OK. I'm reading the manual a little closer.

Problems 1 and 4 from above are solved if you build a file structure with your media in separate folders: video, photos, music etc. and then check "Create Media Bins from Filesystem". The top level folder has to be named as the "Project Folder" in the PA startup screen. The media files are in the various subdirectories of that Project Folder. When you start up that way then it works. Vegas runs fine and the files are all there in the media bins.

Progress is soooo satisfying.

> Problems 1 and 4 from above are solved if you build a file structure with your media in separate folders: video, photos, music etc. and then check "Create Media Bins from Filesystem". The top level folder has to be named as the "Project Folder" in the PA startup screen.

That's still a bug. It should not hang Vegas like it did. I will test it and see what's going on but you understand what it's doing now. It looks for a file structure under the project folder and creates media bins to match and load all of the media files it finds into the project media. This could take a long time if you have 100's of files.

> Problem 2. In Vegas 9.0, if I click on "Remove All" in the PA Source Media window it clears all files as it should. I then add a new file and then close Vegas. When I re-open Vegas either directly or via PA all the removed files are back even if I use a new project name. How do you clear the Source Media once and for all?

It only saves your changes after you press Process. So removing all of the media and closing Vegas will not save the fact that you removed the media because you didn't press Process. Perhaps I should monitor the Vegas close event and save just the media list settings?

> Problem 3. The text font on my machine appears to be too big so some lines on some windows are "scrunched up". Not a biggie.

This is a Windows problem that has always been there. Changing your font size or DPI will mess things up. (known limitation)

> Problem 4. Starting PA and leaving "Create Media Bins from Filesystem" UNCHECHED allows Vegas to open OK but files that were added via the PA screen are nowhere to be seen in Vegas 9.0.

Did you select a template that has Media Slugs? If there were no media slugs in the template that you loaded, no media will show up in the project. Perhaps a better behavior would be to at least load those media files into the media pool?

This is great feedback. Keep it coming. Thanks,

~jr

Thanks for the response JohnnyRoy.

Problem 4 is OK. I'd figured that out along with Problem 1.

Problem 2: I was also guessing that actually doing something (like clicking the process button) would be the solution to Problem 2 and it was as you have pointed out. I would think that you would be better served by saving the last state of the Source Media rather than using the Process button for a trigger.

Problem 3: I can live with.

I like this program. Anyone doing even simple photo montages will save a ton of time with this tool.

Well since I seem to be the only PA beta tester working today here is another small item:

Problem 5 -When I open the Montage Tool the Media Bin tab shows as the default and it shows no Media Bins even when they exist. If you click on Timeline and then back to Media Bins then you see the bins. Small bug. Should be an easy fix.

> Problem 5 -When I open the Montage Tool the Media Bin tab shows as the default and it shows no Media Bins even when they exist. If you click on Timeline and then back to Media Bins then you see the bins. Small bug. Should be an easy fix.

Actually, it's not a bug. There is no way to ask Vegas to alert a plug-in when a media bin is added or removed. You don't have to switch to the Timeline tab. You can just right-click on the media bin area and select Refresh. Maybe I should make that a button so it's more obvious (like the refresh button in the Vegas explorer)

~jr