VEGAS KEEPS CRASHING ON ME! \_/

clawmaster · Post by **clawmaster** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:11 pm

well Vegas keeps crashing on me whenever I load it up. It wasnt doing it before just recently. As soon as my clips are loaded it would completely quit out or disappear for some reason. At first I thought maybe It was the codecs but then all of the clips loaded without any problem. then I try to reinstall Vegas and this problem keeps occuring. so i am getting mad and about to kill my computer but if anyone can help me it would be greatly appecitated.

Moonie · Post by **Moonie** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:13 pm

Are your clips encoded with Divx or Xvid?...
Those codecs don't work well with most editing programs.
They can crash them or just show a black screen.
There are times when they actually will work and then later on they stop working >_<

clawmaster · Post by **clawmaster** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:15 pm

its actually formated to wmv. i edit the clips in movie maker and send it to vegas to put in. and no its not movie maker that is making it crash cuz i used it to get all of my clips of my amv.

Moonie · Post by **Moonie** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:18 pm

I don't know much about vegas and the formats it uses but it might be better to use .avi insted of .wmv for your footage

clawmaster · Post by **clawmaster** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:19 pm

umm i tried to import it as an avi and it crashes then

Moonie · Post by **Moonie** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:21 pm

clawmaster wrote:umm i tried to import it as an avi and it crashes then

Did you have your avi clips encoded with a codec like Huffyuv or another codec?

clawmaster · Post by **clawmaster** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:24 pm

wait............how does the clips being encoded to another codec help me with this. like i said the clips work. its just the program itself keeps crashing when it loads up everything. the clips work before and after its just the program itself. unless i am missing something here

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:31 pm

editing with clips encoded with codecs such as divx or xvid is known to cause programs to crash

clawmaster · Post by **clawmaster** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:32 pm

over time? even if the clips are already in the program?

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:35 pm

yes, clips encoded with those codecs have also been known to stop working at seemingly random times.

they are also notorious for not being frame-accurate (causes all your hard work on syncing to go away)

and don't forget about the inferior quality