When Rendering File stops at 20 Min

Amanda09 wrote on 11/5/2009, 7:54 AM
I have a video that is a little over 3 hours. I want to render it and export it as an avi and make a DVD in Sony DVD Architect, but when I render the video file out as an AVI it only renders roughly 20 minutes of it then stops. I have looked at the file over and over and there is nothing in the file that indicates a stop or anything. I have the memory as it is a 1TB drive that I am working with and it says successful when done. I just don't get it. Is this too large of a project for Sony Vegas Home Studio? Please help.

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amendegw wrote on 11/5/2009, 8:21 AM
Is "Render Loop Region Only" selected? If so, uncheck it.

...Jerry

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jetdv wrote on 11/5/2009, 8:57 AM
Is the drive formatted in FAT32 instead of NTFS? FAT32 has a 4Gig file size limit.
Tim L wrote on 11/5/2009, 8:57 AM
(Ooops -- Ed posted while I was still typing...)

Is your 1TB drive formatted as FAT32? (Right click and check the properties of it -- "File System" = what?.)

If so, the maximum filesize possible on a FAT32 drive is 4 GB, which amounts to about 20 minutes of std definition DV .AVI file. If this is the case, Vegas would probably automatically create a second file, third file, etc, as each file hit the 4 GB limit. Maybe these files are there and you are overlooking them?

If your 1TB drive is formatted as FAT32 you probably want to convert it to NTFS format, which allows much bigger files and in general is a superior format for any large hard disk. Search this forum for details -- there is a simple conversion program that will leave all your data intact but will change the drive over to NTFS format. (Warning: an NTFS drive would not be usable by Win 95/98 computers.)

Tim L
Amanda09 wrote on 11/5/2009, 12:30 PM
Yep, it is formatted at FAT32. There were 11 different file a little over 4G each. I will try to render it to the other NTFS drive and see if that works...thank you so much. I hope this works!!
Tim L wrote on 11/5/2009, 7:46 PM
Just as an FYI -- DVD Architect Studio would probably have worked fine with the original "11 files of 4GB" each.

I think Vegas and DVD Architect are pretty good at seamlessly handling the 4GB FAT32 limit without any extra effort on your part. If you had brought the first of the 4GB files into DVDA I think it would have automatically discovered the other 10 (based on its own naming convention) and would have known that they all belong together as one long file.

Tim L
jetdv wrote on 11/6/2009, 8:47 AM
You need to convert that drive to NTFS. Using the convert command, you can do it without losing the files on the drive. Then you can re-render to a single file on that drive. By default, MOST external drives you purchase are formatted FAT32 so they'll work with both PCs and Mac. You have to change them if you need larger than 4Gig files.

BTW, the files weren't "a little over 4G each" as the maximum file size is 4G. If you look in Windows Explorer, they'll probably read as 3.99G each.