Here's the free registration link and more information:
Vegas Pro webinar (https://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/news/webinar-reg.asp?)
It starts at 11:00am CST

Yep, their site is being hammered or is down.

Can't seem to get in to this online event.

Anyone else having better luck?

Cant't log on

Not working for me either. In fact, it appears www.sonycreativesoftware.com is down.

The webinar must be oversubscribed. Not very impressive . . .

Agreed.
This should have been MUCH better planned :-(

Very disappointed! Can't log on having driven three and a half hours to get home to watch it.

I have got onto the main website now but it's not rendering properly - just a list of links with the graphic items taking for ever to download.

The webinar must be oversubscribed. Not very impressive . . .

I registered for it but I can't seem to get in. Their servers must be getting hammered.

I just hope they offer a way to download an archive of the event, if it is even happening at this point....

mine just loaded!

Their servers must be getting hammered.

Call me overcautious, but if I were to be presenting a webinar on this scale I think I would look for it to be served up from somewhere OTHER than the same place that hosts my main site!

Did anyone get a confirmation email out of interest, or just the calendar item with the link (which I thought was a bit minimal!)?

I registered.

I came back from my partner being in Hospital to watch.

Left the page open to see it.

Pooof! Gone . . not impressed . . .

A real downer . . .

- g

Grazie, hope all's OK with your partner.

Good to see there will be an archive of the event.

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/vegaspro9webinar

mine loaded. The live text chat area of the site, the moderator said they would have an archive of the event available, and it hasent even started yet!

LOL

Just got in. Text says to hang in there and the seminar will start soon. Problems with servers. Presentation will last 30 minutes, Q & A after. Content will be available for download.

mine just loaded!

Any excuses offered for the problems??

Here is the content from the text chat area... it doesnt seem to be updating anymore..



Hello and welcome to "10 Vegas Pro techniques for power editing" webinar. The presentation will begin shortly.
Thursday January 28, 2010 10:59
10:59

Due to overwhelming response, we are experiencing technical difficulties. We should be up and running in a moment.
Thursday January 28, 2010 10:59
11:00

Webinar will begin at 11:05 AM CST
Thursday January 28, 2010 11:00
11:09

Our apologies. Still experiencing technical difficulties. We should be broadcasting shortly.
Thursday January 28, 2010 11:09
11:12


[Comment From Kevin G Saunders Kevin G Saunders : ]
Thanks
Thursday January 28, 2010 11:12 Kevin G Saunders
11:12


[Comment From mohit mohit : ]
is it on now ?
Thursday January 28, 2010 11:12 mohit
11:13

We are resolving issues with our servers currently. The broadcast has not yet started.
Thursday January 28, 2010 11:13
11:15

Hang tight folks. We're almost there...
Thursday January 28, 2010 11:15
11:16


[Comment From DM DM : ]
About how long is this scheduled to last, before Q&A?
Thursday January 28, 2010 11:16 DM
11:17

Thanks for asking... We plan on having about thirty minutes of presentation content and then q&a once we go live.
Thursday January 28, 2010 11:17
11:18


[Comment From Jim Lee Jim Lee : ]
How do you insert a clip or photo without moving the entire project?
Thursday January 28, 2010 11:18 Jim Lee
11:18


[Comment From Frank Frank : ]
Will there be a download copy available after the presentation
Thursday January 28, 2010 11:18 Frank
11:18

Yes, we will post the content available for download.
Thursday January 28, 2010 11:18

Well done Jim Lee for getting his question in early ;-)

ten minutes ago they offered us hope.

Yes, very impresed. NOT!

Finally in and patiently waiting :-)

Finally got on to the site. Disappointed to see this comment:

Our sincerest apologies. Thank you to those of you who were able to get in. There were many more who did not. Therefore, we will be rescheduling and sending an email announcement shortly.

Thursday January 28, 2010 11:31

Must of been done by the same guys who made the Toyota accelerators.

wow, I just cant see adobe or apple making this mistake....

I know, this shouldnt reflect on the quality of their software, recently, but.....

am I interpeting their last message correctly?

I'm IN and got a standby signal . .

Not sure that it's cancelled, Roy, just that not everyone was able to get on. At least that's what appears to have happened. It's actually not clear.

I posted a comment to the message window (and it confirmed sending) but it hasn't been posted in the list. I said how disappointed I was and asked if the presentation materials would be available today. I suspect they have been inundated with such messages and have switched the facility off.

I'm not going to gamble with it working next time (I lost 3 working hours today to get home to watch this) so I'll wait for the materials to be made available.

EDIT: Hmmm . . . on re-reading the apology message it does appear that they are apologising to EVERYONE, so maybe it was cancelled.

A Moist Firework . . . .

- g

As a working webcaster, I can tell you this stuff ain't easy. There's a whole bunch of things that need to work right on multiple servers of different types and a streaming content delivery network to pull off a large-scale live webcast. Then there's the origination and live encoding of content... it's complex, indeed!

Regarding the allure of live... I suspect Ian and Grazie won't be going far out of their way to see the next live SCS event. On the internet, people are used to getting the information they want *when* they want it. So, an on-demand archive of the webcast will be preferred by many viewers.

Having said all that, if I'd produced this webcast on behalf of a client, I'd be fired, I'd lose the client. That's why I test, test, test, and test again prior to any live webcast!

Word to the wise - you have one chance to impress your audience and build credibility and a following in a live webcast.

Please post the link to the archive for those of us who couldn't make it...

Thomas, there is no archive because it never happened.
See Ian Stark's reply above for the message that was left on the site.

Actually, Seth, I would go out of my way.

Grazie

Re the archive, I got the impression that the seminar comprised around 30 minutes of pre-prepared material to be followed by the live Q&A. I understood that they were going to post up the prepared materials, which presumably they still could do. At least I hope that's what they meant. As Seth rightly points out, I for one will probably not go out of my way to register for another live event!

If it's a webinar there should be a recorded version of it online soon huh?

Yang, due to technical difficulties it didn't happen so there's nothing to watch.

I'm sure people will have seen this already, but for completeness:

Webinar Rescheduled
Thank you very much for registering for the 10 Vegas Pro Techniques for Power Editing webinar. We sincerely apologize for the technical difficulties and we've rescheduled this presentation to take place next Wednesday, February 3, at 11:00 CST. Please watch your email for further details.

Actually, Seth, I would go out of my way.

Grazie

Sorry Grazie - shouldn't speak for you.

Still though, there's nothing quite as unforgiving as live.

I am hopeful that SCS makes an archive available when this event actually happens.

I am hopeful that SCS makes an archive available when this event actually happens.

Seth, someone said earlier in this thread that it would be archived for off-line viewing.
I know that, after today's fiasco, that's the route a lot of folks will be taking :-(

I would be very surprised if they made it available before the rescheduled event next week though.

Ian, while that would be the "right thing" to do, I also have my doubts that it'll happen.

I'm keen to see this when it is shown again, can anyone tell me what time 11:00CST is at GMT (London)

5pm gmt (and this text is just being added because my reply was too short and wouldn't let me post it!)

I received an apologetic reply to my webinar feedback (there was a link at the bottom of the webcast page.) Gary Rebholz, Training Manager, wrote that there will be made available an on-demand archive of the Feb. 3 webcast.

Apparently, the problem was related to the web page / http server upon which the player was embedded, not the live encode or stream.