Movie Studio 11 projects work in Vegas Pro 11?

Gabonviper wrote on 2/29/2012, 11:01 AM

Hi,
I am having severe memory problems with MS HD Platinum 11. The project I am working on (a concert movie) has a running time of 2:48 hrs and now has 13 tracks on the timeline, five of which are audio and the rest video, compiled from 14 different sources (mov files mostly, HD most of them). It worked fine until recently, when even rendering a single song caused it to crash and report a memory problem. I am using the build 293 version, as the problems started when I upgraded to build 295. Prior to that everything worked fine and I was able to render a trial version of the whole concert in mp4 quality. Now the memory problem has resurfaced even with the build 293 version. Build 283 raised the amount of RAM the program could use to 4 gigs (I have 8 gigs DDR3, intel i5 3,3 Ghz, win 7,64 bit), so could it really be a memory problem? I tried to search for a similar post but could not really find any.
So I thought about switching over to Vegas Pro 11, which is a 64--bit application. Will that make a difference?
And if it's worth the extra money, will my current Movie Studio 11 projects run in Vegas Pro without anything lost?
Help appreciated

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meksmk wrote on 2/29/2012, 11:50 AM

Have you done the 64 bit fix? Here's a couple of threads about it:

www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?ForumID=12&MessageID=796866
www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?MessageID=697122&Replies=72

It fixes many problems related to what you're experiencing.

Gabonviper wrote on 2/29/2012, 1:29 PM

I did look at that and found someone saying there was no need for it after the build 283 upgrade which raised the RAM to 4 gigs. It doesn't turn the 32-bit program into a 64-bit one, does it? (not much of a computer whizz, sorry to say :( ) Should it run the fix nevertheless?

vkmast wrote on 2/29/2012, 2:29 PM

Gabon,
for files compatibility see this in the SCS knowledgebase
https://www.custcenter.com/app/answers/list/kw/4258/search/1

The 11 build 295 is working OK for me without the fix, but if you think VPro would be more adequate for you, test with the free trial. Fully functional for 15 days says the latest update in the SCS KB.
https://www.custcenter.com/app/answers/list/kw/4557/search/1

Gabonviper wrote on 3/1/2012, 2:48 PM

Thanks for the compability info - good news: Ultimate 11 is compatible with Vegas Pro 11.
I had already downloaded the trial version of Vegas Pro 11, but I thought I'd run it only when I am ready to finalize the project and burn it onto a blu-ray and DVD for the simple reason that it expires after 15 days of use, and it seems this project won't be ready for another three months.