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JohnnyRoy wrote on 10/3/2006, 4:27 PM
I know this is no consolation but I can open Vegas 5 projects in Vegas 7 just fine. What happens when you try and open the project? Is it just missing plug-ins? This should work.

~jr
DustBunny wrote on 10/4/2006, 8:46 AM
Hmmm... well, what happens is that Vegas opens and says it's trying to open the .veg file. The little percentage field on the lower-left stays at 0% and when I go over to Task Manager, Vegas 7 is using 50% CPU (I have a hyperthreaded CPU) and just hangs. Gave up after about ten minutes.

I'll open in V5 when I get home and check the plugins. I'm also currently trying the V5 -> V6 -> V7 thing to see if that works.

Come to think of it, I did use VASST's Ultimate S on the project... don't know if that has any bearing.

Odd.
DustBunny wrote on 10/4/2006, 10:29 PM
Well, V6 opened it just fine. Resaved in V6 and tried to open in V7... still no luck.

Guess I'll try reinstalling V7. Not using Media Manager.
Grazie wrote on 10/4/2006, 11:55 PM
Just do this for me - please? I know it sounds stupid, but just go into MS Explorer, COPY the veg to a different folder and rename it. Then try and open this copied/renamed veg. If I'm wrong - fine! But if it works, gotta be better than a reinstall any day! Lol!
rs170a wrote on 10/5/2006, 3:43 AM
I did use VASST's Ultimate S on the project... don't know if that has any bearing.

I'll bet that's the problem. Vegas 7 uses Net 2.0 and I know that there's an updated version of Ultimate S for Vegas 7 because of this change.

Mike
DustBunny wrote on 10/5/2006, 8:14 AM
Upgraded Ultimate S and reinstalled Vegas 7. Even tried Grazie's suggestion. Rats. I'll need to wait until I get home, but I also need to try to open some other V5 projects. Might just be this one that is acting squirrely.
FrigidNDEditing wrote on 10/5/2006, 12:42 PM
Mike, The script (once used) shouldn't affect it at all, it's just doing something that vegas does but more quickly and efficently.

Dave
DustBunny wrote on 10/5/2006, 8:57 PM
Looks like I found the culprit, but can't find the solution. Some of my clips recorded via Serious Magic's DV Rack hang Vegas 7 when loading.
DustBunny wrote on 10/5/2006, 9:14 PM
The offending clips will open and play just fine in Windows Media Player but choke Vegas. Bizarre...
Pullmanite wrote on 10/10/2006, 3:12 PM
Sorry to dredge up this sorry topic, but I can't understand why V5 and V6 will open all these video clips with no problem at all, but V7 stalls.

If I File>Import Media and even just single-click on the file (which normally shows the file attributes), Vegas 7 hangs. CPU stays at 50% but no progress is ever made.

Video opens perfectly well in:
- AfterEffects 6.5
- Windows Media Player
- Windows Movie Maker
- Vegas 5 & 6

...chokes Vegas 7.
ForumAdmin wrote on 10/11/2006, 3:53 AM
Please post the format of the problem file.

Vegas 7.0b is out and may resolve the problem...see release notes for what was changed/fixed.
DustBunny wrote on 10/11/2006, 7:13 AM
It is a DV AVI Type2 file recorded with Serious Magic's DVRack. Most of the files recorded during the same session open flawlessly, but there are a few that refuse to open with VV7. The other software listed above, including VV5 and VV6 open the file with no problem.

I will try 7.0b when I get home.
Pullmanite wrote on 10/22/2006, 11:50 AM
Up from the depths of the grave arose... this topic!

Well, I have upgraded Vegas to 7.0b and it still hangs when opening the same 5-6 AVI files. All were recorded with DVRack and open fine with Vegas 5 & 6, AfterEffects, Windows Media Player, etc.

Again, here is my workflow:
1) Open Vegas 7.0b
2) In Project Media, navigate to the folder containing AVIs
3) Single-click on any other AVI, and I see the properties for the AVI pop up.
4) Single-click on one of the troubled AVIs and the properties fields remain blank
5) Progress bar on lower-left of timeline shows 0% and doesn't increase
6) In Task Manager, Vegas uses 50% of the CPU (mine in Hyperthreaded) and the software hangs
7) Force Vegas to quit.

I suppose if anyone at Sony is willing, I can place one of the video clips on a server. Otherwise, I'll open in another application and convert to a different video clip. Any ideas? VirtualDub won't open a Vegas DV file and AfterEffects won't keep the audio with the video. Any freeware editors that will open a Vegas DV file?

BTW, "DustBunny" and "Pullmanite" are one and the same user.
DavidSinger wrote on 10/23/2006, 9:53 AM
I too have had problems with DVRack HDv2 files hanging Vegas.
I have found that what makes a difference is *how you stop the recording session in DVRack*.
If I stop the camera, then stop the record, the resulting file and Vegas are not happy with each other.
(1) I stop the record session *before* the camera stops.
(2) I empty DVRack and deal normally with the file.
(3) I close and re-open DVRack.
If I get a good file and try to record a second file without restarting DVRack, the second file will make Vegas unhappy. This happens with V6d - I'd be interested to know if V7b exhibits the same "feature" - because if so we'll have to report it to DVRack -oops, Adobe.
DustBunny wrote on 10/23/2006, 3:27 PM
These files were recorded with slave recording, so the camcorder and DVRack started/stopped recording at the same time. Also strange is the fact that these very same files work wonderfully in 6.0d, but not in the "new and improved" 7.0b. I can certainly find a workaround, but there is a bug somewhere in Vegas 7.0d that may have consequences for other users.