VP15 FREEZE MY PC ON AUTOSAVE WHILE PLAY AND SCROLL AT SAME TIME

vjsouza wrote on 5/13/2018, 9:00 AM

Hello, guys from Magix / Vegas.

Since several previous versions of Vegas Pro, this BUG still persists, and has never been fixed.

Everyone here knows that when the cursor reaches the far right of the timeline, Vegas Pro scrolls the timeline and places the cursor on the left side. So far so good. This is normal.

The BUG occurs just when Vegas Pro tries to autosave while scrolling, all at the same time. The computer hangs, not even the mouse pointer moves. The only solution is to turn the PC off and on again.

Please, Magix team. Make a control in Preferences, to DISABLE the autosave while it is playing. There could also be a control that disables AUTOSCROLL.

I've been avoiding using AUTOSAVE precisely because of this BUG. But I confess that there are times when this is very much needed.

I believe you can and will correct this problem.

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OldSmoke wrote on 5/13/2018, 9:27 AM

Hello, guys from Magix / Vegas.

Since several previous versions of Vegas Pro, this BUG still persists, and has never been fixed.

Everyone here knows that when the cursor reaches the far right of the timeline, Vegas Pro scrolls the timeline and places the cursor on the left side. So far so good. This is normal.

The BUG occurs just when Vegas Pro tries to autosave while scrolling, all at the same time. The computer hangs, not even the mouse pointer moves. The only solution is to turn the PC off and on again.

Please, Magix team. Make a control in Preferences, to DISABLE the autosave while it is playing. There could also be a control that disables AUTOSCROLL.

I've been avoiding using AUTOSAVE precisely because of this BUG. But I confess that there are times when this is very much needed.

I believe you can and will correct this problem.

In over ten years working with Vegas have I seen this happening.

Former user wrote on 5/13/2018, 10:12 AM

There is a function where the cursor (scrubber) stays centered (doesn't go back to the left) and I agree with Oldsmoke, I have never had this happen.

matthias-krutz wrote on 5/13/2018, 12:09 PM

I do not want to speak against the proposal, but I will not use Autosave.

I turn off Autosave in every program. A simple Ctrl-S after a work-intensive processing section or before a crash-prone action works better than the automatic. The secured state is then also useful and saving does not slow down the processing. From time to time I save in a new file and thus have a backup. I've gotten used to this with other programs and have never lost much working time.

Kinvermark wrote on 5/13/2018, 1:51 PM

Never seen this happen either. But, honestly, if its a problem just turn autosave off and move on to more important things. 😀 CTRL-S is your friend.

vjsouza wrote on 5/13/2018, 5:03 PM

There is a function where the cursor (scrubber) stays centered (doesn't go back to the left) and I agree with Oldsmoke, I have never had this happen.

How can I keep the cursor centered all of the time?

Former user wrote on 5/13/2018, 6:26 PM

It doesn't stay centered all of the time, but it tries to stay centered. In the INTERNAL PREFERENCES make SMOOTH SCROLL TRACKVIEW - True

JackW wrote on 5/13/2018, 7:49 PM

I suspect this is a memory problem. I've never had happen what you describe, but have had Vegas or the computer crash if I exit the program while Save is in progress. I think the two actions -- saving and shutting down the program -- conflict and cause the crash. Scrolling, especially if the computer is attempting to repopulate thumb- nails on the timeline, and saving could put similar stress on memory. Just a thought.

Grazie wrote on 5/13/2018, 10:48 PM

@JackW : What’s been your Solution?

JackW wrote on 5/13/2018, 11:02 PM

Patience. I save, wait for a few seconds, then exit Vegas. Seems to work.

Grazie wrote on 5/13/2018, 11:51 PM

So there is no GUI-side indication that something or even nothing, is actually happening?

vjsouza wrote on 5/15/2018, 8:13 AM

Patience. I save, wait for a few seconds, then exit Vegas. Seems to work.

JackW, I do this too. The problem with Vegas Pro is autosave during the PLAY. Sometimes (not in all cases) Vegas Pro freezes the computer, then, only restarting the PC is the solution.

vjsouza wrote on 5/15/2018, 8:17 AM

So there is no GUI-side indication that something or even nothing, is actually happening?

Grazie, when the computer freezes, it freezes everything! Even the mouse pointer does not move. You can not do even a printscreen. Only if I take a picture with a camera ...

Grazie wrote on 5/15/2018, 8:26 AM

@vjsouza : LOL 😁

Grazie, when the computer freezes, it freezes everything! Even the mouse pointer does not move. You can not do even a printscreen. Only if I take a picture with a camera ...

I was addressing @JackW . Meaning, what is he able to SEE when he waits. Your freezing I understand, it’s what does Jack wait for, can he see anything.

JackW wrote on 5/15/2018, 4:19 PM

@Grazie: Nothing to see. I click Save and a little white circle appears next to the cursor for a second or two. This appears to be a standard indicator of a Save in Windows 7. Following this, nothing. So I just wait a couple of seconds more, then exit.

@vjsouva: I've never had a crash while playing. Auto-save appears to happen without incident for me.

Grazie wrote on 5/16/2018, 12:16 AM

@JackW ?

@Grazie: Nothing to see.

However you DO see:-

I click Save and a little white circle appears next to the cursor for a second or two.

That’s an indication. I go from that DIRECTLY to “(not responding)”, whiteout and either fre fall or I need to kill VP in Windows Task Manager. I send the resultant DATA off to MAGIX.

This appears to be a standard indicator of a Save in Windows 7. Following this, nothing. So I just wait a couple of seconds more, then exit.

Sure, it’s standard in other programs too, I get that and then a safe close. But you/we don’t get anything from VP saying it’s waiting to close.