Inserting audio track or importing audio crashes Vegas Pro

Augustin-Medina wrote on 2/12/2026, 5:09 AM

Hello,
I have Vegas Pro 22 Build 250 installed on my PC, and never had any problems. Today, I wanted to experiment with some of the AI effects included in Vegas Pro, but it said I needed to download and install Deep Learning Models. So, I went to the Service Center, and downloaded the Vegas Pro installation, but I downloaded the ARM64 version (don't know if that's the one I had installed before). I then installed only the deep learning models, and not Vegas because it was already installed. Then, Vegas Pro wouldn't start at all. Each time I double clicked on it, it would not pop up, start, or even be in the Windows processes. So I uninstalled everything, and installed everything again, from the ARM 64 installer. It wouldn't work either. So I uninstalled everything, downloaded the OTHER installer from the Service Center (not the ARM64 one) and installed Vegas Pro AND the Deep Learning Models. The software then started correctly, BUT, here's my problem now, I can't import any media into the timeline. MP3, WAV, AVI, MP4, ANY media imported into the timeline will make Vegas Pro crash instantly (or well, after freezing for five seconds). And my previous Vegas projects are also now unopennable because they will crash on openning.
So what I did was uninstall everything, clear register, clear leftover files, clear everything related to Magix or Vegas, restarted computer, and did a clean new install of Vegas Pro 22 only. BUT the problem was still there. After more investigating, I realised I could import medias into the project medias, but NOT on the timeline. So then I tried to insert a new video track, and it worked. And when I tried to insert a new audio track, it crashed Vegas. Sooooo the issue seems to be related to the audio track. If I import a video with no audio track, it will insert correctly into the timeline. So what the hell happened ? Why was everything working correctly and then got all messed up because of the recent installs ? :') ...

I don't know what to do, and I really need to have my existing projects working.

Hope anyone can help me while I still investigate.
Thanks !


EDIT : Okay, I think I fixed it !
So, I went to windows event viewer (typed even viewer in Windows start menu), then did the Vegas Pro crash on purpose, and went to check the logs in the events viewer. And the logs said there was a problem with a dll called 'apluginsk.dll" located in C:\Program Files (x86)\VEGAS\Shared Plug-Ins\Audio_x64\apluginsk.dll.
So, what I did was removing the dll file from the folder, and... MAGIC, now everything works :')

Hope anyone that encounters this issue will find this helpful !

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Dexcon wrote on 2/12/2026, 5:45 AM

First of all, do you have an ARM 64 computer? If yes, upgrade to Vegas Pro 23 which supports ARM 64.

Otherwise ...

... please see https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/faq-where-can-i-download-vegas-pro-and-other-vegas-software--104782/?page=3#ca940999 for the download links for Vegas Pro 22 and VP22's Deep Learning Models (DLM). Vegas Pro 22 did not have an ARM 64 version that version only being introduced with Vegas Pro 23 along with ARM 64 DLMs. Installing any Vegas Pro 23 DLM is most unlikely to work in VP22 much less an ARM 64 version on a non-ARM computer.

This forum post advises how to do a clean uninstall of Vegas Pro which involves editing the registry. Maybe try this process to uninstall Vegas Pro 22 and then re-install VP22 again. However, this process does not include the DLMs so hopefully the installation of VP23 ARM 64 DLMs on a non-ARM 64 computer has not irretrievably infected the registry.

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