Vegas 8.0c Choppy Preview/Render After XP ESCREEN
by Tim McDonnell
on
Oct 14, 2009 at 4:57:00 pm
Hello all - 1st post after Search. Didn't find anybody with our issue so here goes. We run Vegas 8.0c on 4 Dell 8200 PCs under XP just fine; now one PC has developed preview/render problems...
Sequence of events:
1. PC XP running Vegas 8.0c fine
2. PC suddenly BLUESCREEN with error [Unmountable Volume]
3. Win XP Repair under Recovery Console
4. PC XP running Vegas 8.0c has choppy Preview AND Render
5. Scan Disk, Defrag (usual housekeeping)
6. Un-install Vegas 8.0c; re-install it
7. PC XP running Vegas 8.0c still bad as above
8. Dot.net 3.5 repair
9. Still no improvement
In Summary, what does Vegas 8.0c rely on for smooth playback? Direct-X? .net? Something else? Something got hammered and I need to know what it is!!!
We are using other PCs for now but want to get my son's PC fixed! Thanks in advance.
Tim aka Timbre4
Vegas 8.0 / ACID 7.0 / SF 8.0 / 9.0
Re: Vegas 8.0c Choppy Preview/Render After XP ESCREEN by John Rofrano on Oct 14, 2009 at 8:17:45 pm
You could try re-installing the video card drivers after the XP repair. That's the only thing I can think of that might have changed. Otherwise it should work as good as it did before.
Re: Vegas 8.0c Choppy Preview/Render After XP ESCREEN by Bob Peterson on Oct 14, 2009 at 9:29:55 pm
What is being used to play the rendered file? You should not need Vegas for that. I'm guessing your hard drive is failing, and that is causing to choppy performance. Try the rendered file on a different machine.
Re: Vegas 8.0c Choppy Preview/Render After XP ESCREEN by Tim McDonnell on Oct 16, 2009 at 6:34:00 pm
Update: Render fine afterall, just preview choppy
Cleaned off .net with a cleanup tool, installed .net 3.5 fresh with service pack updates. No change.
Identified that he was running DirectX 9.0c; downloaded and installed as fresh. No change.
Conclusion: Something is still wrong with WIN XP that repair from Recovery Console didn't fix.
Before we go through with this PITA operation, can anyone here knowledgeably comment on DLLs, codecs, etc. that Vegas 8.0 requires and could be replaced more easily than a WIN XP re-install???
Thanks in advance.
Tim aka Timbre4
Vegas 8.0 / ACID 7.0 / SF 8.0 / 9.0
Re: Vegas 8.0c Choppy Preview/Render After XP ESCREEN by Tim McDonnell on Oct 19, 2009 at 8:13:04 pm
There appears to be no known silver bullet as to what Vegas 8.0 is dependent on for smooth preview. Video and sound play fine for maybe 30 frames, then a hiccup lock, then again, then again....
Here's a recap of what made no difference whatsoever for future reference.
1. Re-installing Vegas 8.0c (several times between "cures")
2. Scan Disk, Defrag, anything to with Anti Virus
3. Recovery Console - chkdsk /r
4. Memory testing (BSOD was 'Unmountable Volume')
5. .NET cleanup and re-install .Net 3.5
6. Re-Installing DirectX 9.0c
7. Re-installing NVidia driver
8. sfc /scannow to check Windows files
At this stage, we're 6 miles past "to hell with this" and will install fresh XP Pro soon.
Tim aka Timbre4
Vegas 8.0 / ACID 7.0 / SF 8.0 / 9.0
