SD Video and Audio Not Grouping In Vegas 19 build 643

ItsMeRobert wrote on 7/29/2022, 2:22 PM

Hi,

I am running Vegas 19 build 643 and there has been a change in functionality. I do not see another post for this issue.

When I add a standard definition avi file to the timeline, the audio and video are not grouped together. Prior to this build, and earlier versions of vegas, when you add a video to the timeline, you can grab the video and move it and the audio will move with it or you could grab the audio and the video would move with it. Likewise, if you grab the edge of the video and shorten or length it, the audio will remain locked and resize as well.

Now when I add a video to the timeline, the audio and video are not grouped. If I drag one, the other does not move. If I select both, they both move. If I group them, the group does not work. If I group and then select the video and move it, audio does not move. Likewise, if I select the audio the video does not move. If I click and the audio and use shift to select the video, then they will both move together. Grouping them again, does not fix the problem. I can try to group them by pressing "G" or by using the menu item to group them, but the grouping does not work. As soon as I grab one, it moves independently of the grouped item.

Likewise, I cannot get the video and audio to resize together. Even if I select both the video and audio and then grab the left or right edge, only one of them will resize, they will not resize together.

I tried looking through the preferences to see if there is some kind of a preference that would allow it to work the old way, but I could not find one.

I also found that the group command doesn't work at all. If I add other media, such as text, group it with the video, when I then select one and move it, it does not move as a group, just the one selected item will move.

Is this a preference problem or a bug? Hopefully this is not considered new functionality. To have to resize one then make sure the video then to do again with the audio is prone to errors and is more work. The grouping seems to be broken for everything.

Thanks for the help,

Robert

Comments

j-v wrote on 7/29/2022, 3:14 PM

With me and VPro 19 not, it looks as it was, all normal .
Look

ItsMeRobert wrote on 7/29/2022, 3:29 PM

Hello j-v, Thank you for taking the time for the video. It is indeed working correctly for you. Are you on build 643? If so, then it sounds like I need to try re-installing and seeing if that fixes it.
Thank you, Robert

john_dennis wrote on 7/29/2022, 4:23 PM

@ItsMeRobert

Vegas Pro 19-643 on the machine from my Signature.

I don't have a grouping issue with ancient Canopus SD captures.

Musicvid wrote on 7/29/2022, 8:38 PM

Upload an AVI sample that shows this behavior to Drive or Dropbox. I have seen this once before.

ItsMeRobert wrote on 7/30/2022, 7:13 AM

Hello, thanks for the posts. I have uploaded a short screen capture that shows the problem.

I tried uninstalling Build 19.643, rebooting, and then reinstalling it and the problem remains.
I tried Vegas 18, and Vegas 18 works correctly.
I tried uninstalling 19.643 and installing 19 build 636, and the problem remains.

Any other suggestions are appreciated.

Dexcon wrote on 7/30/2022, 7:44 AM

On testing SD .avi imports onto the timeline in Vegas Pro 19 build 643, the result that I get is that the video and audio events are grouped together as expected.

Uninstalling and re-installing often does not solve some problems because the problem still lurks in the registry or elsewhere. Try resetting Vegas Pro 19 back to its default factory settings via: https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/faq-how-can-i-reset-vegas-pro-to-default-settings--104646/ making sure to clear the cache when that option is offered.

ItsMeRobert wrote on 7/30/2022, 8:23 AM

Hello Dexcon, That solved my problem. The grouping now works as expected. Thank you!

jetdv wrote on 7/30/2022, 9:38 AM

There's an "ignore event grouping" button on the toolbar below the timeline. If that's turned on, grouping will be ignored...

ItsMeRobert wrote on 7/30/2022, 2:40 PM

Hi Jetdv. I was not aware of that. Thanks for pointing that out. It is possible that accidentally got turned on. If it happens again I will check. For now, the reset has fixed my problem.