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poppyblue wrote on 12/8/2010, 3:04 AM
Hello. Yesterday I posted a topic called not responding. I was frustrated trying to work out how to use sms 10 I have just recently bought both a new computer and also sms 10, Can anyone advise me on how to use the settings I want to edit some holiday video which are about an hour long and put it on to dvd to play on any machine.
I start to put the video onto the time line and get about forty minutes into it when it just stops. I can see it is a good program and I know it is the way I have not set it up properly I am not to tec savvy and get confused with to much technical stuff hope someone can help Thank You

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vt7dust wrote on 12/8/2010, 11:34 PM
I'm not sure we have enough information to figure out what is going on here. What is the file extension for the video file? When you say 40 minutes into it, it stops what exactly do you mean? Is the video blank on the time line after 40 minutes or..?

It could be possible Vegas doesn't work too well with the type of video you have or your system doesn't have enough memory. Either way you may want to try to use another program to convert it to a more common video format before you import it into Vegas. There are a lot of applications out there that can convert a wide range of video type. Knowing the type of video file might help someone make a suggestion for what you could use or you could use google to search for "convert (insert video file extension)"
Phil_1 wrote on 12/10/2010, 4:25 PM
Just for clarity in trying to find your solution- did you mean the video just stops playing or you're running out of space on the timeline? A 40 minute video in any format is a HUGE file and you would definitely need some powerful hardware to accommodate edits this size.
poppyblue wrote on 12/11/2010, 2:05 AM
Sorry I should have put in more info. I have a Qosmio f60 laptop using i7 windows 7home premium a nvidia Geforce gt30 video card 8 gig memory 1gig ram. I use a Sony
DCRSR47l Hard drive camera and I use the Sony BMP program to put it onto my computer and drag and drop into Vegas movie studio HD platinum they are Mpeg 2 files. It worked fine up till I was at the 40 minute mark with no music added and then It just stopped and the message was No response and I could not do anything with it .
I had to shut down the program and try again from where i saved it from . I have uninstalled and reinstalled but no luck. and even when I tried to import files it just stops responding. Hope this is enough info sorry not to techo