In testing this morning, here's what I'm seeing:

I can add an audio preset and it shows up immediately under the appropriate name.

I can add a video preset and it does NOT appear.

I can save that video preset as a "chain" and it DOES appear.

I can create a Pan/Crop preset and it does NOT appear.

So, is the only way to save video presets to do so as a chain?

Yes. Otherwise, you just save as a veg file and transfer that to new machine. The sfv files only show up with chains. It's a minor inconvenience, but one that is easy to work around.

Using a VEG file was the method I used when the editing computer at church died and I had to rebuild everything on a new machine.

"Yes. Otherwise, you just save as a veg file and transfer that to new machine." . . yes I know this . . But I do have a thing Called PM . . AND I can show Audio and its complex bits and pieces . . there is a logic that has evaded me. Workarounds fine . . we do these! As long as I know AND now I know something else too.

PM is great for storing away a;; those hard won Presets and Experiments. Should my MONSTA! go South . .again . . at least I would have these to fall back on.

Presently the Preset Manager blythly says that it will "recognise" Presets . . well folks I guess what I read aint so . .yes or no?

My feeling is that PM is still in Audio land and needs to recognise with ease Video stuff. So we're talking "Grazie-Proof" here.

Regards,

Grazie

The Preset manager was designed for Sound Forge users, not Vegas users. That's why it's on the Sound Forge page.
But it DOES recognize Vegas chains, hence the "side" benefit. You're using a product designed for one purpose that has a side benefit of working for another. I guess I shouldn'ta said anything a while back, just thought it was useful.