@John-Bogansky

"I tried to render something and it decides to stop halfway through the render at around 23%..."

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Does the render stop halfway through the render or at around 23% which is closer to one fourth of the way through?

It matters. The event or effect at the exact place the render stops could be the source of the problem.

@John-Bogansky

"I tried to render something and it decides to stop halfway through the render at around 23%..."

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Does the render stop halfway through the render or at around 23% which is closer to one fourth of the way through?

It matters. The event or effect at the exact place the render stops could be the source of the problem.

It varies. Today it was 23% but last night it was 51% - @john_dennis

It varies. Today it was 23% but last night it was 51% -

Is this variation with the same project? As John Dennis suggests my first place to start investigating would be what's on the timeline at the point of failure.

@John-Bogansky

Nick Hope compiled this troubleshooting guide to help with these types of issues:

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/faq-how-can-i-stop-vegas-pro-hanging-or-crashing-during-rendering--104786/

If the timeline events haven't changed from what has worked for many years, I would look at:

• Recent Windows updates
• Intermittent hardware issues
• Check Windows Event Log
• Clean out the dust bunnies
• Run machine diagnostics for system and memory.
• Check Power Plan to insure that the machine does not try to sleep, hibernate or allow the hard drives to spin down during a render.

From a Command Prompt issue the following command:

powercfg /h off

exit

• Follow @Musicvid's advice to let us know what type of media you have on your timeline.

@John-Bogansky

Nick Hope compiled this troubleshooting guide to help with these types of issues:

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/faq-how-can-i-stop-vegas-pro-hanging-or-crashing-during-rendering--104786/

If the timeline events haven't changed from what has worked for many years, I would look at:

• Recent Windows updates
• Intermittent hardware issues
• Check Windows Event Log
• Clean out the dust bunnies
• Run machine diagnostics for system and memory.
• Check Power Plan to insure that the machine does not try to sleep, hibernate or allow the hard drives to spin down during a render.

From a Command Prompt issue the following command:

powercfg /h off

exit

• Follow @Musicvid's advice to let us know what type of media you have on your timeline.

 

How do I run a system and memory diagnostic?

See HP for system diagnostics. It's a manufactured system from a vendor.

Memtest86

Okay here's a few updates to the original post. I will preface this by saying I've been using Vegas for about 12 years. Started with version 7 and now I'm on 13. I've been having problems with crashing since I've had this new computer but I've always been able to get a project done so I've ignored it. Recently now, this problem arises.

1. Here's a photo of what the issue looks like. This is for another project. It stopped at 54%. I'm rendering out a portion of a larger project because it features multiple short films.

2. Here is the stats (using Mediainfo) of the raw video. I'm trying to render this out in 1920x1080 at 59.940 FPS, same FPS as the video.

General
Complete name                            : F:\DCIM\100CANON\MVI_3794.MOV
Format                                   : MPEG-4
Format profile                           : QuickTime
Codec ID                                 : qt   2007.09 (qt  /CAEP)
File size                                : 110 MiB
Duration                                 : 1 min 22 s
Overall bit rate                         : 11.2 Mb/s
Encoded date                             : UTC 2020-03-20 05:16:43
Tagged date                              : UTC 2020-03-20 05:16:43

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : Baseline@L5
Format settings                          : 1 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC                   : No
Format settings, Reference frames        : 1 frame
Format settings, GOP                     : M=1, N=15
Codec ID                                 : avc1
Codec ID/Info                            : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                                 : 1 min 22 s
Bit rate                                 : 9 630 kb/s
Width                                    : 640 pixels
Height                                   : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 4:3
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 29.970 (30000/1001) FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 1.046
Stream size                              : 94.6 MiB (86%)
Language                                 : English
Encoded date                             : UTC 2020-03-20 05:16:43
Tagged date                              : UTC 2020-03-20 05:16:43
Color range                              : Full
Color primaries                          : BT.709
Transfer characteristics                 : BT.709
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.601
Codec configuration box                  : avcC

Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : PCM
Format settings                          : Little / Signed
Codec ID                                 : sowt
Duration                                 : 1 min 22 s
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 1 536 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Channel layout                           : L R
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Bit depth                                : 16 bits
Stream size                              : 15.1 MiB (14%)
Language                                 : English
Encoded date                             : UTC 2020-03-20 05:16:43
Tagged date                              : UTC 2020-03-20 05:16:43

No actually, the frame rate of the RAW video is 29.970

Do you really need two .mp4.mp4 extensions?

There's no point to rendering your 640x480 source to 1920x1080.

Do you really need two .mp4.mp4 extensions?

There's no point to rendering your 640x480 source to 1920x1080.

