Help With Vista64

[pangpanz]

Hello All - I just purchased a Gateway fx6860 laptop & had planned on using Premiere Elements 4.0 to edit. However, after loading said program all hell broke loose. As it turns out, Adobe did not test this product on a 64-bit processor.

After doing some research, it appears that CS3 was not tested on 64-bit either and, therefore, it is not guaranteed by Adobe to work. So, my question is...is anyone editing on a 64-bit machine with success? I desperately need to find an editor & authoring program that is stable on a 64-bit platform. We are knee deep in unedited wedding videos & need to find a solution quickly.

BTW - the laptop is running Vista Home Premium. 1.8ghz, 4g ram, nVidia 8800gts...blah, blah, blah...so it is more than capable to handle the Elements version of Adobe & should be okay for CS3 because we are not editing HD video as yet.

Thanks for all help in advance.

Dan

[aedipuss]

it's not the 64 bit processor that is the problem, but the unsupported 64 bit operating system. if you want to use it for video work, it may be wise to dump vista64 and install xp32.

i would.

[Des]

Don't know if this link will help you:
http://www.vistax64.com/software/99960-vista-64-adobe-cs3-problems.html

Some people on it have posted CS3 works others have issues and some no luck. Basic advice is to turn off UAC and right-click on the set-up file and choose properties->compatibility tab->xp sp2
Also try 'run as administrator.

I run CS2 all the time on my VIsta 64 machine, but that it Photoshop only. Haven't really done any heavy duty video editing, use mostly Womble, VirtualDub and then Proshow Producer these days.

WHen all else fails you can always run a Virtual Machine and install XP in it. I use Virtual Box with W2K installed in it from time to time.

--dES

[Wile_E]

Do you have Vista SP1 installed? If not, download and install the service pack. It fixes a lot of issues.
Vista is running fine for me. Sony Vegas Pro 8 and my other video software work fine for me in Vista64.

[pangpanz]

Do you have Vista SP1 installed? If not, download and install the service pack. It fixes a lot of issues.
Vista is running fine for me. Sony Vegas Pro 8 and my other video software work fine for me in Vista64.

I do have sp1. You are the second person I've heard from that is using VP8 with no issues. However, my issue now is that my camera, a Sony vx2100, is not supported by vista64. I went to the Sony website to download drivers & the website says that they have no drivers available. WHAT! I'm about to go nuts!

We have tried several times to get capture media from the camera & only one time did it recognize the camera. It appears that it was a fluke. It seems that my only option is to bail on v64 & go to 32-bit.

[JohnnyMalaria]

The VX2100 is a standard DV camcorder and doesn't require any drivers. Everything is provided by Windows. All of my Sony DV devices work fine with Vista (32 and 64).

Have a look at my troubleshooting guide (some bits don't apply to Vista):

http://www.enosoft.net/dl.php?filename=dv_connectivity.pdf

[pangpanz]

[quote="JohnnyMalaria"]The VX2100 is a standard DV camcorder and doesn't require any drivers. Everything is provided by Windows. All of my Sony DV devices work fine with Vista (32 and 64).

Have a look at my troubleshooting guide (some bits don't apply to Vista):

Interesting...my camera is not being recognized. I went on the Sony website & it clearly states that the vx2100 is not supported by Vista64. I just cleaned off my computer & installed the 32-bit version of Vista. When there is more software support for 64, I will go back.

Thanks for your help.

[JohnnyMalaria]

If you take a look at this page:

http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/news-item.pl?news_id=128

it says that the 64-bit start version of Vista (Vista Basic) isn't supported but the table shows that i.Link (FireWire) connection for the VX2100 is supported on other versions.

What show's up in your device manager (per my guide)?

[jollyjohn]

Update to WXP

[JohnnyMalaria]

Update to WXP

Constructive.