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OhMyGosh wrote on 10/22/2009, 10:44 PM
'It's always the pioneer that gets the arrows' as my Grandmother would say ;) It's one of those things that 'should' work, but why take chances? Wait a few weeks and let other people find out what does and doesn't work, then let Bill and all his geniuses figure it out, along with the software folks, and you should be good to go. Cin
Chienworks wrote on 10/23/2009, 6:56 AM
Another question to seriously consider is why upgrade to Windows 7? If your answer is "because it's available and people tell me it's better" then you need a better answer. Find out what Windows 7 will do for you specifically, then determine if you really need that or not.

I've been doing this sort of critical examining of OSes for years. At the moment, Windows XP offers everything i need. Neither Vista nor 7 offer the slightest bit of anything useful so i have no reason to upgrade. In fact, my wallet says i'm far better off by not upgrading.

I was a very late adopter of XP for that matter. It was already winding down and Vista was being tested before i even looked at it. My reason for upgrading to XP was that i got some new hardware i needed that wouldn't operate under 98SE. However, until that time 98SE was serving all my needs. A big advantage of waiting that long was that XP had been very stable at service pack 2 for a long time and most software and drivers had the bugs worked out. I never experienced any of the pain that early upgraders had.

So, don't just jump on Windows 7 because you think it's cool. Find out if it's really any benefit for you first.
Eigentor wrote on 10/23/2009, 8:08 AM
Here's an analysis I read recently:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,568920,00.html

From what I recall, the bottom line was that it probably was not worth upgrading from VISTA, however it would be worth upgrading from XP.

If you're already at 64 bits (VISTA 64) than you have the capabilty to address more than 2GB of RAM, and (assuming you have more than that) you're probably already getting the bang for your buck. Speaking in general, these media applications hog a lot of resources, and the more RAM you can give them to work in, the better. Also if you have a multi core PC, the OS can take advantage of that to actually perform multiple tasks simulataneously.
dan-hedrick wrote on 10/23/2009, 9:41 AM
I am in the market for a new computer which will probably come with Windows 7. I currently have XP on my desktop and while I have been happy with it, I want to upgrade to a new computer and give my current XP computer to my daughter which would be an improvement for her.
Is this a wise move to have "7" for my Vegas Movie Studio v6 application. If not, can I install XP to my new computer and have two operation systems that I can alternate between?
I hope this make sense.
I'd appreciate any and all comments.

Thanks in advance.
lcdrdan
VanderRG wrote on 10/29/2009, 7:22 PM
I just got a new computer with Win 7 and just bought Movie studio 9 Platinum. It seemed to install fine but whenver I try to render anything I get a message that says "an exception has occurred" and it kicks me out of the program and closes it completely. Now I have no idea whether this is a Win 7 issue or not, but...

I tried to send an email to tech support and recevied an instant automatic reply that said that no help would be offered to me because I had entered Windows 7 as my OS when registering for tech support, and according to the automated reply Win 7 is not a supported operating system!

. This is infuriating since I only bought the program because on the Sony Creative website it clearly advterises support for Win 7 under "system requirements" for this program.

So beware- if you upgrade to Win 7 you are signing away your tech support rights. Sony doesn't tell you that up front, and in fact clearly represents Win 7 as a supported OS on their website.
dan-hedrick wrote on 10/29/2009, 8:45 PM
I'm still confused....Could the problem be because Windows 7 is operating in 64 bit mode...rather than 32 bit????
I thought I read someplace that Windows 7 can switch between 32 & 64 bit for those programs (like VMS6) that operate in 32 bit mode.
Hope this makes sense....does anyone know for sure if VMS 6 or later is not supported by Win7?


lcdrdan
stingray327 wrote on 10/31/2009, 10:06 PM
I had been running VMS Platinum pro 9.0b on Win 7 64 Bit Ultimate RC for most of the summer without a single issue.

However now that I got my copy of Win 7 64bit Home Premium installed I'm having one issue with Capturing video from my Canon HV20, using the HDV. It'll let me stop, rewind, fast forward but when I choose play or capture I get no video on the capture screen. The video shows and plays fine on the camcorder. And if I put the camera in camera mode instead of play I DO get picture I can capture on screen. I haven't been able to figure it out yet.

If anyone has any ideas let me know!
Birk Binnard wrote on 11/1/2009, 9:56 AM
If you are running a 64-bit OS check this thread for an important fix Vegas requires:

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?ForumID=4&MessageID=671862

Programs are either 32-bit or 64-bit. All this means is they use either 32 bits or 64 bits to address memory. 64 allows much larger amounts of memory to be addressed, and Vegas likes this, especially when rendering full HD resolution video.

Vegas appears to be a 32-bit program, but the fix above lets the modules that do HD rendering access memory using 64 bits. This makes a huge difference and often prevents Vegas from crashing while rendering.