Vegas 9 crashes when burning to blu ray

DonJuan wrote on 2/12/2009, 10:11 AM
At my wits end. Program works fine until I go to burn finished project on blu-ray disc. Go through the menu's and when I check on blu-ray and hit "next", the program says "scanning for devices" and then freezes and crashes the cpu every single time. In fact, I have to manually shut the computer down as Vista will not close the program. My computer is Gateway LX 6810-01 - Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33 GHz with 8 GB of RAM. My Blu ray burner is an LG BH08. I have Windows Vista 64 bit. I figured I would try rendering the project to the hard drive and try to burn it to my burner with Power2Go software that came with the burner, but I found that MPEG2 blu ray template only renders video and no audio. Any ideas on what is going on with this program or a way to render the video/audio to the hard drive and use a different program to burn to a blu ray disc? Thanks for anyone that can help! I was really believing this was a good program, but I'm truly frustrated now.

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HDMonkey wrote on 2/15/2009, 9:23 AM
I have a similar spec computer (8GB/2.8 Quad) Sony refuses to help as I am running 64 bit vista (feel cheated as the box says works with Vista no reference to only 32bit! ) . I can also render just the video with no audio. One option I found was to render again as 'audio only', you can then play both together using VLC.

Although I want a single file with both video and video contained. Currently trying an alternative I've reduced my rendering threads to 1 in the options menu. Although I'm only 6% rendered so far keeping my fingers crossed this works.
DonJuan wrote on 2/15/2009, 6:25 PM
Thanks for the reply! You would think Sony would get it right after all they put into the program. I started to use Corel's Video Studio and it seems to be working well. Same basic functions as Vegas. Biggest drawback so far is that playback is very choppy on the preview for the project. It seems to be worse when you put an audio track in the background. Oh well, downloaded the free trial and will see what the finished product comes out like.
HDMonkey wrote on 2/18/2009, 3:51 PM
Reducing my threads just slowed down the inevitable VMS crashed after 62%. Good luck with Corel Video Studio does this render 1080P ?
mike_in_ky wrote on 2/19/2009, 8:04 AM
HDMonkey...

Does it crash every time at 62%? If so, perhaps there's a transition or something else at 62% that's contributing. Try looking at what you're trying to do with your clips/pics/transitions/etc at that point. Maybe try rendering to a point right before it dies then render the rest just to see what's causing the problem. I've been using VMS for several years now with no real problems. However, I shoot SD video (720 x 480) so my circumstances are different from yours. Similar troubleshooting techniques could shed some light on your problem.

mike_in_nc
HDMonkey wrote on 2/19/2009, 1:17 PM
Thanks for the reply, I've tried other videos and have similar issues. I can render @ 1440x1080 just not 1920x1080 which was my main driver for using the Sony software.

What's strange is that I can render without audio @ 1920x1080 ?
DonJuan wrote on 2/19/2009, 9:49 PM
It does appear (at least according to the description of the software) render in 1080P. I'm using VideoStudio Pro X2 and should finish my first project this weekend when I have more time. I'll let you know if/how it turns out.
DonJuan wrote on 3/7/2009, 8:01 AM
Update. Well, I thought it was a myth that editing and burning a finished AVCHD disc to blu-ray would actually work. Kind of like dry land being a myth. Anyhow, was able to convince Best Buy to exchange my old computer. Picked up a Gateway FX Quad core i7 920 at 2.66 GHz., 3 gb or ram and a 1gb ATI 4850 graphics card and lg bh08 blu ray writer, vista 64. Tried Corel Studio again. Playback of the project in the software can still be choppy especially as the project gets bigger, BUT it seems to have similar interfaces and features as Vegas. So, my biggest issue would be the playback. HOWEVER, I was FINALLY able to actually burn a 1080 progressive disc with 5.1 surround sound, complete with menu's and added sound tracks/music! AND, it ACTUALLY WORKS on my sony blu ray player! I'll probably download the trial version of Sony again and give it a whirl too. Will try to update if it works or if Sony simply won't burn with Vista 64. I found this new computer appears to play and burn without any problems at all. Very quiet and smooth for everything, while the old cpu seemed to really rev up heavily and seemed to be having difficulty with the AVCHD. I think the lesson learned is if in anyone is thinking of doing any AVCHD editing, they're going to need some SERIOUS computing horsepower to get any editing done. Was thinking of trying Pinnacle Studio as well and they require Quad Core with 2.66 ghz and 1gb of ram to edit 1080 progressive AVCHD. Anyhow, good luck out there!