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MyST wrote on 2/27/2003, 7:51 AM
Could be lack of memory or your external hard-drive might have somrthing to do with it.
Give specs of the hard-drive and also list what you're doing when it quits and what exactly happens when it quits.

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TheHappyFriar wrote on 2/27/2003, 8:03 AM
When's the last time you formatted your compuer? Maybe the registry is full of junk or windows is trying to access wrong files.
tenneboy wrote on 2/27/2003, 8:07 AM
External drive is a Maxtor 3000DV, 72000 rpm connected via firewire and recently defragged, win2000 has been re-installed, so it's pretty clean
tenneboy wrote on 2/27/2003, 8:07 AM
Just re-installed Win2000, running nothing but Vegas ...
MyST wrote on 2/27/2003, 8:11 AM
What are you doing when it stops responding? Is it always after a certain move? Like if you just added an FX or something. Is it random? Granted you're not rich on RAM, but...

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tenneboy wrote on 2/27/2003, 8:56 AM
... let me describe it a bit better:

I Start Vegas 4, open a project ( 30 min. of avi footage) do a bit of previewing, then it stops responding for about 30 secs, then it continues for a few seconds, then it stops etc
MyST wrote on 2/27/2003, 9:26 AM
I'd suggest that if you're serious about DV editing you get yourself another 512 Megs of RAM.
Also, is this project on the internal hard-drive, or external?
If external, did you try copying the project to the internal and try running it from there?

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jetdv wrote on 2/27/2003, 9:43 AM
This sounds like the same problem reported by firewire drive users - usually ones that do not have the newest oxford bridge. Here are some links:

http://www.sonicfoundry.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?ForumID=4&MessageID=117251
http://www.sonicfoundry.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?ForumID=4&MessageID=111669
http://www.sonicfoundry.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?ForumID=4&MessageID=117087


Bottom line - it's a conflict between your firewire card and external hard drive. Vegas 3 gave an error message. Vegas 4 pauses and then restarts.
altphase wrote on 2/27/2003, 9:47 AM
I've had the exact same problem with VV3 for a long time and I finally got rid of my external FW drive. Everything works fine using the drive internally. In general, my feelings are that FW drives are junk and not designed for heavy-duty use. Even outside of VV the drive would give me problems with delayed write errors or random disconnects. All this on Win XP Pro with 512Mb of DDR RAM.
MyST wrote on 2/27/2003, 9:51 AM
That's why I suggested he run it from the internal drive. That would confirm/eliminate the firewire theory, no?

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tenneboy wrote on 2/28/2003, 1:05 AM
Hi All,

Thanks to all of you for your feedback. Yesterday I did some editing on the internal drive only and it worked smoothly, guess the firewire drive is to blame for the misbehaviour.

Thanks !
PeterWright wrote on 2/28/2003, 1:31 AM
I've had these symptoms with external drives, but mine are USB 2 as well as firewire, and using the USB connection removes the problem. It seems the extra speed helps get past whatever was causing the pausing.

Haven't tried it, but someone posted that after pressing F5 to redraw the audio peaks, their problem disappeared - sounds worth a try!