Major lag in Video Event FX, Text editor etc

[Plats]

Whenever i'm using the Video Event FX tab or the Text Editor tab, i find that they're both extremely laggy which makes it difficult and off-putting to use. I was just wondering if anyone else has this problem and if so if there's a way to fix it.

Thanks in advance.

[johnson]

I got lag in pan/crop, any fix?

[Robbaz]

I see no hardware in either post, but i suspect you can preview your video at acceptable frames, using the text tool or pan/crop while viewing it in preview will be somewhat taxing. Same when you view it afterward.

So rightclick the preview use "adjust size and quality for optimal playback". It will probably still jump or hitch when entering a pan/cropped video or transparent png ect. If it still laggy while using the tools just change the quality to draft.

You could also try turning on/off "optimized GPU display performance." in the preview settings.

[johnson]

Originally posted by Hairy Robbaz:

I see no hardware in either post, but i suspect you can preview your video at acceptable frames, using the text tool or pan/crop while viewing it in preview will be somewhat taxing. Same when you view it afterward.

So rightclick the preview use "adjust size and quality for optimal playback". It will probably still jump or hitch when entering a pan/cropped video or transparent png ect. If it still laggy while using the tools just change the quality to draft.

You could also try turning on/off "optimized GPU display performance." in the preview settings.

gtx 1070 i7 6700 32gb ram

ill try it though boss, thanks for the info

[cryyptt_ ★]

I have a terrible lag as well when opening video event FX, it takes a good 10-12 seconds to load fully.

8700k 4.7Ghz
Asus STRIX 1080ti
16GB 3200Mhz RAM
Installed on a 1TB Samsung SSD

[JooChoi90]

Lag in text edit

[BedroQüendo]

Same stuff with me right here, i think this is related to some windows 10 bs since this never happened to me on windows 8.1 and lower. It's unacceptable how a powerful pc like mine runs vegas like this.

[chi11estpanda]

An old thread but still one that will come up if searched. For posterity:

Assuming you've already gone through the usual words of advice out there, such as:
- installing the latest "Studio" driver if Nvidia graphics card
- setting the proper Preferences under Options, including the hidden menu for "internal" [accessed by holding SHIFT+Left Click or (Ctrl+Click for Apple) on the Options menu, and it will appear under Preferences ~ i.e. video renderer, disable resample, appropriate plugins assigned, hardware acceleration settings, recompress edited frames, etc.]
- Some might suggest setting a higher amount for Dynamic RAM but depending on your system, that really only helps the preview window, not the video FX/ & pan/crop event window (but setting it too high will effect rendering times)

Then there are a handful of things you can try:
-Do a complete reset of Vegas and restore default settings by selecting the Vegas shortcut icon on your desktop then holding CTRL+SHIFT and Double Click on the Vegas shortcut that's again, located on the desktop (start menu or program list short cuts won't bring up the added option of "Delete all cached application data" FYI so it should be a desktop shortcut). You should continue to hold it down long enough until a window appears that asks if you want to reset all preferences to default values. You may need to press it repeatedly in case it doesn't get detected when holding it down. If you see the splash screen and no window asking about resetting, then you'll have to try again
- Vegas 15 introduced a new decoder that may be creating issues, the so4compoundplug.dll which reads AVC and XAVC-S files. This won't apply in later versions such as Vegas 18 and mainly affects 15/16. A write-up addressing this can be found here: https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/avc-xavc-s-issues-in-vp15-16-try-disabling-so4compoundplug-dll--108345/

Other possible causes/effects & troubleshooting:
- On some systems, it can be purely related to the media files that are being used. Some devices, like phones, for example, save videos/photos to a certain file type that Vegas has issues decoding. Or, it could also b effected by the resolution if you're working with 4k resolution videos. One thing someone has noted is that you could, while editing, set the project resolution to something lower with the same aspect ratio, and before you render, change the project resolution to the desired resolution.
- The above point also comes into play when you have a mixture of different types of media, some 60 FPS some 30 FPS, some variable frame rates, etc. all different files on one project can overload the RAM
- Finally, if all else fails, the last bit of advice given on the Vegas Creative Software forums is to do a complete refresh and install. Unfortunately, for me, I just saw that as...it's time to move on to other software.

(I've been using Vegas Pro since Sony Vegas 13 before it was purchased by MAGIX and became just Vegas Pro and have worked with 15, 17, and now 18 but even for the system I've built for video editing, it's appalling how Vegas still crashes, freezes, or has trouble, and I'm running a 3060 `12GB editing just some 5 minute 1080p video. Save yourself the headache, most of the industry from a YouTube and Hollywood point of view never even utter the words Vegas when talking about video editing so for me...it was time to move on)

[BigPeen]

I know this is a very old thread but literally just figured out how to fix mine. If you set "Enable Hardware decoding for So4 compound reader" and "Enable So4 compound reader for AVC/M2TS" to FALSE it fixes the lag

[Timot]

thank you so much