thank you j -v but my preferences were checked same as yours

>>seems to do it randomly

Are you saying that the same media will sometimes group on the timeline and sometimes not? Or can you narrow it down to certain media that will not group when placed on the timeline?

yes its random. somtimes it does it to all video added in a batch and other times its only one or two videos added in a batch (highlight drag and drop). mp4. is what im working with

I can duplicate this behavior if "auto ripple" is off. So far, it seems to group a certain number of the beginning events in a batch and ungroup the rest .. but I have not tested extensively. Turning auto ripple on (even after placing the batch on the timeline) groups things ..

This appears to be a bug if you want to drag a "batch" of events to the timeline. I tested in VP16 Build 352.

Just tested in VP15 .. Worked as it should. So far appears to be a bug in VP16 Build 352.

There's a very simple script that I have used in the past just for this purpose. Once you've added your events to the timeline, just run the script and it will group the video and audio for each event. There is another script that does the same thing, except for 3 tracks which is useful if you have external audio that you also want grouped with the original video and audio. If anyone's interested, I'll post these.

yes i am interested please post. i my need some help with getting the script to work as well as i have never worked with scrips

@WetROCK1

No problem. I assume that you are running a Magix version of Vegas? If you're using an older Sony version, just replace "ScriptPortal" with "Sony" (without the quotation marks) using any text editor.

Here's the script for just a single video and audio track.

/**
 * Group Track1 and Track2 Events
 * Ce script groupe les Events des deux premières pistes
 * Auteur Gilles Pialat 09/01/2008
 * http://www.cameravideo.net/forum/sony-vegas-dvd-architect/
**/

using System;
using ScriptPortal.Vegas;

class EntryPoint
{
    public void FromVegas(Vegas vegas)
    {
        for (int i=0; i< vegas.Project.Tracks[0].Events.Count; i++)
        {
            TrackEventGroup group = new TrackEventGroup();;
            vegas.Project.Groups.Add(group);
            group.Add(vegas.Project.Tracks[0].Events[i]);
            group.Add(vegas.Project.Tracks[1].Events[i]);
        }
    }
}

Here's the script for 3 tracks.

/**
 * Group Track1 and Track2 and Track3Events
 * Ce script groupe les Events des deux premières pistes
 * Auteur Gilles Pialat 09/01/2008
 * http://www.cameravideo.net/forum/sony-vegas-dvd-architect/
**/

using System;
using ScriptPoral.Vegas;

class EntryPoint
{
    public void FromVegas(Vegas vegas)
    {
        for (int i=0; i< vegas.Project.Tracks[0].Events.Count; i++)
        {
            TrackEventGroup group = new TrackEventGroup();;
            vegas.Project.Groups.Add(group);
            group.Add(vegas.Project.Tracks[0].Events[i]);
            group.Add(vegas.Project.Tracks[1].Events[i]);
            group.Add(vegas.Project.Tracks[2].Events[i]);
        }
    }
}

To use, simply copy the script and paste it into any text editor such as Notepad. Then save the file with a .cs extension--e.g. eventGroup.cs--and place it in this folder "C:\Program Files\VEGAS\VEGAS Pro 16.0\Script Menu" if you're using V16.

To run the script, first import your media files into an empty project. There should be only 2 tracks--one video and one audio. Then go to Tools|Scripting and left-click on the script from the drop-down menu. That's it. All events should now be "grouped". You can manually ungroup a few events for testing and then run the script just to make sure it works.

A tip. If you copy the script into the script menu folder while Vegas is running, you'll first have to click on "Rescan Script Menu Folder" for the script to appear. Hope this works OK for you.

im running vegas pro 14 at the moment but im going to be upgrading to the new version soon. Will these scripts work if i have 50 or more video clips in the time line

Should be no problem, so long as your clips are on the top 2 tracks.

I can't duplicate this behavior in VP14 even when dragging 50+ media files to the timeline. But I do see it in VP16 Build 352.

I can't duplicate this issue in VP16 build 352 with some brief tests.

@xberk

What type of media are you using?

Are you dragging from Project Media, Vegas Explorer or external program?

Can you determine an exact threshold number of clips that causes this?

When it happens, are all the events ungrouped or just some?

Nick I haven't had time to do complete tests. I'm dragging MTS files from Vegas Explorer. Seems like the beginning (left most on timeline) stays grouped but somewhere down the line the ungrouping occurs. I"m only seeing this in VP16 Build 352. When I get time I'll try to narrow this down.

Just tested with about 200 MTS files in VP16 build 352 but I can't repro the issue yet (auto-ripple off, tested with trimming and moving the clips).

Just ran another test. No problems if dragging from Project Media (using same MTS files) .. only from Vegas Explorer .. I'm running Windows 8.1 ..