Everything else works fine. Only Vegas crashes more often. Also i have checked everything, i have made scans with appropriate software and no error found. How's everything working fine and only vegas not?

When upgrading RAM, did you remove the existing RAM card and replace it with 2 new identical 8GB RAM cards or did you just add a new 8GB RAM card to augment the existing 8GB RAM card? If the latter, do the specs of the new RAM card match the specs of the existing RAM card (MHz speed and DDR rating) and ideally be exaclty the same RAM card model from the same manufacturer as the computer's original RAM card.

Can you share MediaInfo for the main media you use?

What model is your GPU exactly?

What build of VP 21 are you using? The latest 315) or the last one before major changes (208). Depending on the media and hardware you may have better luck with 315 or 208. For me the older one has fewer issues (even if performance is better with the new version).

When upgrading RAM, did you remove the existing RAM card and replace it with 2 new identical 8GB RAM cards or did you just add a new 8GB RAM card to augment the existing 8GB RAM card? If the latter, do the specs of the new RAM card match the specs of the existing RAM card (MHz speed and DDR rating) and ideally be exaclty the same RAM card model from the same manufacturer as the computer's original RAM card.

Of course and i removed the old one, and added two identicals. I am a programmer, i know the basics of how a pc runs faster. Also with just an I5 Cpu i can't afford maximizing the performance of the rest of my hardware.

Can you share MediaInfo for the main media you use?

What model is your GPU exactly?

What build of VP 21 are you using? The latest 315) or the last one before major changes (208). Depending on the media and hardware you may have better luck with 315 or 208. For me the older one has fewer issues (even if performance is better with the new version).

I have mentioned VP 21 Build 300.

GPU: ASUS GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB

If i upgrade to 315, would my existing projects in VP 21 B.300 be accesible? If not its out of the question. If yes i will update it.

@hitman47 Hi,

You mention '6th generation I5 ' but can you give the exact model no', ?

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB is under the recommended specs for VP21.

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Of course and i removed the old one, and added two identicals. I am a programmer, i know the basics of how a pc runs faster. 

Maybe that should have been mentioned in your original post so the question didn't need to be asked.

@hitman47 Hi,

You mention '6th generation I5 ' but can you give the exact model no', ?

GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB is under the recommended specs for VP21.

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Can you click your icon at the top of this page - My Profile & fill in your Signature with the full name of your CPU, full name of your GPU & amount of RAM, also inc the Windows & Vegas version, this will then show at the bottom of your comments 👍,

Recommended but not minimum. I also updated my Signature Info

Yes, you can open projects made in 21.300 in 21.315. 315 has many video engine related bug fixes.

thanks. I will try to upgrade. Any other opinion or clue on my crash problem? Any quick Link for B.21.315?

Any other opinion or clue on my crash problem?

Probably not the case, but I can tell you what bit me when I upgraded my RAM.

Given four slots, I put my sticks in 1 and 2. Anytime I did anything CPU or memory intensive, instant crash.

After re-reading the MB manual I found some very fine print -- put them in slots 1 and 3, or 2 and 4.

This from a 30+ year software engineer. 😬

Thanks. Already in slots 2+4. The employees where i bought them suggested that. So thats not the problem

You can find all the VEGAS builds here (also VEGAS itself has an update function).

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/faq-where-can-i-download-vegas-pro-and-other-vegas-software--104782/

Update with bundle 315. I think its more stable, but still some crashesoccur after just a very short period, about a week. I dont know whats the problem.

If its the capacity of my system that its not up the recommended requirments, what hardware should i upgrade first in order to be more faster?

CPU: I5->I7

GPU-> 3GB ->6GB

HARD DRIVE: SATA-> SSD?

The recommended specifications for Vegas Pro 21 are given on Vegas Pro's product webpage. The specifications for editing 4K are stricter than they are for HD. If you are wanting to use any of the AI effects from the Deep Learning Models, the recommened specifications are even stricter again.

Definitely the GPU.

If the OS isn't on a SSD of some sort, consider upgrading it as it will benefit everything. For HD media SATA works.

i5 to i7 is only relevant within the same processor generation.

I wouldn't invest more in a system of this age so keep the motherboard, CPU and ram the same, upgrade the GPU, and take it with you to a new system at some point.

I am working strictly with HD. If i could remove the 4k option from my cameras i would do it without second thought.

So Gpu and SSD my priorities. Thanks.

Last quetions. I came across and other topics with software crashes. Does anything come to your mind from all these cases, as what else the problem might be. If there is a setting that helped most of those cases.

thanks

The main way to avoid software crashes is to give VEGAS media that's easy to edit. Constant framerate AVC from cameras is usually fine and works well with VEGAS's GPU decoding on modern GPUs. ProRes also works great assuming a CPU and hard drive that can handle it.

NVIDIA decoding has been less than stable over the years though has improved significantly with VP 21. I still see it as unfinished and expect more progress with 22 (both my systems are NVIDIA).

There are other specific causes of crashes (particular third-party Fx, audio VSTs, etc.) but you'll probably know if one of them is causing problems for you.

Personally I have my OS and programs on a SSD and use portable HDDs for editing 4K and HD media without issue. The SSD speeds up Windows boot time and VEGAS startup time as well as caches that it uses. If I do multicam I might move the project to the internal drive until I'm done. This isn't for stability but speed.

If you are using MP4 AVC media (not HEVC), then checking 'Enable AVC legacy decoding' in Options/Preferences/File I/O (tab) can often improve timeline performance and avoid many white-screen crashes (but not all - in my experience anyway). If using MP4 HEVC media, then checking in File I/O 'Enable Experimental HEVC decoding' may help as long as the HEVC media is not Variable Frame Rate (VBR) - typical of media recorded on a phone - which often causes stuttering in Vegas Pro 21 and earlier. The best way to overcome this is to transcode VBR to constant frame rate via a transcoder such as HandBrake or Shutter Encoder - both free.

As recommended by RogerS, upgrading the C:\ drive to an SSD drive would help enormously. As a programmer, I assume that you are already fully aware of how to clone and replace drives - but its important with many programs to de-activate some programs (Vegas Pro wasn't a problem) installed on the old drive before installing the new SSD drive on the computer and then activating those programs on the new SSD drive. Late last year, I cloned my computer's C:\ 1TB drive M.2 SSD to a 2TB M.2 SSD drive, and I had to swap the M.2's in and out a few times because I'd missed de-activating some programs that I'd overlooked.