Major problem using project archive mode

Marc S wrote on 8/26/2009, 2:00 PM
I am trying to archive a huge project using the "save as" command and then "copy media with project" and "create trimmed copies of source media".

When I click save I get an error that cannot be determined. Sometime it also says the codec cannot be used.

I am using Vegas 9a, Windows 7, Cineform Neo HD at 1920x1080. Does anyone know why this is not working?

Thanks, Marc

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Grazie wrote on 8/26/2009, 2:30 PM
http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?ForumID=4&MessageID=665754Try this . .. [/link]

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?ForumID=4&MessageID=665072 . . and this one too[/link]

Grazie
Marc S wrote on 8/26/2009, 2:40 PM
Thanks Grazie, unfortunately there seems to be no workaround since I cannot copy an edited project into V8.

This is unbelievable to me and makes V9 absolutely useless or worse since I can no trim archive my large projects. Why do I have the feeling that this is one of those Vegas bugs that will never be addressed? I hope I'm wrong. V9 was a big mistake. Going back to V8 from now on. Very dissapointed with Sony.
Grazie wrote on 8/26/2009, 2:49 PM
Add your voice by way of a "ticket".

We have been informed of an immanent VP9b - 28th August? Read sticky at top of this Forum.

Grazie
Marc S wrote on 8/26/2009, 2:57 PM
Just filed it.
farss wrote on 8/26/2009, 3:24 PM
Big disks are really cheap. Archive everything.
All the modern codecs are problematic to trim and save without re-encoding that leads to loss anyway.

Bob.
Marc S wrote on 8/26/2009, 3:35 PM
Bob,

My current project is about 900 gigs. I need to trim this like Sony Vegas was able to do in V8. I had an 80-hour project I edited in V8 using Cineform and all 18 programs trimmed and play back fine to this day.

Sony needs to fix this ASAP.
farss wrote on 8/26/2009, 4:00 PM
"My current project is about 900 gigs."

1TB disks are currently around USD 80, I just bought four for AUD 400. Problem solved and you've kept everything in it's original state.

I've never used save and trim, always struck me as dodgy with anything apart from DV. On top of that there's the nightmare of the client that remembers 'that shot' that isn't in the archive.
I'm not trying to let SCS off the hook here, if they introduced a feature that they can no longer get to work right they should remove it completely.

Bob.
John_Cline wrote on 8/26/2009, 4:34 PM
Cineform is an intraframe codec, each frame stands alone just like a DV .AVI, it should be no trouble at all to losslessly trim a Cineform .AVI file. This is a problem which should not exist. I'd call it a bug.
Marc S wrote on 8/26/2009, 4:39 PM
"it should be no trouble at all to losslessly trim a Cineform"

Exactly... especially when you consider that this worked fine using Cineform in V8.