Promised Wine/DarWine Tutorial

Seth wrote on 4/21/2008, 5:16 PM
Ok folks, before we start on this thread let me just list a few of very important points and a request or two:

1) This is only an experiment. At the end of the day I do all my real Vegas work on a fully supported Vegas machine; AMD, Vista 64, Vegas Pro 8. Repeat, this is not meant to be an attack on Microsoft, rather an objective experiment to open up options and minds.

2) The tutorial will continue to be expanded as I have time to update it, and as I move on to experimenting with Mac OS 10.5 and Ubuntu Linux.

3) This post is primarily meant to answer the questions of users who WANT to see Vegas run on Mac OS and Linux. If you do not have anything to add to the topic at hand, namely the development of Wine and DarWine, then please refrain from posting anything off topic.

4) If you absolutely must post something to the SCS forums, and don't like the idea of Vegas running on Mac OS or Linux then go find another thread to make constructive comments on. We are (mostly) all working professionals trying to help each other. Please behave accordingly; you would not flame me to my face, please do not do it online.

5) SCS has not authorized me to make this post, or the accompanying tutorial, but the EULA of Vegas 5 does not prohibit my experiment either.

Now, after that lengthy intro, here is the url:

http://iamtheidiotsavant.blogspot.com/2008/04/guide-to-sony-vegas-on-darwine-for-mac.html

Comments

michaelshive wrote on 4/21/2008, 5:43 PM
Very cool - thanks for posting. This is probably a stupid question but what are the advantages of running Vegas via Wine rather than a VM like Parallels? Did other versions of Vegas besides 5 install?
JohnnyRoy wrote on 4/21/2008, 8:15 PM
I run Vegas Pro 8.0 in a VMWare virtual machine all the time to test Ultimate S and other VASST scripts on different software configurations. I don't have a Mac but I don't see why Vegas Pro 8.0 wouldn't run on OSX using VMWare Fusion.

I'm thinking of getting a Mac in the near future and Fusion will be one of the first things I plan to install. (BTW, I already have OSX running in VMWare on my PC) ;-) (... it's all 1's and 0's inside)

Looking forward to hearing how Wine works out.

~jr
Seth wrote on 4/21/2008, 9:07 PM
The value of eventually getting Vegas to run fully under Wine instead of VMWare Fusion or Parallels would be that Wine is often lighter weight than Windows even in a real machine, let alone a Virtual Machine. Don't get me wrong, VM's are great, but they are arguably better for processes other than video or graphics editing. For example, VMWare Fusion currently supports DirectX 8.1, but not 9 or 10.

Vegas 7 installed successfully, but I don't have a license key to try and run it. Version 6 did not install correctly.

The interesting thing about Vegas 5 is that it supports resolutions up to 2k cinema, so using uncompressed 8 bit AVI's from digital cinema cameras would work just fine. This is already a big bonus for would-be filmmakers using digital compositing tools on Linux or Mac OS (I use Shake), because your workflow can be contained in a single OS.

It is easier to take care of a large number of computers when they are all running the same OS, instead of numerous versions of Windows, or Linux or Mac OS.

I will post more pictures soon, to show what my experience was while editing with Vegas under DarWine.
Jonathan Neal wrote on 4/24/2008, 10:09 AM
We want those screenshots! :P
Jonathan Neal wrote on 4/26/2008, 9:56 PM
Installing Sony Vegas Pro 8
Achieved: Nothing

This test was run using Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.02 with Wine 0.9.59. Out of the box these programs are easy to install and run most simple Windows applications without a hiccup.

Running the latest Sony Vegas Pro installer, it successfully self-extracted the files and began to run the installer. I was immediately asked to install Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0. I complied but the installation failed with the message "Unable to find a volume for file extraction. Please verify that you have proper permissions."

I went to Google and searched for that same phrase, and while there were many results, none provided me with any doable solutions.

I tried downloading and installing Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0. It failed and a received a classic "An error occurred during setup" alert where I faithfully clicked the "Do not send report" button.

Next I tried a full installation of Mono 1.9.1 with GTK# 2.10.4 and it installed perfectly, but that didn't help me get past the .NET requirement.

With that I think I can safely say that the average computer user would not be able to get Sony Vegas 8 installed.



Installing Sony Vegas 5
Achieved: Nothing

I was thwarted by the "Install .NET Framework 1.1"

Installing Sony Vegas 4
Achieved: Nothing

Installs fine but does simply not start.