Thank you for your response....I'll give it a try!

From the error report, you are runnung Vegas 11 build 595. Build 683 is available. No promise that it fixes this problem, but it fixed some problems. Condider updating.

I would second that recommendation. My fix worked with build 683 installed.......It almost always helps with official support to have the latest build in there, too.

Thank you.

I just followed your instructions re. Windows 7 compatibility mode. The app seems snappy-er immediately. Fingers crossed. Next I will try editing some titles...

Thanks to both of you....I updated everything....hope this fixes it!

I updated everything but Vegas still shut down during the rendering process at the same spot.....do you have any other possible solutions?

Thanks for your help!

By the way, my project is 12.06 GB in size and runs 59 minutes....would this have anything to do with the problem?

The length of the program nor the size of the file shouldn't matter, unless 1) you are out of disk space on the target drive or 2) you are rendering to a disk with a ticky-tacky file system such as FAT32. Use NTFS. If the render fails in the same location repeatedly, try rendering the area around where the failure occurs without rendering the whole project. You could conceivably have a corrupt source file.

Thank you....I'll try that.

Here are the messages that appeared after the latest shutdown:

NVIDIA OPENGL DRIVER
Your hardware configuration does not meet minimum specifications needed to run the application. The application must close.

Please visit http://www.nvidia.com/page/support.html for help.
Error code: 7

Extra Information
File: C:\Users\GUY STEELE\AppData\Local\Sony\Vegas Pro\11.0\gpu_video_x64.log
File: C:\Users\GUYSTEELE\AppData\Local\Sony\VegasPro\11.0\dx_video_grovel_x64.log
File: C:\Users\GUY STEELE\AppData\Local\Sony\VegasPro\11.0\svfx_video_grovel_x64.log
File: C:\Users\GUY STEELE\AppData\Local\Sony\Vegas Pro\11.0\dx_grovel_x64.log
File: C:\Users\GUY STEELE\AppData\Local\Sony\Vegas Pro\11.0\vst_grovel.log
File: C:Users\GUY STEELE\Documents\VIDEO FILES\MERCURY DVD\MERCURY2.veg

Problem Description
Application Name: Vegas Pro
Application Version: Version 11.0 (Build 683) 64-bit
Problem: Unmanaged Exception (0xc0000005)
Fault Module: C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
Fault Address: 0X0000000077992FC6
Fault Offset: 0x0000000000052FC6

Fault Process Details
Process Path: C:\Program Files\Sony\Vegas Pro 11.0\vegas110.exe
Process Version: Version 11.0 (Build 683) 64-bit
Process Description: Vegas Pro
Process Image Date: 2012-4-28 (Sat Apr 28) 02:43:00

Could all of this be caused by a driver problem?

Could all of this be caused by a driver problem?

It definitely could. Your error reports are very similar to those experienced by ushere in his very recent urgent help please.... thread and here was his solution.
"i finally (after 3 head-banging days) discovered on my third clean install that my 'latest' logitech g100 keyboard drivers somehow conflicted with my 'latest' wacom drivers. dropping the keyboard back to legacy seems to have stopped the rot."

Mike

I am also on these forums as of now for a Render crashing question, though mine is related to Quicktime only. (What format are you trying to render to? My Vegas 11 64 bit does not render to Quicktime. My solution is to render an .AVI then encode it as a quicktime using the actual Quicktime player if the client wants a Quicktime).

I don't know a lot about your specific error, but it looks to me like it says you have a OpenGL error. What about turning off OpenGL in the preferences and rendering from there. I don't think OpenGL will help too much with the render speeds anyway.

Hope this helps! good luck.

Matt

I'm trying to render to MainConcept MPEG-2 Blu-ray 1920x1080-60i, 25 Mbps video stream.

I'll try your suggestion about turning off OpenGL....thanks to all of you for taking the time to respond....I appreciate it very much!!

Also, Guy, there is another simple solution as well. You can download the 32 bit version of Vegas and render from there.

I use the 32 bit version to render anything other than .AVI or .WMV.

Chap

Your files will open in the 32 bit version or the 64 bit verion without affecting the edits.

Hi Matt,
Can you tell me how to turn off OpenGL in preferences? I can't find it!

Thanks,
Guy

Thanks, Chap....I'll do it!

Guy

I downloaded the 32-bit version but it didn't help....Vegas still crashes while rendering my "Mercury2" project.

I discovered that a new project I started in Vegas renders and burns to Blu-ray with no problem.....also, the NewBlue Titler Pro works in the new project but crashes Vegas when I'm working with my "Mercury2" project.

Does anybody have a possible solution for this?

Thanks,
Guy

Using the "Render As" process, I successfully rendered the final six minutes of video of my "Mercury2" project. But when I went back to render the audio in Dolby Digital AC-3 Pro, the "Render" button in the lower right of the window is ghosted out. On my previous attempts to render my complete project under "Tools -- Burn Disc -- Blu-ray Disc," Vegas would always shut down right as it started to render the audio. What could be causing this? Could there be a problem with the audio? The audio properties of my project are:
Master bus mode: Stereo
Number of stereo busses: 0
Sample rate (Hz): 48,000
Bit depth: 24
Resample and stretch qualtiy: Best

Thanks for your help!

Guy

Load DVD Architect? See this thread.