Sorry, I haven't been following your problem. How much media is "too much"?

What type of media?

Off hand I'd say that you need to break it up into smaller projects.

Rob Mack

Are you editing HDV? Vegas 6 can only handle about 80 HDV clips. I remember frustration with that well!

so you blame the software & say it's 100% not the computer (which 99% of the time it is) but you'll throw the computer out the window? :) Hope you're not in a high rise!

i don't know how you expect us to help when you don't actually give us any info except "it's not working." Also, strangely, most people don't get a Vegas60.exe application error, and (apparently) you haven't had problems with it before, so i'm not sure why you'd assume Vegas suddenly crapped the bed (V7 was released months ago).

i'd say you made the project, used a plugin that you never re-installed when you re-installed or you make the veggie in a newer veggie format & didn't re-install that update.

Please provide more information--the people on this board are pretty friendly and knowledgeable. In my own experience, Vegas ranks as one of the most stable programs I have ever used, and I believe others would quickly concur.

Dude, your last post was in November can we help it, if we don't remember your problem.

There is no generic Vegas60.exe error. When you click to see the details and it gives you some gobblygook code, that code means something.
You may want to send it to Sony or you may want to post it here.

But telling us you have a Vegas60.exe error just tells us what application you are using.

Have you downloaded Vegas 7.0? there is a trial version. See if that works differently on your file. However, 7.0 project files cannot be opened in Vegas 6 so keep a backup.

Well we don't even know if he's using the last release of V6.0 do we?

How big is this project, roughly.
Is it SD or HD?
How many tracks?
Lots of high res stills?

Here's a total shot in the dark, turn off thumbnails and waveforms.

Bob.

Also not wanting to be crude, but as Bob says, some "facts" would be jolly decent - crude facts at that!

For my money you aint been crude enough!

I am using Vegas 6.0d and this has been an ongoing problem for quite some time. I had left my program open but the electric went out and boom I can't get back in to it.
I truly enjoy Vegas don't get me wrong it is just frustrating. I have been told I need to get rid of the media I am not using and that will clean up my problem but the problem here lies in the fact that I can't get Vegas to open becuase of the application error.

The electricity went out in your home? Or your computer shut off/down?

When you open Vegas, do you have it set to open the last open project? Perhaps open vegas by double clicking an old veg file.

Have you looked for the veg.bak file? Your original file may be corrupted.

Is Vegas itself not working, or is the project file not working?

Also do you have Media Manager set to open when Vegas starts?

1) re-install vegas or you can try renaming the veg that you were using when vegas crash.

> the electric went out and boom I can't get back in to it

(And I assume your computer powered down...)

I used to be more of a computer geek than I am now,
but I think it's very likely that your program files were
corrupted by the power-down.

I would think (others weigh in here) that a
re-install of the program might solve the problem.

Also DO get yourself a UPS Backup unit for $40 somewhere!

HTH

look at all these people trying to help you, your info is sketchy at best,, now give some specific info and these guys will give you answers instead of questions.
good luck

" . . this software sucks!"

"I truly enjoy Vegas don't get me wrong it is just frustrating."

So, which one is it? You've already given a hint that you have suffered an outage. Maybe you need to spell out a bit more. When I first read your post, I truly thought you had a s/w issue. That got my attention,. Now it would appear you have a hardware issue.

Anyway, can we establish you have a fully functioning, stable and cooperative PC? Once you are at that point reinstall Vegas.

I think from readin the original post he has already tried re-installing Vegas and Vegas I'll wager works just fine. It crashes when he tries to open a specific project.

And most likely the .bak file will be the same.

Bob.

Here's the last message I had when I had a very similar problem:

"This appears to be a result of a corrupted project file(.veg). We are not able to open the project successfully, as it is not saved correctly, and is missing data in some places. I am not able to tell if this happened when saving the file, or when uploading the file. Files with similar events in them save and open again just fine on our testing systems.

Would you be able to send us a file from your computer detailing specific hardware and software settings that may be causing issues? To do this, simply open Start>Run, and type in 'dxdiag' to open the diagnostic software. In this program, simply choose FILE>Save As... and save the resulting TXT file, and then attach it to an update to this issue. This would help us to diagnose what might be causing your troubles."

I basically gave up at this point, I'd restored the projects from older versions I had backed up elsewhere, all I needed to do was change one letter in one lower third.

But what was so strange was every project in the one folder had the exact same problem but only the ones that contained generated media, the last time I'd had them open they were all just fine, I'd never had more than one of them open at a time. Something had managed to corrupt 10 Vegas project files and their backups but not the others in the same folder. I tried opening these projects on three different system, same result.

To help this guy out he could email just the project file to someone to verify the problem, heck I'll put my hand up for it, I've still got 6.0d on a system. If no one else can open it I think he has a real problem.

Bob.

I would wager that the program itself isn't corrupted as can be seen w/ the multiple installs, but some driver/codec/ini file/etc is corrupted in windows when the power outage occurred. That has happened to me and the ONLY way to fix it is to reformat and reinstall. It is good for your system to do that every year or so anyway.

I agree with the overall feedback here that it looks like file corruption due to power spike and possible workarounds. You haven't replied yet for a bit, so maybe you're working on it.

And...

We all mess up thinking it's one thing, when it's another, so don't be miffed by some of the responses -- we're just trying to help a fellow editor No shame in messing up, we all go into our what-the-??!!@@!!?? modes once in a while. And live and learn :)

But do give us an update and more info..

If nothing else, out of courtesy so we know you're back on track and/or informing us of what has worked or not worked.
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A little late, I'm afraid, but this is the precise reason you should periodically image your hard drive (at least the boot drive with the OS and the partition with the apps on it if you use multiple partitions), so you can restore to a good state without having to reinstall (a full reinstall takes me a full day between loading all the SW I have and setting the progs up the way I like.

BUT, that reminds me: to Cindy the OP, if you are running XP, have you tried using the XP restore applet to restore your PC to a point before the power outage? That wouldn't fix corrupted .veg files, but it would fix corrupted codecs or dlls (if you have XP set tup to set restore points)

Dude, go ahead and peace out to Premiere. You sound like a **** who just wants to holler anyways.

Cincy,

I had this same issue when part of my house was struck by lightening. The external drive that contained the media and the veg files was on a different outlet than my equipment and it was damaged. I could power it up, it would show up but the files were jumbled- nothing to them- some worked, some didn't and the veg files would not open. I checked with those companies that stated they could restore your work- none would work on a veg file. I just bit the bullet, learned my lesson and started over.

j razz

Just off hand, it sounds like it is trying to load the last project - which is corrupt. Maybe this has been mentioned but go to explorer (my computer) and right click on a known good veg file and open with Vegas. This should get around the last project load.

There is probably a shortcut key to press while opening vegas that will restore to defaults. Maybe someone know what that key is and hopefully, it will work.

nolonemo,
I found that the best of both world for me is creating an image right after I format and install everything. That way if I need to reformat I just install that image and only have to do a few updates, etc. Quicker than a new reformat and less storage space than multiple images.