I cannot duplicate the behavior with the VP-22 and SFP-18 combo. I tried it un-linked and in both of the "Open (copy) in audio editor" modes. Is the file from the Tascam a PCM (wave) format? If it is a lossy format (MP3 AAC, ect) try enabling (or disabling) "Always proxy compressed formats" in SFP-18 in the 'Options> Preferences> General' menu.
As @Dexcon stated, if the audio file is large (long), it can take a while for Vegas to build or re-build the waveform.

Two questions:

1. After flipping back to VP22, is there a blue spinning wheel?

2. If yes, how long on VP's timeline is the entire project?

If a lengthy project, flipping back to VP (any version) from any other program or browser has long caused a delay in VP doing whatever it is doing while the blue spinning wheel occurs - the longer the project the longer the delay. The best way to avoid the delay is to go to Preferences/General and uncheck 'Close media files when not the active application' - the downside of this being that linking to other programs from VP won't work unless the 'Close media ..' checkbox is checked again.

 

if this is not the issue, perhaps a more detailed step-by-step description of the process would be helpful.

Hi. Yes, I do get the blue spinning wheel, and if I try to click anything, I get the whited-out Vegas window. I just assumed it had frozen, I never thought to wait. But it also does not happen when I run other software, like coming here to check for new comments, or Adobe Photoshop Elements.

My projects are generally between 20 minutes and 40 minutes with not much going on. a video with audio (Sony X-AVCS), a background PNG image, several text and animated text events.

It never occurred to me to wait to see if it clears up. I will try that later tonight.

EDIT: It just occurred to me that the reason I don't see anything in the reliability app is because Vegas did not actually crash, so now it makes more sense to me.

I cannot duplicate the behavior with the VP-22 and SFP-18 combo. I tried it un-linked and in both of the "Open (copy) in audio editor" modes. Is the file from the Tascam a PCM (wave) format? If it is a lossy format (MP3 AAC, ect) try enabling (or disabling) "Always proxy compressed formats" in SFP-18 in the 'Options> Preferences> General' menu.
As @Dexcon stated, if the audio file is large (long), it can take a while for Vegas to build or re-build the waveform.

I record on the TASCAM 24 bit 48 kHz PCM WAV files. But the files are not in Vegas when this occurs. I edit the files in SFP 18 first. When editing is done, I save the file and then bring the wav into VP22. My projects are generally between 20 and 40 minutes. And this does not occur if I leave VP22 running and then run something else, like MS Edge or Adobe Photoshop Elements. I do get the media offline indicators, but when I click on the timeline, they come back online immediately.

I think I might try just editing the WAV file from the Vegas timeline. I just cut out commercials and music from radio news broadcasts. I'm hoping that won't be too difficult.

I don't know why I wasn't editing the audio directly in Vegas. It is so much easier and faster for what I do.

Is it possible to protect the rest of the video events on the timeline so I don't inadvertently cut/split those events while I'm editing the audio?

I currently place the audio to be edited at the end of the timeline, so I won't harm any of the actual video events, but it's difficult to get the exact length of the audio while editing. I match the audio length to the project length, but with the WAV file I am editing it's not exactly evident where I am in the audio. That part would be easier if I put that audio in line with the rest of the project, and edit it in place.

Is it possible to protect the rest of the video events on the timeline so I don't inadvertently cut/split those events while I'm editing the audio?

The 2 main things to prevent other media on the timeline not being split when the target video or audio event is split are:

1. The target event is not grouped with other media. If the audio event is grouped with a video event, both will be split at the same time; and

2. The target event should be highlighted (yellow borders) when splitting. If no event is highlighted when a split is performed, every event on the timeline will be split at the split point. Highlighting the target event/s limits the split to that/those highlighted events.

3. You can (temporary) lock all events on the video track(s), for being accidentally modified.

@Dexcon  I do this now by ungrouping and highlighting the tracks I want to split in the video, but it's usually for a specific reason, so I am aware of what I'm doing. I don't trust myself to use this method when editing audio only because I tend to immerse myself in the audio editing and lose my awareness relative to the rest of the project.

3. You can (temporary) lock all events on the video track(s), for being accidentally modified.

@3POINT Thanks. I had thought of doing this, but the tool tip for the lock icon only mentions it prevents the events from being moved on the timeline, so I dropped the idea. I just tried it by locking a group of events, then hit the SPLIT icon, and it did not split the events. So I think this will work. Thanks again.

@anthony-chiappette it's a little cumbersome to do it this way, but unfortunately in Vegaspro you cannot lock a whole track, like you can do in most other NLE'S I know. Muting or soloing a track doesn't prevent.

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