Sny Vegas Pro 12 - Voukoder not working problem

Did you install the original Voukoder (13.4) and not pro? It should work with 12 and you'll see it under the render template "Voukoder."

Did some testing here, and there does seem to be an issue with Vegas Pro 12 (and possibly 13, judging by other recent threads). I only have Vegas Pro 12, 15, and 20 installed.

Vegas Pro versions 15 and 20 seem to work fine.

When Voukoder connector is installed in Vegas Pro 12 (I tried connector versions back to 0.7.2 from 2020, along with Voukoder versions back to 5.0), hitting the Render As button in Vegas brings up the Render As menu, which displays a "Loading Templates . . . " message for a few seconds, and then Vegas crashes to Windows desktop.

Changing Voukoder versions makes no difference, and changing connector versions makes no difference. If any Voukoder connector is installed to Vegas Pro 12, Vegas crashes when clicking Render As. If you uninstall the connector, Vegas then functions normally (don't need to uninstall Voukoder itself).

I don't really want to wipe all my settings and cache from Vegas, if I can avoid it. If somebody else wants to try on their system, hold Ctrl+Shift while double-clicking the Vegas icon on your Windows desktop.

Not sure which log file to pull. There seem to be several of them. The only file in the %localappdata%\Sony\Vegas Pro 12.0\ folder containing the phrase "voukoder" is the file FFCache_x64_1033.ini , which isn't super helpful:

[voukoderplug]
Path=C:\Program Files\Sony\Vegas Pro 12.0\FileIO Plug-Ins\voukoderplug\voukoderplug.dll
ModTime=88756417
Surrogate=-1
{8266BE96-B2DC-4BF8-96AE-E7C7A337D598}=Voukoder for VEGAS
[voukoderplug.{8266BE96-B2DC-4BF8-96AE-E7C7A337D598}]
Access=32
Flags=1
StreamType=3
[{8266BE96-B2DC-4BF8-96AE-E7C7A337D598}]
DialogName=Voukoder
LangID=1033
ModTime=88756417
Renderer={93CBE59C-BEB7-40EA-A5BD-775AB67087B7}
ExtRenderer=*.mp4



(the file ends here)

I haven't used my copy of Vegas 12 for about a year and a half (July 2022), judging by the log files. It got to be a hassle changing the connector back and forth (uninstall/reinstall) between 12 and 15 every time.

But I know it did work with Voukoder at one point, and I'm pretty sure it was working last time I used it a year and a half ago. Tried the Voukoder/connector versions from that time period, though, and no joy.

Maybe something changed with Windows folder permissions etc? It's odd that no connector versions seem to work with Vegas Pro 12.

In "About Vegas Pro" -> "Components", voukoderplug.dll is listed. So the connector appears to be properly installed.

I did do a fresh install on a different computer, and behavior is identical.

Vouk, if you want to test 12 I can give you my key- I have no plans to install it again.

I'm using 8-bit.

This forum won't allow me to upload a screen capture of the crash. Tried uploading in GIF format (3.4 MB) and ZIP format (4.7 MB). Neither works, although the stated upload limit is 20 MB, and both file formats are listed as supported. Hmm . . .

(Webpage error: The file size exceeds the PHP limit "upload_max_filesize" and/or "post_max_size".)

EDIT: see screen capture posted below in Post #15.

Zitat von Jaro

sorry, I dont understand.

Relax. I'm just agreeing with you, and providing a video showing the crash happening. Yes, Voukoder connectors cause Vegas Pro 12 to crash.

I wonder if it's a glitch in how templates are being reported to Vegas by Voukoder.... because this issue happens while Vegas is trying to populate the Render As list.

(This forum is currently refusing to upload files, which is a separate issue.)

Vouk Any chance of getting the forum upload function fixed?

Right, thanks for that. Here's what's happening in Vegas Pro 12, as discussed above:

Full quality screen capture: crash.zip

The same issue that Jaro has is the same for me. I got Vegas pro 20 but I use vegas pro 12 and it always crashes when I want to render. Been looking for a solution but never found it. I don't know why but I like vegas 12 more then 20.

Zitat von Jorge Luis

I don't know why but I like vegas 12 more then 20.

Not unusual to dislike 20. I prefer 15 myself.