Smart Rendering, Causing grief, IS there a cure? SF

Zulqar-Cheema wrote on 7/2/2003, 4:37 PM
I thought this new smart rendering was supposed to solve having to re-render. After I have copied a project to a new hard drive (drag and drop) all the rendering I did has gone on the TL the pre-rendered files are still there.

Is there something I am missing. The program does seem to have any knowledge of what was renedered and were these files are, it could try an keep tabs on it and ask me were the files are when it can not find them. All this re-rendering is time wasting and not realy required if a little bit more was done at the program end to enable this.

some respone fro SF would be helpfull please.

Comments

BillyBoy wrote on 7/2/2003, 8:06 PM
Like all Windows software the application ASSUMES the files you created and/or changed are where they last were when accessed. When you move them to another drive you need to tell the application WHERE you put them. Vegas is smart enough to detect "missing" files and search for them if you let it and a window should pop up giving you the option to say either where to look (you specify) or to let Vegas look system wide if necessary. Expecting any application to scan all your drives as a matter of course, is well.... silly.
Zulqar-Cheema wrote on 7/3/2003, 5:15 PM
Thanks Billy, the software is Ok at asking Ok, were are they, but nothing for the rendered stuff, just wishe it wold so I did not have to re-render.
The other problem is I use firewire drives, and I connect a new drive, the project can now be on a different drive as far as XP is concerned, and so cocks up the whole thing as to were things are. Then it all requires rendering again.

roger_74 wrote on 7/3/2003, 6:20 PM
In Vegas Preferences, under the General tab there is a text box with the path to the temporary files folder. My guess is this is where your pre-renders are.
Zulqar-Cheema wrote on 7/5/2003, 3:49 PM
The pre-renderd files are in the Project Properties box, does not help though.
The temp I think is for the Undo files and stuff.

Thanks for you reply