Extended wait when Vegas returns to the foreground.

Richard-N wrote on 5/11/2024, 3:16 AM

When I task-swap in Windows to copy a file for a project, I bring Windows Explorer to the foreground. When I return to Vegas, all media are shown offline and the project media list is greyed out. This situation persists while I am waiting for the computer to catch up, but returns to normal after 30 seconds or so. During this time I have learnt not to make any inputs as Vegas often crashes.

My PC is fairly well spec'd but I still end up waiting for extended, unproductive periods. My Windows page file is currently set to 4684mb. Is there any way I can tweak the PC to improve this performance?

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Dexcon wrote on 5/11/2024, 3:20 AM

In Options/Preferences, try unchecking "Close Media Files when not the active application". On a large project, I had a wait time of around 80 seconds - unchecking the above option got rid of the wait time.

Richard-N wrote on 5/11/2024, 4:56 AM

@Dexcon Thanks very much, that works perfectly

mark-y wrote on 5/11/2024, 5:26 AM

Then Dexcon's answer is the solution? There's a button for that...

Richard-N wrote on 5/11/2024, 7:54 AM

Only my second visit here..... but so there is! Not actually a button but a menu option hidden in the 'More' options.

As the majority of questions will have an answer perhaps the 'Tag As Solution' could be a little more obvious?

Edited to add: When replying using a tablet device the 'Edit' + 'Tag as solution' icons do not appear for some reason. On a desktop PC they are unmissable. It appears I am easily confused!