Vegas Project failure at DVinfo.net

Nelson Stephens · April 3rd, 2007, 07:56 AM

I have a project that fails about fours into the render process. I have tried to run the project on several different computers. The project is a combination of video shot on a XH-A1, music files and high resolution JPEGs. I think I have narrowed the problem to a section of the JPEG stills, but more than just one still. I have the properties set to HD 60i and am rendering a HD WMV project. Does Vegas have a problem if a still JPEG is too high of a resolution?

Douglas Spotted Eagle · April 3rd, 2007, 08:07 AM

It can if you don't have enough system mem or if your system can't swap mem fast enough.
There is little point in having the files be huge. I do regularly put very large files on my timeline as a matter of laziness, and it does come up and bite me on occasion. It's best to batch them smaller.

Steven Davis · April 3rd, 2007, 08:20 AM

Why not try a work around. Either reduce the size of the stills, or save the stills as another file format, png, even an avi. I have had similar problems, one of mine was an embedded veg file, so I had to work around it.

Keep us up to date. The bizzare errors vegas has is crazy.

Nelson Stephens · April 3rd, 2007, 08:21 AM

Thanks so much for your response. I thought that may be the problem. I have never run into it before. But these stills were provided to me, some are up to 9 meg. I only have 1 gig of RAM but a duo core processor. Could you please explain how I would batch process these stills to a lower resolution?

Nelson Stephens · April 3rd, 2007, 08:26 AM

Thanks Stephen. I also have a embedded veg. file. I discounted that becaused that is not were the project fails. I tried to render out a loop region with the still JPEGS that did not include the embedded veg. and it still failed. Maybe I should not have ruled it out based on that troubleshooting step. I started running it on a Vista machine so I blamed it on that at first but since than I have tried it on a couple of XP machine several times same result.

Douglas Spotted Eagle · April 3rd, 2007, 08:27 AM

Photoshop
Irfanview
PhotoImpact

all offer batch converters to take a folder of files and reduce their size.

Steven Davis · April 3rd, 2007, 08:52 AM

I'll throw in the software xnview here.

April 3rd, 2007, 07:56 AM	#1
Nelson Stephens New Boot Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 5	Vegas Project failure I have a project that fails about fours into the render process. I have tried to run the project on several different computers. The project is a combination of video shot on a XH-A1, music files and high resolution JPEGs. I think I have narrowed the problem to a section of the JPEG stills, but more than just one still. I have the properties set to HD 60i and am rendering a HD WMV project. Does Vegas have a problem if a still JPEG is too high of a resolution?

April 3rd, 2007, 08:07 AM	#2
Douglas Spotted Eagle VASST Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Stockton, UT Posts: 5,648	It can if you don't have enough system mem or if your system can't swap mem fast enough. There is little point in having the files be huge. I do regularly put very large files on my timeline as a matter of laziness, and it does come up and bite me on occasion. It's best to batch them smaller. __________________ Douglas Spotted Eagle/Spot Author, producer, composer Certified Sony Vegas Trainer http://www.vasst.com

April 3rd, 2007, 08:20 AM	#3
Steven Davis Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 3,065	Why not try a work around. Either reduce the size of the stills, or save the stills as another file format, png, even an avi. I have had similar problems, one of mine was an embedded veg file, so I had to work around it. Keep us up to date. The bizzare errors vegas has is crazy. __________________ What happens if I push the 'Red' button?

April 3rd, 2007, 08:21 AM	#4
Nelson Stephens New Boot Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 5	Vegas Project Failure Thanks so much for your response. I thought that may be the problem. I have never run into it before. But these stills were provided to me, some are up to 9 meg. I only have 1 gig of RAM but a duo core processor. Could you please explain how I would batch process these stills to a lower resolution?

April 3rd, 2007, 08:26 AM	#5
Nelson Stephens New Boot Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 5	Vegas Project Faiure Thanks Stephen. I also have a embedded veg. file. I discounted that becaused that is not were the project fails. I tried to render out a loop region with the still JPEGS that did not include the embedded veg. and it still failed. Maybe I should not have ruled it out based on that troubleshooting step. I started running it on a Vista machine so I blamed it on that at first but since than I have tried it on a couple of XP machine several times same result.

April 3rd, 2007, 08:27 AM	#6
Douglas Spotted Eagle VASST Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Stockton, UT Posts: 5,648	Photoshop Irfanview PhotoImpact all offer batch converters to take a folder of files and reduce their size. __________________ Douglas Spotted Eagle/Spot Author, producer, composer Certified Sony Vegas Trainer http://www.vasst.com

April 3rd, 2007, 08:52 AM	#7
Steven Davis Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 3,065	I'll throw in the software xnview here. __________________ What happens if I push the 'Red' button?