New Computer, Weird Issues

JHendrix wrote on 10/21/2005, 12:08 PM
Just got:

AMD Athlon64 X2 4400 Dual Core
ASUS A8V Deluxe
3GB DDR400 2 x 512MB 2 x 1GB
Matrox P750 64MB Triple Head VGA
NEC 16x Dual Layer DVD /-RW
80GB EIDE (Primary Drive)
250GB SATA II (Audio Drive)
74GB SATA (Video)

Windows XP Professional
Adaptec Firewire 800 PCI card

Open VV project that works fine on other computer. Session opens and all audio files show up but their corresponding video all shows as "offline"


Aslo had a couple "new to me" memory errors. Anyone know if I need to tweak something with this kind of system?

Comments

Former user wrote on 10/21/2005, 12:41 PM
Do you have your smaller drive as your video drive or is that a typo?

Dave T2
JHendrix wrote on 10/21/2005, 2:10 PM
Im not using that so it does not apply here
JJKizak wrote on 10/21/2005, 2:31 PM
I didn't know you could put 2-1 gigs and 2-512 megs in the slots without problems.

JJK
JHendrix wrote on 10/21/2005, 4:10 PM
Not being an expert, I wouldnt know. Alos not sure why that would affect VV wierd media issue.

How do I see detailed system breakdown? more detailed than: System>General

I need to make sure what RAM is installed and where.
JHendrix wrote on 10/21/2005, 4:20 PM
and to DaveT2

no typos

I dont know why they put in the drives this way...it was configuerd for me and I told them I did video and audio. Is there any logic at all to why there are like this...or any tips ? does this configuation assume I would install video programs on the video drive and do a dual boot? whats the porpose of the 74GB SATA in most situations?

80GB EIDE (Primary Drive)
250GB SATA II (Audio Drive)
74GB SATA (Video)
fldave wrote on 10/21/2005, 5:14 PM
As long as the memory is not DDR2 configured to optimize to DDR2, mixing memory should be OK, from my experience. DDR400 is not necessarily DDR2.

Edited: select each file in the media pool and "replace" to the current location of the media. New PC probably means new file folder names and it can't find it. Just replace with the new locations.
rs170a wrote on 10/21/2005, 5:29 PM
How do I see detailed system breakdown?

Try SiSoftware Sandra.

Mike
MyST wrote on 10/21/2005, 5:35 PM
Wild guess, but since it's a 74 gig SATA, I would venture a guess that it's a 10,000RPM SATA Raptor.
That's probably why they figured it would be better for video.

Mario
JHendrix wrote on 10/21/2005, 5:47 PM
Oddly, replace didnt work...somehow that session got corrupted i guess. Luckily, its a copy...will try dargging new version over.

thanks for the help


any feeback on the "video" drive?
fldave wrote on 10/21/2005, 5:53 PM
I went through this several months ago with one project. I'm trying to remember...

Is your media local to the veg file (same folder)? I think my problem was with the media being on a network drive and me moving the veg file from one computer to the next.

Also, make sure if it;s a back level version veg (3,4,5) and you are using a newer version, save the veg into the new vesion, close, then reopen vegas and try to replace the media again.

Sorry, I can't remember the sequence, but it finally worked out.
JHendrix wrote on 10/21/2005, 6:02 PM
OK this is nuts!!! I open the VV project on one computer..its all there.

I drag it to new computer and (only the video half of the files) is missing!

2 other projects however....work fine. the freakin files are in the folder and Replace doesnt work. even more bizzare...2 of the clips do work/show up normally

all files are local in one folder....all VV6
fldave wrote on 10/21/2005, 6:35 PM
Yeah, what I went through was nuts, also.

Did you move all of your files, veg and all media, to your new computer, or just open a network veg on your new computer to a local machine's drive, and not a networked drive?
JHendrix wrote on 10/22/2005, 6:28 AM
all files are local in one folder
fldave wrote on 10/22/2005, 8:25 AM
Same version of Vegas on each machine? If not, "Save As" into a new name with the newer version and see if that clears it up. If not, close vegas, restart and try that.

The only other thing I can remember when I had this problem was some network access rights needed tweaked on my network drive where my media was. But if it is local, then that should not be an issue.

Edited: Also make sure all of your Vegas, DVDA, Mainconcept software on your new machine is re-registered.