Using Vegas 9 Pro - why upgrade

KayAt wrote on 3/26/2012, 1:32 PM
I have purchased Vegas 10 when it first came out. I continously crashed on me and I couldn't load big .avi files without leaving for dinner.

Then I purchased a new computer with WIndows 7 and 64bit. Now I couldn't load it because it required a previous version installed and the operating system wouldn't recognize Vegas 6.0 (my first) or any of my updates. Happily, Vegas 9.0 was recognized so I just loaded it and am left there.

I only rip dvds and create avi files to split and edit, use very few transitions, if any and encode to mpg2s for recreating dvds.

I was very frustrated with searching forums to get 10 to work so I think that I'm not going to throw good money after bad with the 11 upgrade. I wanted to use the stabilizer but it messes with the action of my video so badly it's pretty worthless.

Any reason to upgrade to 11?

Comments

PeterDuke wrote on 3/26/2012, 6:18 PM
You shouldn't need a previous version of Vegas installed in order to install any version. The upgrades and updates are full products. You will need the serial number and you need to activate, that is all. If that is not the case with you then there must be some problem with your computer, such as left over gunk from an uninstall or other conflict.

So far as 11 is concerned, look through the list of new features and fixes in the release notes and decide if you must have any of them. If not, don't upgrade. One significant fix claimed in 11 is the replaced footage bug, but there is some doubt about that.

There are other options for a stabiliser, including buying the full Mercalli product.
Marc S wrote on 3/26/2012, 7:37 PM
I stayed with 10 and I'm happy I did. Following all of the problems users on this forum are having with V11 has convinced me I made the right choice. It took a while for both V9 and V10 to finally get stable and Sony's pattern of using upgraders as beta testers seems to be the norm now with every release. At this point I'll probably wait and see what Vegas 12 has in store for us.

I'm learning the Premiere CS5.5 workflow as well. Adobe is getting in the habit of doing free beta periods of their new software until the kinks are worked out. I'd like to see Sony do the same.
Hulk wrote on 3/26/2012, 10:15 PM
Download the VP11 trial and give it a whirl.

I'm staying with 10 unless there is a game changing point revision of 11 that come along.

- Mark
Tech Diver wrote on 3/27/2012, 4:31 PM
I too am currently on version 10e because I am always intentionally one release behind. That is, I will upgrade to 11 only when version 12 is released.

By the way, I feel that version 9 was one of the best releases of Vegas Pro (at least for my workflow). My main motivation for upgrading to 10 was that Boris Red 5 required it.

I feel that if someone needs to seek a reason why they should upgrade, then they probably don't need to do so. There are many here who are working quite happily with older releases.

Peter
MPM wrote on 3/27/2012, 8:53 PM
>"I only rip dvds and create avi files to split and edit, use very few transitions, if any and encode to mpg2s for recreating dvds.

>Any reason to upgrade to 11? "

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RE: encoding DVD mpg2 in Vegas, likely not. 10's mpg2 encoder was broken, 11's is still slightly *Off* . With an AMD/ATI 6870 I also have some green screen display issues with mpg2 on the timeline. If you're not doing HD or AVC & the new features don't interest you, I can't think of a good reason to upgrade at the moment. DO note that adding the 11 trial replaces the mpg2 encoder 9 uses, so you can't just drop into 9 if you have problems. [I left 9 in XP Pro, didn't want to add 11 so I'd have a failsafe -- lol I just found out today 11 won't install to XP in the 1st place :) ]