quit Vegas, restart it, then re open the project. Can be a simple project with few audio tracks, or big project with 30+ audio tracks and lots of plugins. Has anybody else seen this?

btw: I still use Vegas pro 11 due to audio plugin issues in subsequent (64bit) versions of Vegas and plan on sticking with 11 until the VST plugin issue is solved.

jmm in STL

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NickHope wrote on 12/6/2017, 11:24 AM

Troubleshoot with this post, which still applies to VP11. Sounds like it could be overheating, which is covered in section #20 of the post linked from that post (inarticulate but you know what I mean).

JMacSTL wrote on 12/6/2017, 11:39 AM

Interesting article. Turning off GPU forces you to restart Vegas, so it's the same solution as restarting it anyway.

Setting Dynamic RAM Preview max to zero. But I need this!. Hah. I've changed it from 1024 to 512 for now.

What I am doing today is: rendering out a :10 video multiple times with options for audio. So I make audio changes, then render that out as an MP4. Then make more audio changes, and ...etc. Overheating ain't it....because this can occur first thing in the AM and this render takes only a few seconds anyway.

With GPU off and dynRam to 1/2, I can now render MP4 multiple times now with no crashes.

Turning back on GPU gives me the crash again...so it appears to be that. I'll live without it for now. Thanks!

jmm

JMacSTL wrote on 12/7/2017, 4:36 PM

update: a day later, after editing about 20 versions of a TV spot, I am still getting the BSOD crashes sometimes. Even with both Dynamic RAM at zero and GPU off. Frustrating. No other render format causes this. And now, after this reboot of the PC, all my Favorite output formats have disappeared. omg. so much work...gone....argh.

OldSmoke wrote on 12/7/2017, 5:09 PM

If your GPU isn’t fully supported by the Mainconcept AVC encoder, only older models are, your CPU does most of the work. I would look into things like overheating. Make sure all your fans and heatsink are clean. Reseating the CPU and RAM modules can help as well.

JMacSTL wrote on 12/7/2017, 5:57 PM

Here are some recent temps after a FULL day of pushing the machine very hard.