A user at the DMN forum posted this work-around to the (rare but totally show-stopping) 1394 drive playback freeze problem:
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I'm having (had) the same problem with my external FireWire drive (LaCie 120 GB DV Ed.). Sometimes I got an error message (but not always) that stated "unable to mix audio". The only thing that eliminated the problem was the following workaround:
Right click the audio on the timeline. Choose "Apply Non-real-Time Event FX...". The plug-in window opens. Double-click any plug-in, for example Graphic EQ and click OK. Now the EQ window opens. Bypass the effect by unchecking the box in the upper left corner and click OK. The Save dialogue opens. Save with the suggested name, or any other, to the same drive. It does not have to be a different drive. Done. Apply this workaround to all audio clips on the timeline. No need to copy the whole AVI.
Hope it helps.
Best/Tommy
www.stormstereo.com "
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Essentially, what this does is render a separate audio file and add it to the current track as a separate take. It's a fairly clean and elegant (but indirect) way to separate your audio from it's original media file.
I can't vouch for how well this work-around works yet just because I haven't had enough time with it. If it's helpful then the next thing to do would be to find or write a script that does this to all of the audio events on a track.
I'm not sure if this workaround provides a clue to the cause of this problem.
On a side note, I recently tried adding a set of 1kw png files to the timeline to try to simulate the effect I was thinking SFK files might have-small files having too much overhead all at once. I set the stills to last for just a frame to be sure they'd be a quick file read and nothing else. I also turned off waveforms in the timeline.
I saw no stalls. This makes me think that small files like the peak files aren't the culprit. It doesn't PROVE they aren't the problem but neither does it show that they ARE. I'm willing to back off about asking to be able to put peak files on a separate drive, though.
As I test out the above fix I'm only applying it to clips I get stalls on. The point is to see if the stalls eventually go away even if not all the audio files have been re-written.
I'm also wondering if the stalls increase in frequency as you go along.
For any of the SoFo folks: is their a way to make V4 behave more like V3? I'd like the program to stop dead after a stall. This way I could walk away without missing a stall. Is there a setting in the extended prefs?
Rob Mack
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"http://www.dmnforums.com/cgi-bin/tdisp.cgi?forum=sonic-foundry_vegas&post=030419174123.htm
I'm having (had) the same problem with my external FireWire drive (LaCie 120 GB DV Ed.). Sometimes I got an error message (but not always) that stated "unable to mix audio". The only thing that eliminated the problem was the following workaround:
Right click the audio on the timeline. Choose "Apply Non-real-Time Event FX...". The plug-in window opens. Double-click any plug-in, for example Graphic EQ and click OK. Now the EQ window opens. Bypass the effect by unchecking the box in the upper left corner and click OK. The Save dialogue opens. Save with the suggested name, or any other, to the same drive. It does not have to be a different drive. Done. Apply this workaround to all audio clips on the timeline. No need to copy the whole AVI.
Hope it helps.
Best/Tommy
www.stormstereo.com "
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Essentially, what this does is render a separate audio file and add it to the current track as a separate take. It's a fairly clean and elegant (but indirect) way to separate your audio from it's original media file.
I can't vouch for how well this work-around works yet just because I haven't had enough time with it. If it's helpful then the next thing to do would be to find or write a script that does this to all of the audio events on a track.
I'm not sure if this workaround provides a clue to the cause of this problem.
On a side note, I recently tried adding a set of 1kw png files to the timeline to try to simulate the effect I was thinking SFK files might have-small files having too much overhead all at once. I set the stills to last for just a frame to be sure they'd be a quick file read and nothing else. I also turned off waveforms in the timeline.
I saw no stalls. This makes me think that small files like the peak files aren't the culprit. It doesn't PROVE they aren't the problem but neither does it show that they ARE. I'm willing to back off about asking to be able to put peak files on a separate drive, though.
As I test out the above fix I'm only applying it to clips I get stalls on. The point is to see if the stalls eventually go away even if not all the audio files have been re-written.
I'm also wondering if the stalls increase in frequency as you go along.
For any of the SoFo folks: is their a way to make V4 behave more like V3? I'd like the program to stop dead after a stall. This way I could walk away without missing a stall. Is there a setting in the extended prefs?
Rob Mack