Trimmer Markers and Regions don't save automatically

dustinlovell wrote on 9/22/2003, 4:11 PM
I've recently started using the trimmer while editing, and I've got a particularly nagging issue. In the Preferences dialog, there is an option that states, and I quote: "Automatically Save Trimmer Markers and Regions with Media File." I have this option checked. Now, when I add trimmer markers and regions, they aren't saved. I can click the little disk drive icon above the trimmer and they save, but if I don't click that, it doesn't save. When I close the project file, I am not prompted to save the trimmer markers and regions. This isn't unique to this particular installation of V4, and it's updated to the most recent version, 4.0d. My question is this: can anybody else verify that checking that box in the preferences dialog really doesn't do anything? I've left it checked and unchecked, and Vegas' behavior seems unchanged. I even went so far as to call Sony MediaSoftware technical support (on my dime, no less) who then told me that no, this wasn't a bug, and yes, this is the way it's supposed to work. I'm faced with two possibilities: 1) the support people at Sony don't really know their (recently acquired) products, or 2) this "feature" really doesn't work. Any ideas?

Comments

BrianStanding wrote on 9/23/2003, 10:15 AM
Works on my installation.
dandersen wrote on 9/27/2003, 6:36 PM
I have the same problem under two separate installations. I wish I knew why it works for some and not others.
SonyEPM wrote on 9/29/2003, 9:34 AM
There's a general pref that needs to be checked if you want to auto-save the markers & regions".

"Automatically save trimmer markers and regions with media file"

This is off by default. You can also manually save by clicking the disk icon in the trimmer.
BrianStanding wrote on 9/30/2003, 11:32 AM
There's another preference setting to check:

"Show media markers in timeline" ....or something like that, I'm not sure I have the exact wording.

Maybe they're there, but just not showing on the timeline?