Vegas 9 crashing problem

[Ziz]

Who's the Sony Vegas expert(s) around here?

Vegas 9.0 Platinum, (9.0b, build 92) on XP Pro.

I'm trying to build up a project from a bunch of MP4's I saved off of YouTube using a Firefox add-on called Easy YouTube Downloader. As I build the project, I'm hitting a point where every time I select a clip in the Explorer window to put it into the timeline, just clicking on the file crashes Vegas and gives me this error window:

Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 9.0
Version 9.0b (Build 92)
Exception 0xC0000094 (integer divide by zero) IP:0x33A76729
In Module 'mcmp4plug.dll' at Address 0x339A0000 + 0xD6729
Thread: GUI ID=0x1338 Stack=0x13A000-0x140000
Registers:
EAX=00000000 CS=001b EIP=33a76729 EFLGS=00210246
EBX=0542b5ec SS=0023 ESP=0013a048 EBP=0542b510
ECX=00000000 DS=0023 ESI=00000002 FS=003b
EDX=00000000 ES=0023 EDI=00000000 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
33A76729: F7 F1 8B 44 24 0C F7 F1 ...D: 8B C2 33 D2 4F 79 4E EB ..3.OyN.
Stack Dump:
0013A048: 00000000
0013A04C: 0542B5EC 05210000 + 21B5EC
0013A050: 339B25E5 339A0000 + 125E5 (mcmp4plug.dll)
0013A054: 00000002
0013A058: 00000000
0013A05C: 00000000
0013A060: 00000000
0013A064: 0542B5E8 05210000 + 21B5E8
0013A068: 0542B5EC 05210000 + 21B5EC
0013A06C: 00000000
0013A070: 00000000
0013A074: 0542B510 05210000 + 21B510
0013A078: 0542B540 05210000 + 21B540
0013A07C: 0013A490 00040000 + FA490
0013A080: 00000000
0013A084: 00000000
> 0013A0A8: 339AA5AD 339A0000 + A5AD (mcmp4plug.dll)
> 0013A0C8: 7C80262A 7C800000 + 262A (kernel32.dll)
> 0013A0D0: 7C802600 7C800000 + 2600 (kernel32.dll)
> 0013A118: 7C839AD8 7C800000 + 39AD8 (kernel32.dll)
> 0013A11C: 339B2DF7 339A0000 + 12DF7 (mcmp4plug.dll)
> 0013A154: 339B22B9 339A0000 + 122B9 (mcmp4plug.dll)
> 0013A1C0: 009A0998 00400000 + 5A0998 (VegasMovieStudioPE90.exe)
0013A1C4: 0860A2D8 08550000 + BA2D8
0013A1C8: 00000000
0013A1CC: 3FF00000
0013A1D0: 00160000 00160000 + 0
> 0013A1D8: 4FDF3B64 4FDD0000 + 23B64 (d3d9.dll)
> 0013A1F8: 00480000 00400000 + 80000 (VegasMovieStudioPE90.exe)
> 0013A1FC: 00480000 00400000 + 80000 (VegasMovieStudioPE90.exe)
> 0013A200: 4FDF3B64 4FDD0000 + 23B64 (d3d9.dll)
0013A204: 404DF78D
0013A208: 00180028 00160000 + 20028
0013A20C: 0002F8BF
> 0013A270: 003A0043 00370000 + 30043 (sfwbdmux.dll)
> 0013A274: 0044005C 00400000 + 4005C (VegasMovieStudioPE90.exe)
> 0013A278: 0063006F 00400000 + 23006F (VegasMovieStudioPE90.exe)
- - -
0013FFF0: 00000000
0013FFF4: 00000000
0013FFF8: 0085815B 00400000 + 45815B (VegasMovieStudioPE90.exe)
0013FFFC: 00000000

Anyone know what the problem is? Sent it to Sony's tech support thru the site but they're closed not only for the weekend but for July 4th.

 

[AvP]

I would convert the MP4's to Lagarith Lossless Video Codec

 

[nOmArch]

Doesn't Vegas only like working with AVI's?

 

[Kevinicus]

I work with .mpg and .mts all the time.

 

[elbarto1]

AVI is the most stable way to edit w/ Vegas. It can handle many other file types but to varying degrees.

For example, I have had Vegas randomly drop frames when working in MPEG format before, I do not have much experience w/ other formats though. I stick to AvP's suggestion of Lagarith AVI for quality and stability.

Usually when vegas CANT handle a file it will give me a popup saying that the filetype is invalid.

The only crashes I have had were due to insufficient RAM when I first started out and was editing on a machine w/ 512MB :shock: :?

 

[ThrowgnCpr]

AVI is the most stable way to edit w/ Vegas. It can handle many other file types but to varying degrees.

For example, I have had Vegas randomly drop frames when working in MPEG format before, I do not have much experience w/ other formats though. I stick to AvP's suggestion of Lagarith AVI for quality and stability.

Usually when vegas CANT handle a file it will give me a popup saying that the filetype is invalid.

The only crashes I have had were due to insufficient RAM when I first started out and was editing on a machine w/ 512MB :shock: :?

Well stated. Vegas can accept a wide variety of filetypes, but handles AVI the best. I also had dropped frames, and stuttery transitions using MPEG. MPEG was never designed for editing. Crashing mostly occurs when your computer is tehsuck and you are trying to work with large files.