Check the Vegas website

http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.com/download/step2.asp?DID=447

Vegas 4.0e is available to upgrade your original, out of the box Vegas 4.0a.

Vegas 4.0e and Vegas 4.0d are almost identical. The main difference is that Vegas 4.0e says "Sony" on the spash screen and in a few other areas.

If you are not bothered by any of the following problems, the upgrade is NOT a requirement.

URL flip metadata commands are now supported when rendering to RealMedia 9.

A bug has been fixed that caused gain reduction when track envelopes are used and the pan mode was set to Constant Power.

A bug that prevented Vegas from closing some DV files has been fixed.

A bug has been fixed that could cause Vegas to crash when pressing the Down Arrow key when the Master bus fader has focus.




If you DO upgrade to "e" (instead of "d"), be aware that some scripts may be "broken". I've had to work out a fix for Tsunami to work with either 4.0d OR 4.0e. Excalibur works with either with no changes needed.

Which things don't work anymore Ed? I'm using a custom script
for our Lady X work....

Edward, would this gain change bug be the probelem I experienced I had various envelops on my tracks, but I had the problem that when I composited my 16:9 mask over my 4:3 footage, the contrast would seem to increase. The image got "darker".

Doesn't sound like the identical problem, but Iwill upgrade and see if it help.

Aaron

Rob, the only things that "broke" were anything relating to effects with the "Sonic Foundry" name. They now have to reference the "Sony" name to be found.

It was really a fairly minor change. For example, instead of looking for "Sonic Foundry Border", in 4.0e you have to look for "Sony Border".

Specifically, Video Wall, PIP, and Rotating Pic had to be updated to compensate for this change.


Aaron, I don't know if your problem would be related to that fix or not.

Since I installed the 4.e update, everytime Vegas is started it wants internet access and it transmits/receives some info after that. I have the official bought version of the software so I won't mind, but what's happening during this data-transfer?

There is an option under preferences you can change so I wont connect to the net. Installing the upgrade maybe reset some settings back to default.

Vegas automatically checks to see if there is an "update". As Glen said, just go to Options - Preferences and turn off "Use Net Notify to stay informed about Sony products" (I assume "Sonic Foundry" was changed to "Sony" there as well)

<<<-- Originally posted by Glen Elliott : Installing the upgrade maybe reset some settings back to default. -->>>

Since 4.0e installs in an entirely different directory with, presumably, an entirely different set of registry entries, I wouldn't be surprised if ALL settings are set to default.

Ouch that stinks- so when you do the upgrade to 4.0e you'll essentially have 2 sets of Vegas 4 on your machine?! A bit sloppy if you ask me- kinda like Adobe "upgrades".

Are you that it installs to a different directory? A quick look on my own harddisk doesn't show that.

I've found the update function, it was turned on. I didn't knew this feature was present in Vegas and I never got any messages or pop-ups before, saying that an update is available or that Vegas wants to connect to the net. So the option was turned on by the update I pressume.

Peter

<<<-- Originally posted by Peter Sieben : Are you that it installs to a different directory? A quick look on my own harddisk doesn't show that.

I've found the update function, it was turned on. I didn't knew this feature was present in Vegas and I never got any messages or pop-ups before, saying that an update is available or that Vegas wants to connect to the net. So the option was turned on by the update I pressume.

Peter -->>>


Yes. It installs into a "Sony" directory instead of a "Sonic Foundry" directory.

The update function has been there for years and is turned ON by default. If your previous install was turned off, you turned it off.

So Edward, does this mean it also has problems loading old
projects from the previous versions that are using filters with
the Sonic Foundry name in it??

No problems that I am aware of. I'm sure everyone would have been screaming if that was the case. As for scripting, the problem came because the script was specifically looking for "Sonic Foundry" and now it is "Sony" so a match was not found.

Rob,

I've been upgrading to the 'e' version during a large videoproject. I had no problems. The only event that occured was mentioned before in this thread.

Peter

I read this thread before installing 4.0e, so I was expecting to see a Sony folder in Program Files and have two versions residing on the disk.

Instead, the update installed in the Sonic Foundry folder. I do not have two installs.

I also checked Add or Remove Programs. There was only one entry for Vegas and it was under the Sony name.

It would have been entirely okay with me if the 4.0e update had renamed the Sonic folder and even the folders for the other programs I have, like Acid. It didn't do that, of course.

Will

THis could be caused by the fact you ran the update over the existing version (4d). Some people like to install the update only after removing the previous version completely from their machine and then 4e could use a Sony folder for default installation.

Peter

That's a good point. I did install over my existing installation, which is what I always do unless the vendor suggests otherwise.

I believe the update to 4.0e also added support for HD. If you look under your options now, you'll find several choices for high def.

"B" added support for HD.

Any idea why someone with vs "d" wouldn't have the HD options showing up??? And yes, they are working with a HD ENG camera.

They show in my "D" version. Maybe try an uninstall/reinstall of Vegas.