Hey all,
After much futzing around with a lot of crashes during attempts to render, I found that I could prevent crashing by following a few "rules" to work with Vegas 8.0 and 8.1. Perhaps if we build a rule list, it could help the many uses plagued with these issues.
Here is my basic list so far:
1. Avoid using multiple disparate video formats within the same project (i.e. MP4 files from one camera and MTS from another, etc.). Create HDV intermediates and bring those into the project with the most native Sony formats.
2. Avoid JPEG images (most of us know this). A work around is to pre-render the segments with JPEG's first.
3. Render projects to HDV 1080-60i AVI files using the default HDV Cineform Codec (BIG files....)
4. Use the file from step 3 to create the final versions you want for distribution (Blu-ray, MP4, MPEG's, etc.).
By doing this I finally had a project work without crashing during the render process for the first time in months...
Looking for Vegas 9 to fix the memory issues and clean up some of these issues.
Any other rules of the road others use?
Mike
After much futzing around with a lot of crashes during attempts to render, I found that I could prevent crashing by following a few "rules" to work with Vegas 8.0 and 8.1. Perhaps if we build a rule list, it could help the many uses plagued with these issues.
Here is my basic list so far:
1. Avoid using multiple disparate video formats within the same project (i.e. MP4 files from one camera and MTS from another, etc.). Create HDV intermediates and bring those into the project with the most native Sony formats.
2. Avoid JPEG images (most of us know this). A work around is to pre-render the segments with JPEG's first.
3. Render projects to HDV 1080-60i AVI files using the default HDV Cineform Codec (BIG files....)
4. Use the file from step 3 to create the final versions you want for distribution (Blu-ray, MP4, MPEG's, etc.).
By doing this I finally had a project work without crashing during the render process for the first time in months...
Looking for Vegas 9 to fix the memory issues and clean up some of these issues.
Any other rules of the road others use?
Mike