Sony Vegas "error exception" and crashing

[crystalsc.livejournal.com]

I feel like I could cry.
I've suddenly started getting the "an exception has occurred" error messages on my project and it keeps shutting down Vegas. I've "save as" and renamed the project but it is still happening.
I can't even work on the video for 10 minutes. If I lose this video, I'll be heartbroken as I've already put a lot of work into it and I'll never be able to duplicate it.

Anyone have any suggestions?

screenshot: (click for full size)

Comments

[ageless-aislynn.livejournal.com]

I've heard of people getting the dreaded red screen but I'm not sure precisely what causes it or how to fix it. So I'm afraid I'm not much help in solving the issue at the moment. :(

I'm posting, though, to ask if you're able to render what you have. If you can, at least you can salvage the work you've already done. Render it at a nice size quality, then if worse comes to worse, you can start the project over again, import that rendered part and just have to just finish filling it in from there.

Also, can you start a new project with different source material? If you can and you don't get that error, then it's probably coming from something in your source material (most likely a codec in your clips or episodes or whatever you're using to put it together).

Good luck! ♥!

[crystalsc.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :) Someone told me it happens on projects where you've used a lot of masking. This is the first time I've used a lot of masking.

Thank you very much! I'm going to try a few things before rendering in chunks...
1. renaming all the clip files
2. deleting .sfk files
3. reinstalling the program
If none of those works - then I'll probably just render it in chunks and start working from there.
Thank you so much for your help!!! :)