Vegas 5 Over Stayed My Welcome

Couldbe wrote on 11/9/2004, 1:04 PM

I currently have V4 and have been working with the V5 trial. I had been saving the project all along over the last couple of days as I knew I was cutting it close as to when the trial would end.

I went to render the timeline and instead of rendering it asked if I'd like to save the file because the trial had expired. I saved the file and then tried to open the saved project in V4 and got a msg. the file is an unsupported format.

I hadn't anticipated this outcome and now I'm looking at 3 days of work down the tubes. Anyone run into this before or have any Ideas how to resolve it without purchasing 5.

Thanks for any suggestions

Mark

Comments

farss wrote on 11/9/2004, 1:07 PM
There was I thought a warning to this effect with the V5 trial download. As far as I know there's no way to go backwards.
Bob.
Chienworks wrote on 11/9/2004, 1:09 PM
I wish you had asked about this before you started using the trial version. This has been the case with all versions of Vegas, ACID, DVD Architect, Movie Studio, etc. If you save the project file in a newer version of the software it will not open in an older version. This has been well known all along. It is always recommended that you try the new version with copies of your project files rather than the originals.

At this point, you're probably stuck with three options: 1) start over in Vegas 4, 2) buy Vegas 5, 3) send your project and media files to someone else who has Vegas 5 and have them render it for you.
Arks wrote on 11/9/2004, 2:14 PM
and d)

buy Vegas 5.
Couldbe wrote on 11/9/2004, 2:46 PM
I was afraid of that

But thanks so much for the quick responses.
orca wrote on 11/9/2004, 2:54 PM
Or if you have a 2nd PC, install the V5 trial again, and copy your project and re-render it.

TheHappyFriar wrote on 11/9/2004, 6:44 PM
there IS a way to get the trail to start back at 30 days (i found it out myself) and it's not hard to do. but, it's illegal and i won't tell you how. If you have knowledge on how programs (becauses a RARE few) are installed on the system, then it should take you 2 minutes to figure it out.

And no, I don't use 5 illegally. I want tosave the $$$ to buy it (just for the keyframable mask, ironicly).
craighaylett wrote on 11/12/2004, 8:26 AM
Yes, you are right. it can be done. remove everything from the regestry todo with the program. It's easy! Or, re-format if you're mad but desperate.
InformationSponge wrote on 11/15/2004, 7:25 AM
Doesn't the demo stick a logo (as I recall it was an annoying flash to black with a logo and then back to your video) on your renders so you are forced to pay for it? I recall it doing that when I was trying to demo prior to my purchase.