How to Avoid Black Screen in Sony Vegas Pro

I had this issue for a couple of times and indeed it drives me nuts, troubleshooting on how to avoid black screen in Sony Vegas. It happens in my case when I import a .mov file, and when I try to render it the output was black screen though the audio remains intact. I did Google it to find some possible answers, and fortunately I've found the solution, and just wanted to share it.

Anyways, to have some overviews, Sony Vegas Pro is a video editing software that was originally published by Sonic Foundry, now owned and run by Sony Creative Software. I basically used this software to create videos or do some audio remix, and I personally recommend it, since it is user-friendly, uncomplicated and very simple to use.



So much for that, let’s get started with the tweak,

Step 1: Open Sony Vegas Pro
Step 2: Go to Options > Preferences, a dialog box will then appear

Step 3: Then uncheck “Close Media files when not the active application”
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Then that’s it.


I think it normally happens when the video you import is huge file sizes, that’s why it make things go offline.

Source:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZhMxYyOZG0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Vegas_Pro