Issues rendering video transitions.

Chad-Davis wrote on 7/12/2020, 4:35 PM

Hello,

I am a small-time YouTuber who creates and edits my own content. I am using Movie Studio 16 Platinum and working from a 6 year old Asus laptop.

I have run into a recent issue with video transitions. When I go to render the video after completion, it will always freeze anywhere I have put a video transition and will not progress any further. The progress bar sits still, and the "time elapsed" counter just keeps climbing. I have attached 2 screenshots below of my issue.

The first picture shows one of the transition spots that keep pausing:

And the second picture shows earlier in the video where I'm able to use a transition just fine (rendering does not pause on this transition):

This video is about 45 minutes long, and I thought maybe the length was the issue, so I cut it in half and tried to render it, but ran into the same freezing issue. This video is a good stretch longer than most of my others, but before this, I was able to use transitions without any issues. As far as I know, I haven't changed any settings or had any updates that may have caused this.

Any help anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated!

Comments

EricLNZ wrote on 7/12/2020, 6:29 PM

Are your transitions simple crossfades?

Post mediainfo on your source video file. Instructions here https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/faq-how-to-post-mediainfo-and-vegas-pro-file-properties--104561/

Musicvid wrote on 7/15/2020, 10:04 AM

Have you tried turning off GPU rendering?

 

vkmast wrote on 7/15/2020, 10:08 AM

If it worked before, you might at least try resetting. Instructions apply to MS versions as well.

Chad-Davis wrote on 7/15/2020, 12:36 PM

Are your transitions simple crossfades?

Post mediainfo on your source video file. Instructions here https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/faq-how-to-post-mediainfo-and-vegas-pro-file-properties--104561/

Yes, they are crossfades. I was able to do other transition styles as well when it worked, but now none of them work at all.

Chad-Davis wrote on 7/15/2020, 12:38 PM

If it worked before, you might at least try resetting. Instructions apply to MS versions as well.

I keep attempting this exactly how the link says to, but I just get a popup asking to allow Vegas Pro to make changes to my laptop. I continue to hold ctrl+shift and click yes, and it just opens the program to my last project worked on. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong there.

Chad-Davis wrote on 7/15/2020, 12:39 PM

Have you tried turning off GPU rendering?

 

I have not changed a lot of the settings or properties from what they started as, and GPU rendering was off by default.

vkmast wrote on 7/15/2020, 3:42 PM

Are you sure you did "Press CTRL+SHIFT on your keyboard while double-clicking the program's shortcut icon on the desktop to launch it".

I just tested this again and did see this

Chad-Davis wrote on 7/15/2020, 5:30 PM

Are you sure you did "Press CTRL+SHIFT on your keyboard while double-clicking the program's shortcut icon on the desktop to launch it".

I just tested this again and did see this

Ok, I must have missed the part where it said to do it from your desktop, I was trying to do it from the taskbar. After creating a shortcut to the desktop, I was able to clear the cache and it looks like the test video I'm rendering has made it through 2 of 3 test transitions. Very, very slowly, but this is the most progress I've seen! Thank you so much for this solution!

KenB wrote on 7/16/2020, 8:05 AM

I find if I press Ctrl+Shift immediately *after* clicking the program icon, the reset dialog box still appears. That way you can click the icon in the task bar or the start menu or any other shortcut you have, to reset the program.

Chad-Davis wrote on 7/16/2020, 10:45 AM

I find if I press Ctrl+Shift immediately *after* clicking the program icon, the reset dialog box still appears. That way you can click the icon in the task bar or the start menu or any other shortcut you have, to reset the program.

Good to know, thank you!