No render - "The file name is not valid"
 

When trying to render my movie, I'm getting this message: "An error occured while creating the medium file. The file name is not valid." What is wrong here. I've never had this problem earlier.

I've got a new CPU; the old one was a quad core 2.4, and the new one is a quad core 2.66. Before installing the new one, everything was ok. My mainboard is an Asus P5Q, and I've installed 8gb ram. Have tried this on Vegas Pro 10a and 10c, but no render so far......

you didn't say what filetype. some won't allow longer than 63 letters.

by any chance are you using none standard characters in the file name?

I've tried all filetypes and I'm usind standard characters. No render at all in Vegas Pro 10a - 64bit, but no problem to save files with my other computer software. My Vegas software is in a way locked from rendering. Other functions in Vegas are ok. No viruses found when virus-checking my computer.
Windows 7 is rather new for me, but I've used computers a lot since 1985..... Never seen this before.

can you save veggies?

have you tried saving to other locations?

problem with any renders, ei, mpg, avi, audio only?

There is no problem when saving *.veg-files. But when using "Render as" I can write the file name/choose fil type, but when starting this message appears at once: "An error occured while creating the medium file. The file name is not valid."

This morning I tried to render to my USB-stick (8gb) and it worked. It also worked when rendering to a file om my hard drives. But when closing Vegas and opening the software again, everything was locked, even my Usb-stick. Something strange is happening here.

very strange.....

i'm not really that qualified to help further - you are logged in as admin? you setup sony as admin?

you upgraded your cpu - did you reinstall everything thereafter?

I'm logged in as administrator. The only thing I did with my computer was to change the CPU, and nothing else...... I've deinstalled and reinstalled Vegas again with no change.

Can you give us an example of a filename that you have tried that didn't work?

to be honest i would have reinstalled windows after changing a cpu. i realise that other programs are functioning ok, but all programs run under / through windows and windows itself is installed according to processor - changing the processor withour letting windows install accordingly is, i think, asking for trouble.

i would be looking to do a clean install.... pita, but better than not being able to save / render.

I've tried different file-names and file-types. That's not the problem.

My Windows 7 is an OEM-version. Wouldn't it be a problem to run W7 after reinstalling/changing CPU, or is the Win 7 OEM licenses only linked to the motherboard?

OK, no problem. My point was for you to tell us one or two of the failed filenames you had tried in order to confirm that you weren't causing the problem yourself by inadvertently using an illegal naming convention. You did say that Windows 7 was new to you so it's not unreasonable to think you may have made a mistake, albeit unwittingly.

Personally I like to explore and discount all other avenues before doing things like re-installing Windows ;-)

It was just a thought.

And the folder in which you want to save the file has write permissions, right?

No problem to save other files in the folder/on the disks.

It's obvious that something has happened here, but I don't understand what caused this problem. I've used W7 the last six months, so I'm rather new to this operating software. At the same time I can't understand that a new(little upgraded) CPU should be the problem. And why could I do two small render tests, and then the software wouldn't do it any more? The only thing I ddid was to close Vegas and open it again........


The best way for me to get rid of this problem is to search for a solution, and as a last thing to do, reinstall if it's allowed to do this with my W7 OEM software and a new CPU. A lot of people has got great problems with the OEM-version of W7 when changing their motherboard.

You have tried uninstalling then reinstalling Vegas, yes?

EDIT: ah yes, I see you have. Have you tried both 64 bit and 32 bit? Have you tried a previous version of Vegas?

Thanks Ian for the replies. I'll try an older version of Vegas(Pro 9) later this evening. But first I need to do a system restore to an earlier date to see if this could solve the problem. I have forgotten to do this. Just now I'm not near my computer.

If you haven't, double check your chipset drivers/reinstall them, to see if that would help.

New CPU shouldn't need a reinstall of windows, but who knows.

Restored my computer to an earlier date, but the problem were not solved. Then deinstalled Vegas 10a Pro and installed Vegas 9a Pro. And rendering no problem. What is this? Is there a problem related to Vegas 10/upgrading to a new CPU or what? At this point I'm not able to use my Vegas 10, and I've sold the old 2.4 quad core.....

Vegas 10 has had some very strange issues.

I think I would have been inclined to reinstall Vegas 10 first, to see if that was where the problem lies, rather than go straight back to 9.

As you will see from many other solutions to problems posted here, uninstalling and reinstalling Vegas often sorts out inexplicable problems. You can reinstall Vegas 10 without having to uninstall Vegas 9.

Try that and see if v10 works now. My bet is that it will be fine (famous last words).

You should still raise a trouble ticket with Sony - these inexplicable issues must have a root cause somewhere and unless you tell them they may not know that a problem exists (although I expect their advice will be to uninstall and reinstall).

Reinstalled Vegas 10 without uninstalling Vegas 9. The problem was not solved.

I have sent a message/trouble ticket to Sony.

Ha! Famous last words indeed!

Well, I'm out of ideas I'm afraid. But at least you're up and running with version 9 for the time being.

Not that I expect it will make much difference but did you install the latest version 10, i.e. 10c?

Here's something that might provide a clue. Use Windows to navigate to the folder you are attempting to render to. Choose a file in that folder (if one doesn't exist - just copy one in from another folder). Hold the shift key down, right click and select "Copy as path". This will copy the fully qualified file name to your clipboard.

Paste the results back to this thread.

Again, this may or may not provide clues. What we're looking for are bogus characters and/or a fully qualified filename that is too long.

Good Luck!
...Jerry

Re: No render - "The file name is not valid"
 

I have the same "invalid media file name" problem with Vegas 10c ( 32x adn 64x). It does not occur with Vegas 9. What I did find was if I first save a veg file and then render Vegas runs fine. Try saving a veg file and then try the render.

Ed Baldwin

Re: No render - "The file name is not valid"
 

Hi

Might be worth right clicking on the Vegas shortcut and selecting "Run as administrator" to see if that helps.

Regards

Phil

Re: No render - "The file name is not valid"
 

Thanks to all who wanted to help me. Posted this problem at the end of January. Didn't find a solution to this problem at that time. Shortly after I reinstalled everything, and my Vegas 10 is now ok again....... Sometimes strange things happens to the computers/software, and nobody knows why.....

Re: No render - "The file name is not valid"
 

I think this is the solution!!!

I get this error in Vegas 10 pro if I try to render my project before saving my project file (.veg). Once I save the project file, then I can render, and don't get the error.

Re: No render - "The file name is not valid"
 

Hi

Sounds like a piracy activation feature trigger by the software seeing something about the computer change.

Try resetting Sony Vegas by holding down the Control + Shift Key then double clicking the icon to start it, if that doesn't help you might need supports help. The irony is if you had pirated cracked software you'd have had no issues, it's always us honest customers that are affected.

Regards

Phil