unable to import media

Frogstar wrote on 2/2/2009, 10:01 PM

Hi

I have numerous short mp4 clips. I am able to import about 160 of them. After that I get an error or the program crashes. "An error occured during the current opperation. An exception occured" or i get the following error "Warning: an error occured while opening one or more files. The file could not be opened. Make sure the file exists and that you have access to the file/folder.

I am able to view this file and import it into a new project. I'm using vegas 9b build 66

thanks

Comments

Eugenia wrote on 2/2/2009, 10:46 PM

Vegas is very crashy when it's using Quicktime to decode MP4 files. Don't use as many mp4 files, or edit a few and render them using Cineform or DV AVI and then re-import them to a new project with the rest of the MP4s. In other words, do your editing in batches to avoid crashes.

Ivan Lietaert wrote on 2/3/2009, 4:30 AM

In an older post, someone mentioned that Vegas crashes if you import more than 80 mp4 files into a project.

Byron K wrote on 2/3/2009, 10:48 AM

I wonder if loading Quicktime 7 player or pro will help stabilize the playback?

.mov files have been working OK for me so far.. My ratio of .avi to .mov are about 2:1 but I edit in 10 - 15 minute increments (chapters) then render the "chapters" and stitch them together in DVDA. I try to keep my projects relatively short because it reduces render times and my 2.8gHz P4HT (hoping to upgrade to an i7 in a few months) video/audio only worksataion (no internet, no games) handles the the projects better.

I currently use Quicktime 6 full version. Maybe VMS works better with the pro version of Quicktime for longer projects w/ lots of .mov clips?

Maybe someone here who works more with .mov files can verify this?