Error While Rendering M2T mpeg-2

Jim H wrote on 11/22/2006, 8:55 PM

I've made several attempts to render a half hour HD project and each time the result is an error message. The error comes after 8 or 9 hours of rendering. The last error occurred at 90% complete and gave me the message pasted in below. After I hit OK Vegas 7 disappears.

I'm trying to render to the MainConcept MPEG-2 HDV 1080-60i template with no changes from the default with hopes that I could then print that M2T file to tape. I tried printing directly from Vegas using the print to tape option but that crashes too. The partial file plays fine and I am able to print it to tape, but what the hey?

The project is a series of nested veg files with no added effects or anything beyond what's happening within the nested veg's themselves.

Is this a known problem with V7? Are there any work arounds? Anyone?

Thanks.

Sony Vegas 7.0
Version 7.0b (Build 151)
Exception 0xC0000005 (access violation) WRITE:0x2 IP:0x700073
In Module 'vegas70.exe' at Address 0x400000 + 0x300073
Thread: ProgMan ID=0xC4C Stack=0x1E5D000-0x1E60000
Registers:
EAX=01e5d080 CS=001b EIP=00700073 EFLGS=00010282
EBX=087574fe SS=0023 ESP=01e5d020 EBP=01e5d5dc
ECX=0099017e DS=0023 ESI=135ed8e8 FS=003b
EDX=00700070 ES=0023 EDI=00000000 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
00700073: 88 57 02 88 47 03 88 5F .W..G.._
0070007B: 04 8B 44 24 34 05 FA 07 ..D..
Stack Dump:
01E5D020: 00000023
01E5D024: 0073351B 00400000 + 33351B (vegas70.exe)
01E5D028: 135ED8E8 13020000 + 5CD8E8
01E5D02C: 254070E8 24340000 + 10C70E8
01E5D030: 1BB91258 1BB60000 + 31258
01E5D034: 2598FF78 24340000 + 164FF78
01E5D038: 006C0869 00400000 + 2C0869 (vegas70.exe)
01E5D03C: 01E5D080 01D60000 + FD080
01E5D040: 254070E8 24340000 + 10C70E8
01E5D044: 2598FF68 24340000 + 164FF68
01E5D048: 95144C55
01E5D04C: C1B5D8E0
01E5D050: C0856898
01E5D054: 3627F912 36120000 + 15F912
01E5D058: 4082D524 40710000 + 11D524
01E5D05C: 92963A00
> 01E5D0C4: 33CBA2A0 33BB0000 + 10A2A0 (mcplug.dll)
> 01E5D11C: 0B6C8000 0B630000 + 98000 (wmvdmod.dll)
01E5D120: C006607C
01E5D124: 677E9240
01E5D128: 403D5BBD 40260000 + 175BBD
01E5D12C: D66818DA
> 01E5D14C: 781C31A0 78130000 + 931A0 (MSVCR80.dll)
> 01E5D178: 1C71C71C 1C5E0000 + 13C71C (mcmpgvout.004)
> 01E5D190: 1C71C71C 1C5E0000 + 13C71C (mcmpgvout.004)
> 01E5D1DC: 7C91B5F4 7C900000 + 1B5F4 (ntdll.dll)
> 01E5D1E0: 7C91B686 7C900000 + 1B686 (ntdll.dll)
> 01E5D330: 006BF25F 00400000 + 2BF25F (vegas70.exe)
01E5D334: 25998570 24340000 + 1658570
> 01E5D338: 0099B310 00400000 + 59B310 (vegas70.exe)
01E5D33C: 01E5D380 01D60000 + FD380
01E5D340: 01E5D9C0 01D60000 + FD9C0
01E5D344: 258D1360 24340000 + 1591360
01E5D348: 258D1438 24340000 + 1591438
> 01E5D360: 7C931BEC 7C900000 + 31BEC (ntdll.dll)
> 01E5D368: 0056009E 00400000 + 16009E (vegas70.exe)
- - -
01E5FFF0: 00000000
01E5FFF4: 00519870 00400000 + 119870 (vegas70.exe)
01E5FFF8: 00A7B168 00400000 + 67B168 (vegas70.exe)
01E5FFFC: 00000000

Comments

Jim H wrote on 11/22/2006, 9:29 PM

In the mean time: If I load the 90% partial render M2T file on the timeline in a new project and tack on the remaining nested veg, will the quality of the re-rendered 90% m2t video suffer? i.e. second generation loss? I'm thinking this may be the only way to get the full thing to tape...unless I try to edit the last 10% in camera... ouch...sounds like editing 15 years ago.

MH_Stevens wrote on 11/23/2006, 9:41 AM

Try some simple things first. Defrag you HD and make sure you have plenty of empty space on it. Run your virus / spy-ware suite and run check-disk on the drive. (I uses Windows Live OneCare does all this at once). Reinstall Vegas (never hurts). Look for bad spots in the veg. I know that with a spot of blank time-code or corrupted video (if only a frame) has halted m2t capture for me before so it might cause render to go into a loop. Finally send the error log you posted to Sony tech. guys.

fldave wrote on 11/23/2006, 9:56 AM

Also, I've found nested vegs seem to suck more memory than video on the timeline. Turn your Dynamic RAM preview down to say 128 (if it's higher) to free up more ram for the render.

Jim H wrote on 11/23/2006, 10:13 AM

Thanks guys. Just defragged a couple days ago. Have rendered each veg individually without problem. Just completed re-render from one partial m2t file and the one remaining veg and it was successful after many hours of render (mostly just for that last 10% veg that was remaining on the timeline). No virus or spyware on this machine.

Any info on the second generation m2t that I used? Does Vegas copy the code or does it really re render? Generation loss?

MH_Stevens wrote on 12/25/2006, 11:04 AM

After replying a few days ago like I knew what I was talking about, today after installing and then removing Nero7, I had the exact same problem! When I render to m2t (using the same settings as the original poster or 720p) it renders to 18% and then hangs! Vegas becomes unresponsive. Who is successfully rendering to m2t? Post your settings please. I wish to render to m2t because the color space seems to match Vegas exactly and I don't get the washed-put color issue as with WMV.

fldave wrote on 12/25/2006, 2:34 PM

"Who is successfully rendering to m2t?"

I do all the time. I use it prior to print to tape so that I don't hold my camera up 8 hours for rendering. I have Nero 7 also, so you can't pinpoint it to just that. I use the unaltered Main Concept MPEG2 HDV 1080-60i template.

Try rendering with Windows Task Manager open to monitor CPU and page file usage. Right-click the Windows task bar and select Task Manager, then select the Performance tab to see what is happening when it hangs.

buddog wrote on 12/28/2006, 9:23 PM

I am having the exact same problem with Vegas 7.

Interestingly I loaded an HD file into Vegas 5 with properties set up for an HD file and attempted to render out an MPEG file and got a similar error to same situation in Vegas 7.

I have e-mailed tech support with this error in Vegas 7 but no response yet.