vf from Studio 8 has no sound

Susan G. wrote on 10/10/2008, 2:45 PM
I use Vegas Studio Movie Platinum 8.0d and downloaded Vegas Studio Movie Platinum 9.0a to see if I wanted to upgrade. Version 9.0 wouldn't open. I eventually found the fix and got 9.0a to run.

I then tried to open a vf from 8.0. The video portion appeared on the timeline, but the audio did not. I looked for a solution to the "no sound issue" and downloaded the two files(mcddded.dll and mcplug.dll). I put them in the folder they were supposed to be in. If I open an AVI file, it has sound. However, my vf files still only give me video but no audio.

According to the Knowledgebase, vf files from 8.0 are supposed to work in 9.0. I could not find any other mention of a problem of compatibility problem between versions 8.0d and 9.0a.

Does anyone know of a solution? Are these problems an indication that 9.0 is going to be a buggy version and better to wait for a few years until another version comes out?

Thanks

Comments

Eugenia wrote on 10/10/2008, 4:14 PM
You have to tell us what kind of files these are that belong to that vf. Maybe even shoot 3 seconds of that video, create a new vf file with VMS 8, test it on VSM 9, and if it doesn't work, create a zip file with both the small video and the vf file, and upload it somewhere so we can have a look.
Susan G. wrote on 10/10/2008, 6:16 PM
The project uses mpg files. I cannot re-shoot them.
Chienworks wrote on 10/10/2008, 6:24 PM
What happens if you try using those .mpg files in a new Version 9 project?

.vf files contain no audio. In fact they contain no video either. They merely point to media files.
ritsmer wrote on 10/11/2008, 12:07 AM
Susan wrote: "Are these problems an indication that 9.0 is going to be a buggy version and better to wait for a few years until another version comes out?"

No, it is not. On my machine the transfer from 8 to 9.0a works 100% flawlessly - and I can just continue working on my former 8.0 .vf files as nothing happened.
As there are not so many visual changes as there were from 7 to 8 (i.e. the colour media move-and-stretch markers and the fantastic time-variable keyframes) you do not feel a big change and everything works as expected.
Behind the user interface, however, many good things have happened -including some error correction - and this gives you plenty of value for the upgrade price.


To help improving the problem: try to make a new project in 9.0a and put the mpg files on the timeline. Does this give error messages? does the sound appear?