During working on project every few minutes program freezes and stops responding. And then of course when restarting and restoring from the auto-save I loose the progress. Very annoying. Any ideas????
My config:
i7-6700K
16GB
Win 10 Pro
GTX 970
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Vegas Pro 16.0 (build424)
Windows 10 Pro (1803)
Sony A7RIII
"No response" few minutes after restart of Vegas, during working on project - usually when moving clip on timeline
General
Complete name : D:\Plastpol\C0162.MP4
Format : XAVC
Codec ID : XAVC (XAVC/mp42/iso2)
File size : 328 MiB
Duration : 27 s 840 ms
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 98.8 Mb/s
Encoded date : UTC 2019-05-29 12:04:00
Tagged date : UTC 2019-05-29 12:04:00
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L5.1
Format settings : CABAC / 2 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, RefFrames : 2 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 27 s 840 ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 96.5 Mb/s
Maximum bit rate : 100.0 Mb/s
Width : 3 840 pixels
Height : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.465
Stream size : 320 MiB (98%)
Encoded date : UTC 2019-05-29 12:04:00
Tagged date : UTC 2019-05-29 12:04:00
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : xvYCC
Matrix coefficients : BT.709
Codec configuration box : avcC
Audio
ID : 2
Format : PCM
Format settings : Big / Signed
Codec ID : twos
Duration : 27 s 840 ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 536 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 5.10 MiB (2%)
Encoded date : UTC 2019-05-29 12:04:00
Tagged date : UTC 2019-05-29 12:04:00
Other
Type : meta
Duration : 27 s 840 ms
Graphic card: GTX 970
Driver: Nvidia 23.21.13.8813
GPU acceleration of video processing: off
@pawelaski - Hi there! Vegas isn't happy with Variable Bitrate:
"Overall bit rate mode : Variable"
And your Project Settings allows Vegas to keep adjusting:
For your i7 and specs that's a lot of maths going on and maybe now you've reached it's breaking point.
Seems logic to me that your hardware is going to protest.
1 You have a good GPU but does not use it perhaps maybe the installed drivers are much to old. So switch it on in hardware acceleration and install the newest drivers for that card i.c. 430,86 GR drivers.
2. You give too much work to your processor to use a project with twice the amount of frames than your sourcefiles have and with other dimensions. So if your output has to become not 4K but FHD let stay that size and change the framerate to 25 fps.
Vegas isn't happy with Variable Bitrate:
"Overall bit rate mode : Variable"
I have never known that Vegas does not like "Variable" bitrates. All my files have that and I never had a problem. Can you show me some place where that is written?
What else are variable framerates that in older versions than the last 16 build gave some problems.
I have never known that Vegas does not like "Variable" bitrates.
@j-v Neither had I. I’ve just cracked on. However there’s been observations concerning the pros and cons of VBR when ingesting “captured” VBR.
All my files have that and I never had a problem. Can you show me some place where that is written?
@j-v - Unless I’m mistaken with my interpretation, try this link:
If our chum here can remove the VBR from the stability issues then that’s what it was. Also having the combo of this AND Media being adjusted may just have been pushing or had finally pushed VP over the. maths Edge.
Hello,
@j-v & @Grazie I share your amazement. Many write it. But ....
I film with a SONY AXP33 in 25p, 60 Mbps, XAVC S 4K with the same characteristics as those indicated by
pawelaski. All my rushes are variable rate and I never had any serious problems with VP14 and VP16.
Only some problems with some plugins such as Legacy Stabilizer (but the problem is known).
Maybe it is only some encoders / devices / software with variable rate not very clean?
cordially
Thanks a lot for help.
I have updated the video driver (now the hardware acceleration is on), changed the framerate to 25 fps and unchecked "Adjust source media to ...".
Unfortunately after few minutes got "not responding" again. :(
Hi,
I have reinstalled the software to another, much better computer.
Now I have:
64GB of DDR4
Intel Core i9-9900K
RTX2070 8GB GDDR6
Comfort of work is much better - faster previews, rendering, but ... I still get frezzing and "not responding". 😟
Common sense tell me that I have wasted money on Vegas software.
Hi @pawelaski maybe try working through this ... https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/faq-troubleshooting-crashing-and-stability--104785/ Try item 9 first, if you haven’t already done so.
As @j-v suggests, set the program frame rate to 25fps. Also uncheck “adjust source media ...”
And this can be a big help, "Match Media Video Settings".
@Grazie I wonder if you’re thinking of vfr, most clips nowadays are vbr.