preset manager error moving to new PC

JMacSTL wrote on 12/15/2011, 11:50 AM

I'm trying to move my presets from Vegas 10 on old PC (Windows XP) to new a PC running Vegas 11 (Windows 7). Using Preset Manager 2.0 (Version 2.0k Build 114) on both machines (the most recent build). When I attempt to open up the preset package (that I've saved from the old XP machine, ) on the new Win7 machine, I get this error:

"the file is not in a supported format, or contains and unrecoverable error".

Oddly, If I go the other direction.... create a new Preset Package on the new Windows 7 machine, it opens up with no problems on the old Windows XP machine. i tried using this package on the XP machine, adding my old presets to this package, and then saving it back out and attempting to open this same file on the new Win7 machine (albeit now saved on the XP machine) and it gave the same error. Any thoughts?

jmm in STL

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donaldh606 wrote on 12/15/2011, 3:28 PM

I had this problem when moving to Windows 7 as well and this is the reply I received from tech support.

"A work around would be to save a project file with each of the audio effect presets used on the audio file, then load the project on the new system. You may then name and save each effect in the new install as a preset."

Not much help, lots of work to move presets.

Good Luck!

JMacSTL wrote on 12/15/2011, 4:25 PM

omg. really? I've been moving presets between computers since vegas 7 or something. They, granted, were all Windows XP machines, but isn't this why Preset Manager was invented?...to migrate to newer versions? I have hundreds of presets. It would take me days of work to do what they described.

Thx for the post, tho.

jmm in STL