Let's set up a single thread for 8.1 bugs!

megabit wrote on 9/13/2008, 3:48 AM

With so many opinions / observations scattered in so many threads already, it'd be good to have them all in one place - maybe even a sticky...

Here go mine (so far):

1. How do you make 8.1 aware of (not to mention - execute) various plug-ins (Cinescore, Magic Bullet, VASST, Excalibur, etc...)

2. Do you also get the timeline portion of GUI completely messed-up sometimes? Nothing helps, but re-opening!

3. Those of you running Vista x64 without any swap file, better set up one - or "Low memory" message will appear when it's too late to save your work, especially if you have enlarged the 8.1's RAM preview buffer!

4. The Burn Disc: Blu-ray disc->: File Path: "Browse..." button not working as supposed to

5. The Render as...Sony MXF properties, when set to those of the Project, being set to 50CBR422 rather than 35VBR420 (with XDCAM EX HQ clips)

6. While the above (p.5) offers mxf->mxf smart rendering, what we really need is smart rendering MXF to MPEG-2; anyone succeeded?

7. The only freezes/hangs I had so far were all related to using the Trimmer. Either it freezes by itself, or hang Vegas as a whole.

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Sebaz wrote on 10/20/2008, 4:02 PM

One thing I found regarding AVCHD related to audio: All the 8.0c projects that I opened in 8.1 needed the audio peaks rebuilt, but weird enough, the audio track had no waveforms, and no sound. After squeezing my brain for a bit and playing around, I realized that for whatever mysterious reason, the audio was there, but 8.1 had not selected any stream. So basically for each project that I open in 8.1 I have to select the first audio event, choose "Select Events to End" and then select the available stream.

I just wish 8.1 had the ability introduced in 8.0c of only displaying the first and last thumbnail of an event. Anybody knows how to do that in 8.1?

MHampton wrote on 10/21/2008, 11:05 AM

My 8.1 keeps forgetting that it knows how to handle mpeg files. mpg from disc camcorders, even mp3 audio files. Get the red slashed circle when I try to drag them to the timeline. If I run 8.0c and answer yes to restore associations, 8.1 will work again. I turned off the check associations in 8.1, but it's still happening.

tcbetka wrote on 10/21/2008, 6:17 PM

I am glad someone mentioned the Media Manager issue, because I don't see anything here except a blank window as well. I haven't experienced the 'no time line' issue at all though. Any news about 8.1..."b" yet?

I find 8.1 to give me better performance than running 8c on Vista 64. In fact, it's *significantly* better and thus far I find myself using it for all my simple projects. I don't use any plug-ins just yet, so hopefully some of them will be supported before too long--but someone in another thread mentioned that you can run all the 32-bit plug-ins in 8c on Vista 64. Is there any truth to this?

Thanks.

TB

LReavis wrote on 10/23/2008, 9:33 PM

Having had horrendous problems rending long, complicated projects in 8b (8c introduced too many new problems, so I went back to 8b), I'm thinking about installing 8.1 on a Vista 64 boot disk. However, I have a lot of PicVideo MJPEG files - too many to convert to Cineform Intermediates; will the PicVideo codec work in Vista 64?

MSK wrote on 10/24/2008, 3:00 PM

Their System Requirements would say no: Windows NT/95/98/2000/ME/XP

http://www.pegasusimaging.com/pvmjpegfeatures.htm

Under Technical Specifications.

Sebaz wrote on 10/24/2008, 3:25 PM

Another bug I've seen a lot in 8.1 and never in any other version of 8.0 is that every now and then I will open a project and Vegas will tell me that the media files are missing, when they are in the exact same place as when the project was last saved. I have to click on cancel, close Vegas, and when I open the project again, it finds the files as if nothing would've happened. Has anybody come across this bug?

tcbetka wrote on 10/24/2008, 6:21 PM

Anyone in this thread have an issue of not having a video preview in the internal HDV vidcap utility?

I get a "Video Preview Unavailable" in the HDV capture panel, but the video actually captures correctly. I just noticed this tonight, with my first attempt at capturing HDV with this version.

Thanks.

xstr8guy@sbcglobal.net wrote on 10/24/2008, 8:07 PM

Subject: RE: Let's set up a single thread for 8.1 bugs!
Reply by: Sebaz
Date: 10/24/2008 5:25:53 PM

Another bug I've seen a lot in 8.1 and never in any other version of 8.0 is that every now and then I will open a project and Vegas will tell me that the media files are missing, when they are in the exact same place as when the project was last saved. I have to click on cancel, close Vegas, and when I open the project again, it finds the files as if nothing would've happened. Has anybody come across this bug?

YES... annoying as hell.

Cheesehole wrote on 10/24/2008, 10:28 PM

Yup it forgets it can read mpeg files - thinks it can't see the media files. But the missing timeline is driving me insane. I've tried everything... can't get it back. The file association trick doesn't even work anymore. :(

Also if I block it with my firewall it crashes. Can't even load without giving it permission to access the internet.

FileIOSurrogate gets stuck in memory... hogging cpu...

8.1 uses 21% cpu constantly even when it isn't doing anything... no project is loaded.

Ah what a nightmare... a match made in heaven for Vista 64. ;)

megabit wrote on 10/24/2008, 11:39 PM

Guys, while the missing timeline and inability to find the project files happen from time to time (as does the fileiosurrogate stop working) - please don't exaggerate; with large projects the 8.1 is certainly more agile than the 8.0.

Those bugs (as well as media manager or new trimmer functionality missing) are so obvious that I'm positive they will be ironed out in the first update.

Cheesehole wrote on 10/25/2008, 12:09 AM

Who's exaggerating? Yeah it happens "time to time" if you define that as meaning 50% to 100% of the time. And it's "more agile" if you define that as rebuilding hundreds of audio peaks for no apparent reason while I sit and wait. And then again later.

Megabit, if these bugs are "so obvious" I wonder why they weren't fixed before it was released.

Sunshine Studios wrote on 11/8/2008, 4:31 AM

Totally seen that bug. I use .TOD files, which are just mpeg in a container, and sometimes they aren't there. I have to go to the view all tab to get them to show up. Or I just close down and reopen Vegas and then they are there. Also happens with the render codecs sometimes too. Restart works with that too.
I also get the trimmer bug occasionally.
Other than that, BEAUTIFUL! Thank you Sony!!!!