Vegas error

[boulder]

My friend is editing and running into errors in vegas...can anyone help as to what might be the cause?

Sony Vegas 7.0
Version 7.0a (Build 115)
Exception 0xC0000005 (access violation) READ:0x0 IP:0x0
In Module 'vegas70.exe' at Address 0x0 + 0x0
Thread: ProgMan ID=0x107C Stack=0x202F000-0x2030000
Registers:
EAX=00a76520 CS=001b EIP=00000000 EFLGS=00010206
EBX=36aa0ee8 SS=0023 ESP=0202fa14 EBP=8007000e
ECX=01da5db8 DS=0023 ESI=01da5a98 FS=003b
EDX=00000000 ES=0023 EDI=01da5b2c GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
00000000: .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ........
00000008: .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ........
Stack Dump:
0202FA14: 398C452E 396A0000 + 22452E (vegas70k.dll)
0202FA18: 01DA5DB8 01D30000 + 75DB8
0202FA1C: 00000000
0202FA20: 00A76520 00400000 + 676520 (vegas70.exe)
0202FA24: 00000000
0202FA28: 00000000
0202FA2C: 00000000
0202FA30: 00000000
0202FA34: 00000000
0202FA38: 8000FFFF
0202FA3C: 01E57C90 01D30000 + 127C90
0202FA40: 00000002
0202FA44: 01DA5A98 01D30000 + 75A98
0202FA48: 007114C1 00400000 + 3114C1 (vegas70.exe)
0202FA4C: 01DA5A98 01D30000 + 75A98
0202FA50: 0066DDF0 00400000 + 26DDF0 (vegas70.exe)
> 0202FA58: 00A76520 00400000 + 676520 (vegas70.exe)
0202FA5C: 00000001
0202FA60: 01E57C90 01D30000 + 127C90
0202FA64: 0168E668 01610000 + 7E668
0202FA68: 00000000
> 0202FA6C: 00711896 00400000 + 311896 (vegas70.exe)
0202FA70: 01E57C90 01D30000 + 127C90
0202FA74: 01DA5A98 01D30000 + 75A98
0202FA78: 36AA0EE8 36AA0000 + EE8
0202FA7C: 00000001
> 0202FA9C: 00680090 00400000 + 280090 (vegas70.exe)
- - -
0202FFF0: 00000000
0202FFF4: 00519610 00400000 + 119610 (vegas70.exe)
0202FFF8: 00A7B160 00400000 + 67B160 (vegas70.exe)
0202FFFC: 00000000

 

[David Jimerson]

What kind of footage is he editing? What's its source?

 

[boulder]

it is from my 7D but transcoded into 720p wmv files.
I took my footage and CC'ed it and rendered out each clip in wmv for him via Vegas on my machine

 

[Eugenia Loli-Queru]

Tell him to try either AVID DNxHD (free, tutorial: http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/images2/avid5d.pnghttp://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2009/11/20/loading-canon-digicamdslr-footage-on-avid-mc4/ ), or if the footage is in 1080/30p, Cineform NeoSCENE is a better choice ($100, trial available for a few days, enough to complete the project). WMV is a delivery codec, so you shouldn't be editing in that format.

 

[David Jimerson]

I can only imagine 7D footage in Vegas 7 would be highly problematic, so it's probably the source of the problem. Vegas 8 and 9 have enough problems with it.

You definitely want to transcode to an intermediate to work with it, and Eugenia is correct -- WMV is not at all suitable for editing, especially for color work.

 

[Andy Olson]

You might also look into updating that Vegas 7.0a to the latest version of 7.0 which is 7.0e I believe. That could help if Sony has fixed some bugs that caused your problems.

You probably should keep your 7.0a install file just in case and back up your projects as updating in the middle of a project is not recommended sometimes.

Hope this helps,
Andy

 

[boulder]

Thanks
He's getting 9 so hopefully that should resolve some of the issues. And I'll not do wmv's anymore

 

[Andy Olson]

You might give DVFilm Epic I a try if you are getting Vegas 9. It's specifically designed for realtime editing of DSLR footage like the 7d's without the need for transcoding.

You can get more info and try the demo at www.dvfilm.com/epic

Best,
Andy