Vegas can't preview JPGs anymore

ghost072 wrote on 8/9/2004, 8:02 AM
I installed a new video card recently, an Nvidia 5900XT, upgrading from an Nvidia TI4200, and now Vegas 5.0a cannot preview JPGs. When I click one in the Explorer (using autopreview, although I have tried it manually, as well), the preview window flashes briefly and the attributes below the preview window change for a second, but the screen stays black. The weird thing is, when I place a JPEG on the timeline, it previews fine.

Anyone seen this or have any suggestions?

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schapin85 wrote on 8/9/2004, 8:26 AM
I have always used Vegas in the idea that you cannot preview jpg files, and therefore have never bothered to try and do so. Usually I just get all the pictures I need and place them in one folder for this one project, then put them all on the timeline and re-arrange them accordingly.
-Scott
SonyTSW wrote on 8/9/2004, 8:38 AM
Vegas uses the still image length in your preferences as the display time for previewing a still. Sounds like you may have this set to a short time.-- try setting it longer and see if you can now preview your JPGs.

I do think that if the still image length is short then Vegas should default to something like 2 seconds for previewing images, and will add this to our bug database.
Chienworks wrote on 8/9/2004, 10:44 AM
Or, for that matter, why not always indefinite? No matter what the still image length is, have the still remain in the preview window until the user clicks something else.
ghost072 wrote on 8/9/2004, 12:49 PM
Yep, that was it. I had changed the still image duration to be one frame to use some Jumpback jpgs. I agree with Cheinworks; having the image be previewed until something else is selected makes more sense. Wasn't that how Vegas 4 did it? I don't remember having this problem in version 4. Anyway, thanks for the help...
jetdv wrote on 8/9/2004, 1:05 PM
You should be able to load image sequences using File - Open, pick the first one, and make sure the "Image Sequence" box is checked. Then you wouldn't have to change the default load size.
ghost072 wrote on 8/10/2004, 8:15 AM
Hey, cool tip! Thanks...

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