Vegas 19 and DRM

Solstice wrote on 12/21/2023, 2:57 PM

Hello all,

 

I've just acquired a perpetual version of Vegas 19, and wanted to know some stuff about the DRM enforcement.

While I do know that you need to render at least once with certain kinds of format, and have done so to be able to use the software completely offline, I would like to avoid having tools running on my PC even while I am not using Vegas.

Is there a list of services or other things I must disable to have Vegas, or its other features, stay put while I am not using it, or will the software not start any processes in the background?

 

Thank you all in advance!

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fr0sty wrote on 12/21/2023, 4:33 PM

VEGAS must phone home at least once per month to verify your license, if I remember correctly.

Systems:

Desktop

AMD Ryzen 7 1800x 8 core 16 thread at stock speed

64GB 3000mhz DDR4

Geforce RTX 3090

Windows 10

Laptop:

ASUS Zenbook Pro Duo 32GB (9980HK CPU, RTX 2060 GPU, dual 4K touch screens, main one OLED HDR)

Solstice wrote on 12/21/2023, 4:40 PM

According to this post, the software should remain activated even while offline for longer periods of time. My question was mainly about background tasks, drivers or other things that must be disabled to ensure Vegas or any of its components only run while Vegas is running.

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/vegas-pro-faqs-and-troubleshooting-guides--104787/

J-Toresen wrote on 12/21/2023, 5:02 PM

@Solstice

No background tasks associated with Vegas are running: Open Task manager, right click the top column and choose Publisher (translated from Norwegian), and you will see that there are no processes connected with Vegas.

Jøran Toresen

Solstice wrote on 12/21/2023, 5:13 PM

I'll try this tomorrow morning, thanks! Most likely my last question, do you happen to know if the "protein installer" files, or the software itself are memory resident in any way, and/or whether they are properly cleaned up on uninstall? This is really the one thing that spooked me, I guess, during the installation, it forced me to give administrative privileges to an "install launcher" exe file that came from a folder named "protein" in the Vegas install location.

mark-y wrote on 12/21/2023, 9:31 PM

Yes, "Protein" installs with Vegas. It appears to be part of the authentication protocol for registration and server access. I suspect there is nothing sinister in its intent, design, or function while residing on your computer.