That's extension thing is a glitch. And I'm rendering out a 480 source to 1080 because it's a music video. I want the video to look vintage while still having clear audio. Could this be a problem?

Do you really need two .mp4.mp4 extensions?

There's no point to rendering your 640x480 source to 1920x1080.

Do you really need two .mp4.mp4 extensions?

There's no point to rendering your 640x480 source to 1920x1080.

Any other ideas as to what this could be?

1) Did you go through the steps that John linked to?

2) Among those, you don't list if you have a GPU. Do you? If so, have you tried turning off gpu support as a test?

1) Did you go through the steps that John linked to?

2) Among those, you don't list if you have a GPU. Do you? If so, have you tried turning off gpu support as a test?

I tried extending the time that the hard drive stays on. Still stops at 51%. I have an Intel UHD graphics 620 but I also have an NVIDIA GeForce MX150 in my machine as well.

I'm still not really understanding what to do here.

Basically run through the list John gave you. *I* would start by disabling gpu rendering.

"Nick Hope compiled this troubleshooting guide to help with these types of issues:

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/faq-how-can-i-stop-vegas-pro-hanging-or-crashing-during-rendering--104786/"

Basically run through the list John gave you. *I* would start by disabling gpu rendering.

"Nick Hope compiled this troubleshooting guide to help with these types of issues:

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/faq-how-can-i-stop-vegas-pro-hanging-or-crashing-during-rendering--104786/"

I don't render using gpu.

Basically run through the list John gave you. *I* would start by disabling gpu rendering.

"Nick Hope compiled this troubleshooting guide to help with these types of issues:

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/faq-how-can-i-stop-vegas-pro-hanging-or-crashing-during-rendering--104786/"

Here's the file info around the part of the render when it hangs.
  Name: MVI_3794.MOV
  Folder: C:\Users\John\Videos\new songs
  Type: AVC
  Size: 112.47 MB (115,172,608 bytes)
  Created: Saturday, March 21, 2020, 11:16:25 PM
  Modified: Friday, March 20, 2020, 5:18:06 AM
  Accessed: Saturday, March 21, 2020, 11:16:26 PM
  Attributes: Archive

Streams
  Video: 00:01:22.416, 29.970 fps progressive, 640x480x12, AVC
  Audio: 00:01:22.416, 48,000 Hz, Stereo, PCM

ACID information
  ACID chunk: no
  Stretch chunk: no
  Stretch list: no
  Stretch info2: no
  Beat markers: no
  Detected beats: no

Other metadata
  Regions/markers: no
  Command markers: no

Media manager
  Media tags: no

Plug-In
  Name: compoundplug.dll
  Folder: C:\Program Files\VEGAS\VEGAS Pro 13.0\FileIO Plug-Ins\compoundplug
  Format: AVC
  Version: Version 13.0 (Build 545) 64-bit
  Company: MAGIX Computer Products Intl. Co.

• In a new project, try to render the individual file MVI_3794.MOV to the same template as your main project.
• Share the file MVI_3794.MOV on google drive, OneDrive or dropbox.com, etc. and provide the link here. Someone will download the file and check it.
• Divide your project into 3 to 5 segments and render each segment to an uncompressed AVI. Combine the segments in a new project and attempt to render to the render template you're using for your main project. Hint: Overlap the segments and include markers in each render to aid in alignment.

• In a new project, try to render the individual file MVI_3794.MOV to the same template as your main project.
• Share the file MVI_3794.MOV on google drive, OneDrive or dropbox.com, etc. and provide the link here. Someone will download the file and check it.
• Divide your project into 3 to 5 segments and render each segment to an uncompressed AVI. Combine the segments in a new project and attempt to render to the render template you're using for your main project. Hint: Overlap the segments and include markers in each render to aid in alignment.

Here's the link: https://1drv.ms/u/s!Amb2ne47oQtXgWTiRlbMzFbiHcWj?e=m4Drcf - The MOV is the raw file and the Untitled is the rendered file. Notice the black blips every now and then. This is another problem.

• In a new project, try to render the individual file MVI_3794.MOV to the same template as your main project.
• Share the file MVI_3794.MOV on google drive, OneDrive or dropbox.com, etc. and provide the link here. Someone will download the file and check it.
• Divide your project into 3 to 5 segments and render each segment to an uncompressed AVI. Combine the segments in a new project and attempt to render to the render template you're using for your main project. Hint: Overlap the segments and include markers in each render to aid in alignment.

Is there a phone number one of you guys could give me and walk me through this? I have several projects that have a deadline. I really can't figure this out.

I noticed you're in 32 bit float mode, why is that?