HD to SD render pausing at DVinfo.net

Eugene Kosarovich · April 7th, 2009, 12:16 PM

I have this strange problem with Vegas 8.0c.

I'll have a 2 hour HDV or XDCAM HD project. I'll put the HD project veg in an empty DV Widescreen project, match my output aspect, and render to MPEG-2 for SD DVD.

It seems to go fine, I go away, and after a while, say maybe about 8% into the 2-pass VBR, everything will pause.

It's not a crash, but the Vegas CPU load goes down to zero, the elapsed time on the render stops incrementing, everything just pauses.

I accidentally discovered a while ago the way to get things going again. I simply launch another session of Vegas. As soon as the second session launches, everything restarts in the first session, and I can then close the second session.

After this restart, sometimes the project renders to completion, sometimes it pauses a few more times and I need to restart it again in the same manner.

It's certainly better than crashing, but has anyone else seen this problem? And is there a way to avoid it pausing at all?

Thanks.

Edward Troxel · April 7th, 2009, 07:38 PM

Wow... never seen that one before. Really interesting. Might be worth reporting to Sony.

Eugene Kosarovich · April 7th, 2009, 09:15 PM

Yeah, I'll check with Sony. Actually, I'll be at NAB Show so I'll ask them in person when I visit the SCS booth.

More info: The pausing happened a number of times in this render, so I tried other ways to restart it. I found that launching Vegas OR DVD Architect will restart the render. Either one! No other program launched will restart the render.

April 7th, 2009, 12:16 PM	#1
Eugene Kosarovich Taken away too young... rest in peace Eugene Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Albany, NY Posts: 161	HD to SD render pausing I have this strange problem with Vegas 8.0c. I'll have a 2 hour HDV or XDCAM HD project. I'll put the HD project veg in an empty DV Widescreen project, match my output aspect, and render to MPEG-2 for SD DVD. It seems to go fine, I go away, and after a while, say maybe about 8% into the 2-pass VBR, everything will pause. It's not a crash, but the Vegas CPU load goes down to zero, the elapsed time on the render stops incrementing, everything just pauses. I accidentally discovered a while ago the way to get things going again. I simply launch another session of Vegas. As soon as the second session launches, everything restarts in the first session, and I can then close the second session. After this restart, sometimes the project renders to completion, sometimes it pauses a few more times and I need to restart it again in the same manner. It's certainly better than crashing, but has anyone else seen this problem? And is there a way to avoid it pausing at all? Thanks. __________________ Scorpio Productions PDW-F335, PDW-U1, Vegas Pro 9.0b

April 7th, 2009, 07:38 PM	#2
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Wow... never seen that one before. Really interesting. Might be worth reporting to Sony. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

April 7th, 2009, 09:15 PM	#3
Eugene Kosarovich Taken away too young... rest in peace Eugene Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Albany, NY Posts: 161	Yeah, I'll check with Sony. Actually, I'll be at NAB Show so I'll ask them in person when I visit the SCS booth. More info: The pausing happened a number of times in this render, so I tried other ways to restart it. I found that launching Vegas OR DVD Architect will restart the render. Either one! No other program launched will restart the render. __________________ Scorpio Productions PDW-F335, PDW-U1, Vegas Pro 9.0b