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jason-pegg

Offline, Last login 11/11/2018, Member since 11/21/2016

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on 4/29/2017

Windows 10 Anniversary ed'n broke my Media Manager

To find out which version of SQL Server is doing the work, you can open "Services" on your computer and look for an entry like "SQL Server (SONY_MEDIAMGR2)". (This is the default, I believe.) Double-click on that and look at the "Path to executable". If the path includes something like, "MSSQL.1" or "MSSQL.2", then it's using the 2005 instance. "Upgrading" SQL Server often just installs an instance of a new version, as opposed to truly replacing an old version and moving the databases over. (For instance, I currently have 2005, 2008, 2008R2, 2012, 2014, and 2016 installed. I do a lot of programming. 🙂 ) The core contention between Windows 10 and MM comes down to one of the third-party controls (SyncFusion) used to render tree views in MM (something I tracked down by tracing errors with Visual Studio). SyncFusion released an update to the control when it stopped working with the latest editions of Windows 10. I reached out to SyncFusion to see if there's a way to update the control outside of recompiling the code. Unfortunately, without the source code, there's no way to do it. (For the programmers out there, yes, you can update a control AND force the system to use the updated version. However, the old version and the new version have to be signed with the same public key. And while MOST recent versions of the control use the same key, the one used by MM is old enough to be different from the current PK. Of course.) I also reached out to MAGIX to see if they plan to release a new version of MM with updated controls. They have no such plans. They referred to MM as "legacy" code and seemed to indicate that it may not even be something in their possession. It's something that Sony gave up on a few versions back, so they have no plans for it. They also had no recommendations for an alternative. I also have Acid Pro and have seen MM kinda working with it. I can never get it to stick around long enough to be useful, though. And I certainly can't use it to drag media into VEGAS. To be honest, I'm tempted to write my own (simple) version of MM so I can keep using my library (around 10,000 entries - small compared to some of yours). The database schema is pretty straightforward, the APIs into VEGAS seem to be well-documented, and the basic framework could be written up as an add-on. It's just a matter of finding the time to do it. I keep hoping (and hunting) for some sort of "miracle workaround". So I follow this thread pretty carefully. 🙂 I wish I had better news on the SyncFusion / MAGIC / Sony front. If I turn up anything new, I'll certainly share it here. Good luck, all!Jason...
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on 2/11/2017

Windows 10 Anniversary ed'n broke my Media Manager

Been facing the same issue (Vegas 14 with Windows 10 AE). Just installed v14 build 211 (latest) and it still didn't resolve the issue. While it should be easy to incorporate the latest version of Syncfusion into a build, it assumes they've kept their license up-to-date. I'll submit a support ticket and reference this thread. Hopefully a solution is offered as not having Media Manager is a definite issue.
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on 11/27/2016

Prores Vegas 13 project has problems in 14

Thanks, Nick. That worked well. I'm reading ProRes files created by a BlackMagic HyperDeck Shuttle 2 that creates 16 channels of audio. Video was working fine but I was only getting one (blank) track of audio. Your workaround took care of it. I'll definitely leave a note for the MAGIX folks as suggested. Thanks again! Jason...