FX Plugins Folder Problem

i am erikd wrote on 11/22/2019, 7:07 AM

C:\Program Files\Common Files\OFX

This is where Vegas looks to find my OFX plugins. I would like for Vegas to not look here for plugins. Either a different folder or not to look at all is fine with me. My current plugins work fine in other apps I'm using but when I open Vegas, the plugins folder causes the software to crash and not open. If I rename the OFX folder to OFX.old then Vegas opens normally as expected.

Thanks,

Erik

Comments

alifftudm95 wrote on 11/23/2019, 5:39 AM

Having sort of similar problem. My VEGAS Pro works perfectly fine with the OFX folder but my VEGAS Effects wont load up till I disable that OFX folder by renaming it to OFX Off. This is a big nuisance for me to work with both VEGAS Pro & VEGAS Effects with some plugins I used inside VP.

fr0sty wrote on 11/23/2019, 10:13 AM

Vegas Pro has already been updated to fix this bug. Update Vegas Pro. Vegas Effects should get an update very soon that should address those issues.

Steve_Rhoden wrote on 11/24/2019, 3:01 AM

Vegas looks here for your OFX filters also:

C:\Program Files\VEGAS\Vegas Pro 17\OFX Video Plug-Ins

But as fr0sty also pointed, this is fixed in the recent update!

Little_Green_Dog wrote on 9/19/2020, 6:10 PM

I'd like to offer my experience to this discussion:

I like use BMD Fusion for compositing work but it crashes when it sees certain OFX plugins used by Vegas in the OFX folder. Personally, I think this is a fault with Fusion; there should be a option in the program to filter out incompatible OFX plugins. But since that option doesn't exist, my workaround has been to simply move these 'problem' plugins to Vegas' Video Plug-ins folder as described above. Now both programs are happy on my computer.

The issue now is that whenever I add new OFX plugins for Vegas or when I upgrade Vegas to a new version, I need to remember to manually move the plugins to the program's folder again. Not a huge deal but it's important if I want to keep using these plugins in Vegas and not crash Fusion. Naturally, other programs compatible with these OFX plugins may need these plugins copied to their program's local plug-ins folder too.

I wish Vegas had a place in Preferences where a user can define an alternative OFX folder path, like it currently has for setting multiple VST folder paths. Just a thought.

Reyfox wrote on 9/20/2020, 4:42 PM

I do understand your situation. But it's not Vegas OFX plugins fault, but BMD who should fix the problem or have an alternative location for the plugins and better OFX compatibility.