Event FX Freeze!!!!

tommasoh wrote on 6/13/2004, 4:28 PM

UPDATE: forgot to say I'm on Veg 5a (build 134)

This happens in many different situations:
If the project is playing and I click on the Event FX button on a track (the one on the right on the event, right under Pan-Crop), what should be an Evnt FX window appears in a blank stark crashy white and Vegas starts taking 100 percent of proc time...but it doesn't crash, just freeze and I can't do anything else than force it to close.
It also happens if I drag a gif in the timeline, and even if it's not palying the track, whenever I click on the Event FX track-widget, I get that unpleasant result.
I'm talking about an Acer Travlemate 800 laptop, with a Pentium M 1.6ghz, 1GB of ram and an ATI Radeon 9000 Mobile loaded with Catalyst 4.4. The OS is WinXP Pro Eng all-updated includ DX.
So what?

Comments

Spot|DSE wrote on 6/13/2004, 6:48 PM

Try slowing down your graphics accelerator, see if that does anything.

tommasoh wrote on 6/14/2004, 7:25 AM

Thanks spot, but that doesn't do it... I brought it down to the last step... but the problem persists.
Also, while this procedure is acceptable for troubleshooting, I hope you agree it can't be considered a proper solution to such a problem.
We all make full use of our graphics hardware, 'cause we really NEED that power, and going in software mode only bec Veg has such a stupid bug it's not an option IMHO.
I'm not blaming you of course... the rant goes to the sony QC and developers.
Funny I never had a single prob with revious Veg incarnations.

BTW, am I the only lucky one?

Spot|DSE wrote on 6/14/2004, 7:33 AM

Reducing graphics acceleration isn't only a Vegas issue. And yes, I do think it's a good repair. Various cards respond to data in various ways. Premiere, Avid, Edition, Lightwave, Maya, Cool3D, MSP, all call for reduced acceleration for video editing in some situations. This isn't a bug, it's something else going on in your system. Obviously, others here aren't having problems with this, therefore it's a combination of hardware or software elements on your system that make this problem manifest itself.
How about a few more specifics?
What is the media type?
Where was it captured/obtained?
All FX freeze? Just some?
Same ones every time?
What other software is installed? Was it installed after or before Vegas?
Have you tried a repair install of Vegas?

SonyEPM wrote on 6/14/2004, 8:13 AM

What 3rd party (non Sony) video plug-ins for Vegas have you installed?

tommasoh wrote on 6/14/2004, 9:15 AM

What is the media type?
any kind of it

Where was it captured/obtained?
stuff on my hard-drive cemetry. Jpg, gif, psd, avi (compressed-uncompressed), movs...

All FX freeze? Just some?
IMPORTANT: the FX DO NOT FREEZE, it's just clicking on the widget described in the first post that makes Veg freeze, instead of opening the plugin chain window correctly.

Same ones every time?
As above, all FX ARE WORKING perfect, it's an interface prob, not a render prob (I guess..)
This means that if I drag stuff on the event or add fx in any other way veg allows me to do, it it works..., just THAT widget if clicked while playing the track, makes the prog freeze while it's trying to open the plugin chain window.

What other software is installed? Was it installed after or before Vegas?
Vegas is the last entry on my system, no sw has been installed after it.
I cannot list here all the stuff installed on my pc.. it's graphic software 2d and 3d (mostly Adobe, a Lightwave 3D copy, Rhinoceros, Fusion), and I have no problems at all with any other piece. All drivers are updated to the latest stable versions, windows is all patched adn so on...the computer it's a travelmate 800 from acer.

Have you tried a repair install of Vegas?
Yes, first thing I did. Even uninstalled and reinstalled.

SonyEPM :

What 3rd party (non Sony) video plug-ins for Vegas have you installed?
nothing- zero. It's not a plugin problem. I repeat FX ARE Working, just my preferred method to add them to the events it's not working anymore in this version.

Thanks.

Operating System
Platform: Windows XP
Version: 5.01.2600 (Service Pack 1)
Language: English
System locale: English
User locale: English

Processor
Class: Pentium 4
Identifier: GenuineIntel
Number of processors: 1
MMX available: Yes
SSE available: Yes
SSE2 available: Yes

Display
Primary: 1400x1050x32

Memory
Physical memory: 1,047.5 MB
Paging memory available: 1,341.2 MB
Virtual memory possible: 2,097.0 MB

tommasoh wrote on 6/14/2004, 12:11 PM

Mmmh, seems like I found what's causing the problem... but dunno how to solve it.
So, the strange thing happening is that the "Plugin Chooser" window, when opened is empty, and I know by experience it shouldn't be so.. do you know what may be causing this?

Any service? Some registry settings? What? Please... we're getting closer...