Copy media with project??

frederick-wise wrote on 9/24/2010, 10:45 AM
Help needed,

Is there some trick to get "Copy media with project" to work? I'm trying to move a project from one computer to another but it just seems to give me a .veg file with no media attached. I've tried "selecting all" and then doing the save as command but still get the same result. It evens asks if I want to copy trimmed media but still no media shows up in the saved file. FYI - I'm using Pro 9e with win7 64-bit. Maybe there is some hidden global preference I need to change???

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Chienworks wrote on 9/24/2010, 10:48 AM
The media won't be attached. You specify a new, empty directory, then save with media into that folder. Vegas saves the new .veg file and also copies any media referenced in the project media folder into that directory. Some types of media it can trim to only the parts used, most will have to be copied in their entirety.
frederick-wise wrote on 9/24/2010, 10:57 AM
Thanx! That did the trick. You need to make a whole new folder for it to work - I don't think Sony makes that clear. Thanx again Chienworks and I'm lucky you were on-line when I posted - I can get this project finished now!
Marc S wrote on 9/24/2010, 11:05 AM
It should work. Try this:

1. File>Save As
2. Check mark "copy media with project"
3. Create a folder on the drive you want everything to be saved to and double click it to make sure your inside of it.
4. Name your Vegas project
5. Click save and choose either "copy source media" if you want everything copied in full or "create trimmed copies of source media" if you want Vegas to copy only the versions of the edited clips on the times. Note: Trimmed copies will not work with HDV, AVCHD because of the GOP structure and Cineform will not work at all because of a bug in Vegas 9. Cineform works fine in Vegas 8.

Good luck, Marc
frederick-wise wrote on 9/24/2010, 11:18 AM
Thanx for the reply. I also need to start archiving my projects as my HD space is running out. I recently bought a bluray burner for this purpose and a bunch of 25 gb disks.

Should I first create that essentially identical folder on my HD for each project (which will temporarily take up a large amount of space) and then burn from that folder or just try creating the folder on the bluray disk in the first place and cross my fingers that it will burn smoothly (I'm trying to avoid creating a bunch of expensive coasters). Do you have any experience with this work flow? I've reached the full mark on my HD and I'm too broke to keep on buying HDs. I think archiving to bluray makes the most sense since there are no moving parts to go bad (of course you need to make sure there are no scratches but 2 copies of a bluray disk are now cheaper than an HD).
altarvic wrote on 9/24/2010, 12:36 PM
Also keep in mind that if your projects contain nested vegs, this will not copy media files from those nested projects. In this case you should use something like this
Chienworks wrote on 9/24/2010, 12:39 PM
You should *start* each project by creating a separate folder for it to begin with. This makes tracking and archiving projects much easier.
Sidecar wrote on 10/8/2013, 11:16 AM
I have a VegPro 10 project that has media on several drives. I want to move it to a faster computer and work it with Veg12.

When I try to copy using Save As and Copy Media, even to a new clean folder, I get an error message that says the File Name Invalid.

Doesn't seem to work no matter what I do. This is the first time since Vegas 4 I wanted to do this and it doesn't work.
Chienworks wrote on 10/8/2013, 1:24 PM
Personally i never use the feature. It has several shortcomings and it also alters the file names and splits the audio & video into separate files.

What i do is manually copy the media myself, along with the .veg file. In your case i'd copy everything over into one new folder created for the project. When you open the project on the new computer it will complain about not being able to find the files. You can browse to this new directory and select the first file it's looking for and Vegas is smart enough to keep looking there for the rest.

Of course, you may not have copied all of the files if they're spread all around. So if Vegas reports another file missing, go find that file on your old computer and copy it over, then help Vegas search for it again. Repeat as necessary.