Vegas Speed

JLove450 · #1 (**permalink**) 08-31-2005, 03:20 AM

I've had Vegas 5.0 for a while now and do all my projects with it. The past project and this project have been quite bothersome. I have a fast computer with plenty of memory/ram, etc..

But this prject I'm doing now is a slideshow of about 250 pictures.. everything in the program takes forever to do. Not really "forever," but I'm used to clicking and something happens instantly. I find myself waiting a few seconds and it gets quite annoying when I have a lot of project left to do and it used to be able to move right along with me.

Is there anything I can check out to see why its running like this? The pictures take a long time to load into the timeline too. Also, it affects if I open something outside of Vegas too. If I open a browser, play music, etc.

Any ideas on how to get things back to normal or speed things up? Thanks in advance!

Marc Peters · #2 (**permalink**) 08-31-2005, 05:27 AM

What are the specs of you PC?

JLove450 · #3 (**permalink**) 08-31-2005, 06:22 PM

Windows XP
Pentium IV
3.2 Ghz
1 GB Ram

As far as space.. I have an external hard drive with all my video clips on it.. so the C drive is basically free of anything.

irishmark · #4 (**permalink**) 08-31-2005, 11:27 PM

defragment you drives,
check your vegas temp folders,
check system teperatures

what's the extrenal drive connected through? if it aint usb2 or firewire then - probs.

JLove450 · #5 (**permalink**) 09-01-2005, 03:47 AM

External Drive is connected with USB2, so that should be fine.

Umm, I'm probably due for a defrag, I'll do that tonight. And I thought I was somewhat computer literate, but can't seem to find a Vegas Temp folder.

irishmark · #6 (**permalink**) 09-01-2005, 08:41 AM

it depends where u've set them up or if u have set them up, in Vegas click options - preferences. At the bottom of the preferences window is the location of the temp folder.