Media Pool Problems

dpetto wrote on 4/8/2005, 10:26 AM
Hi All,

At times when importing files (mostly photo's) into my media pool they do not show up unless I restart Vegas or sometimes I even need to reboot the computer. Also in the media pool where it shows how many times a file is used in the project seems to not update until restarting or rebooting. Any suggestions???

Thanks
Dave P.

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Spot|DSE wrote on 4/8/2005, 11:09 AM
How large are the photos? One thing about the Media Pool, if you have lots of large files in there it's quite possible you're killing all your RAM. Try turning thumbnails off as well, if they are very large. What file format are they? Tiff's require an outside reader (quicktime) and if they're large, it might be a hiccup related to that, too.
rmack350 wrote on 4/8/2005, 11:30 AM
To restate, sometimes when you import media of any type (but mostly photos) they don't appear in the pool unless you restart Vegas. Sometimes you have to reboot the computer.

What version of Vegas?
Are they particular file types?
What method do you use to import?
Have you tried uninstalling Vegas and then reinstalling?

Generally, I can tell you that when I drag files onto the pool from Windows Explorer they appear right away. I'm using Windows XP and Vegas 5.0d.

I just tried File/Import. They imported immediately. Also is working from Vegas explorer.

Soooo, normal behavior is for files to appear instantly and immediately.

Here's a question. How big is the veg file for this project? Could it be that your project has a huge number of media files in it. I've noticed that larger Vegas projects are somewhat slow to save onto my 1394 drive.

Rob Mack
dpetto wrote on 4/8/2005, 8:45 PM
Here are a few answers to your questions. Sorry for the lack of info the first time.

Vegas 5d.
Photo sizes are pretty small. Lots of images from the internet for this particular project. Almost all are jpegs.
Always import using the media pool import media button.
The veg file is 80kb
The idea of reloading software makes sense, I may try that.
Also, I mostly work on macs and am not super familiar with the pc operating system, so how do I check my ram usage?

Thanks for the help.
Dave P.
BillyBoy wrote on 4/8/2005, 9:29 PM
If you have XP do Ctrl/Alt/Delete then the performance tab.

The main thing you want to compare is what's shown under Commit Charge and Physical Memory. Its real time, so the values keep changing. Under Commit Charge Total is what RAM is currently in use. Limit is the combination of your physical RAM and your virtual memory or swap/paging files. Peak is the max used since you last booted. Under Physical Memory you see your total RAM and what's unused under Available.

If you don't see files in the media bin, could it be you have the right pane hidden behind another sub window? I just tried myself to imput as you did and have not done it for awhile I had to move another sub window out of the way to see the imported file.
rmack350 wrote on 4/8/2005, 11:32 PM
A veg file is essentially a database file. I've noticed that when they get bigger they're fairly slow to save. Well, slightly slow to save anyway. So my thinking was that maybe the size of the Veg file is a problem.

Similarly, the place where the veg file is saved can make trouble. Firewire is a little slower and I've noticed on some drives the performance for small files can be much worse than for huge files. I know this sounds like two conflicting ideas but a veg file can be large for a veg file but still much smaller than a media file. (Anyway, it's been a while since I've seen firewire drives act this way).

I'm just throwing out ideas here. Are the media files coming from local drives or are they literally out on the internet? or on a network drive? I think it's unlikely you're doing that but who knows? Maybe this'll trigger a good idea for you.

Finally, since you're more used to Macs, Maybe it'd be useful to know that the most common key to refresh file listings is <F5>. Windows uses it and most programs do as well. It could be as simple as that.

Memory usage? In Windows XP key CTRL+ALT+Delete to bring up the task manager. This is another thing to get familiar with in Windows.

If I'm being redundant, I apologize. I have at least one respondent to this thread blocked so I can't really see if he's posted something useful or not. I doubt that I'm missing much.

Rob Mack