This is new for me . . . 2 issues.

Grazie wrote on 7/9/2009, 5:21 AM
I am editing and getting Red frames on Timeline. I can play the timeline WITH and WITHOUT the Event showing up in Preview.

Also, I leave the pc for 45 minutes, come back and attempt to edit and Vegas is not responding.

Grazie

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JJKizak wrote on 7/9/2009, 5:39 AM
Sure sounds like a memory problem to me.
JJK
Grazie wrote on 7/9/2009, 5:57 AM
Care to expand?

Grazie
Tom Pauncz wrote on 7/9/2009, 6:07 AM
Hmm .. the only time I have seen red frames is when all the project media is on an external f/w drive which has somehow been disconnected.

I'd check the system event log to see if perhaps you're experiencing some sort of drive issue.
Tom
farss wrote on 7/9/2009, 6:14 AM
I've seen your red frames in V9 and black frames. Even had green ones in V8 but yet to find them in V9. One thing that could cause them is a disk problem, maybe what you're seeing is a symptom of a disk failing.
I've left V9 with an active project open for hours and resumed work with no problems, so for me at least you've found a new one. Could it be a screensaver causing grief or something else in Windoz, like a power saver setting.

I can easily get V9 to crash by previewing too many files one after the other in the trimmer. These are SD mp4 files downloaded from the Prelinger archives at LoC. Hardly something likely to over stress anything.
Having two instances of Vegas open is no longer a pleasant experience. Switching from one instance to another takes a long time and wierdness happens during the process.

On the other hand XDCAM EX footage has so far been very pleasant with V9.

Sorry I'm not really much help.

Bob.
Mahesh wrote on 7/9/2009, 7:18 AM
I am still using V8 for all current projects but
I have used V9 for very short sections and Yes, I have seen
- unexplained red frames in V9. Cleared on restarting vegas
- Vegas 9 has frozen

I was just very reluctant to post ( having seen various responses here )
R0cky wrote on 7/9/2009, 7:31 AM
This happens to me all of the time with V9 with projects that have consistent low memory error problems during rendering. I get red frames both on the timeline and the preview window. Sometimes they go away after a time and other times I have to restart Vegas.
CClub wrote on 7/9/2009, 3:40 PM
Some similarities to the post http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?ForumID=4&MessageID=662405Here[/link]. Sounds like Sony needs a support ticket; it is annoying until they remedy this.
xberk wrote on 7/9/2009, 5:29 PM
I've seen the red frames on occasion too. When I do, I save the project, close it, and reopen the project. This works for me. I never have to close and reopen Vegas itself. I'm using V9 64 with Vista 64 ... I also see (on occasion) problems previewing transitions (even simple dissolves, overlaps). They sputter and go jagged. Same solution. I save and close the project and reopen and all is well. This feels like a memory issue but I'm not sure. It's not nearly enough to make me give up my V9. I hope that 9.0a addresses the issues. Regards leaving Vegas open for long period and resuming --- have not seen that problem.

I know for 64 bit systems it is important to have the proper 64 bit codec for your media.

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Serena wrote on 7/9/2009, 7:15 PM
I've seen none of these problems with V9; I can't get it started. Waiting for 9a.
ritsmer wrote on 7/9/2009, 11:48 PM
Submitted a ticket about the red TL media on may 15 and was advised to "try rendering the troublesome clips to an intermediate format, this should enable Vegas to work with them successfully."

However the red things also show up in media that V9 has rendered itself. And I have tried deleting the *.sf* and any other trick from this forum.

Probably it is my own fault, however, because I try to run V9 x64 on the not supported Windows 7 x64 - and I do not know if the issue is a Windows 7 problem or a SCS problem.
Again, however, V8.0c with the 2 Gig hack works without any problems at all in the same setup - but there are obviously some programming hurdles when doing software for x64.

Hoping that the SCS guys can solve this soon in V9.0a - maybe somebody from SCS could give us a hint as to when 9.0a is expected - I think that would calm down many, say, eagerly waiting people around here :-)
BOPS?? please??
Tomorrow V9.0 is 2 months and to me it seems apropriate if we got an intermediate V9.0-and-a-half with some the most discussed issues solved.

Btw: why are we eagerly awaiting? - because V9.0 is good, very good - i.e. much, much faster than earlier versions (with my difficult raw media it previews at 27-29 Fps against V8.0c at 4-5 Fps.
Grazie wrote on 7/10/2009, 2:32 AM
Ritsie . . I have just sent copious screen grabs and a diagnostics off to SCS. They now have something to "chew-on" from me.

Grazie
apit34356 wrote on 7/10/2009, 4:08 AM
Grazie, I have had the red files on the time line in V8, it ranged from external storage going offline, an internal disk drive going into lala land and from another app writing into the registry locking up the file status,...... plus a weird adware/virus attacking the usb hub. I have noticed recently that DIXV and MOV file types sometimes are attacked by viruses, plus the system file "smss" is often "modified" and can screwed vegas.