I just got Vegas Pro (9b, 64 bit), and the program keeps crashing when I add large files to my timeline. I'm working with tech support, but it isn't resolved yet, so I thought I'd see if anyone here has advice.
My computer has a 2.67 gHz Intel Core i7-920, 64-bit Vista Ultimate, 6 GB RAM, 2 1-TB HD's. For my first editing job on the new machine, I captured around 12 hours of standard-def DV footage from tapes (using Sony Video Capture), then tried adding footage to a timeline. I had a number of 1.5 hr. tapes, and I captured them all as one file instead of individual scenes, thinking I could just cut the footage on the timeline once I added it. However, that gave me 12 to 20 Gb files.
Nearly every time, when I tried adding any of the files to the timeline, Vegas immediately "stopped working" and closed down. I managed to get the files into a project by creating a timeline with a small file first (200 MB), then adding a larger 20 Gb file to the same timeline and saving the project file. However, if I try splitting the file, Vegas immediately crashes, so I can't even make smaller files from my large ones.
I presume my files are too large, and I'll have to re-capture them in smaller chunks. Since it will be a lot of re-work, I want to do it right this time.
My question: How small should I make each file? How big is probably too big and will give me trouble (assuming the large file size is the problem)? Or are there other possible problems that would cause Vegas to immediately crash like that?
Thanks,
Jon
My computer has a 2.67 gHz Intel Core i7-920, 64-bit Vista Ultimate, 6 GB RAM, 2 1-TB HD's. For my first editing job on the new machine, I captured around 12 hours of standard-def DV footage from tapes (using Sony Video Capture), then tried adding footage to a timeline. I had a number of 1.5 hr. tapes, and I captured them all as one file instead of individual scenes, thinking I could just cut the footage on the timeline once I added it. However, that gave me 12 to 20 Gb files.
Nearly every time, when I tried adding any of the files to the timeline, Vegas immediately "stopped working" and closed down. I managed to get the files into a project by creating a timeline with a small file first (200 MB), then adding a larger 20 Gb file to the same timeline and saving the project file. However, if I try splitting the file, Vegas immediately crashes, so I can't even make smaller files from my large ones.
I presume my files are too large, and I'll have to re-capture them in smaller chunks. Since it will be a lot of re-work, I want to do it right this time.
My question: How small should I make each file? How big is probably too big and will give me trouble (assuming the large file size is the problem)? Or are there other possible problems that would cause Vegas to immediately crash like that?
Thanks,
Jon