Answers.Body: <p>Not sure what went wrong but I was able to render it in .wmv format. Must have been something wrong with the file itself.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I have wasted over 8 hours trying to figure out what is wrong my program. I am trying to render a 30 minute file in high quality HD using the Main Concept codec, but as soon as it reaches 100% I get this error saying there was unknown error while creating the media file. Is this some sort of limitation to the codex or program? Is there a workaround?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: question- have you tested to see if files under 4gb work? The error report you describe doesn't mention size. It could be the filesystem permissions...
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Comments.Text: If you are exporting to an external harddrive that's formatted as FAT32 you are unable to have files larger than 4GB. That's the only thing that comes to mind for me.
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Comments.Text: I have absolutely zero idea what went wrong, but I suspect it may been something with the actual file. Anyway I was able to render the file with no problem to .wmv format so it's all good. Thanks for the replies.
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Comments.Text: [This may be related](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd757763%28v=vs.85%29.aspx). Look under limitations. Whether Vegas Pro uses this "File Sink" or not, I don't know. If it does than this is an inherent issue with Vegas Pro on Win 7 or earlier.
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Tags: <codec><vegas-pro>
Title: Unable to render file larger than 4 Gigs in Sony Vegas 10
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ThreadText: # Unable to render file larger than 4 Gigs in Sony Vegas 10
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2012-09-07)
  
  I have wasted over 8 hours trying to figure out what is wrong my program. I am trying to render a 30 minute file in high quality HD using the Main Concept codec, but as soon as it reaches 100% I get this error saying there was unknown error while creating the media file. Is this some sort of limitation to the codex or program? Is there a workaround?
  
  Thanks.
  
  **Tags:** codec, vegas-pro
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: question- have you tested to see if files under 4gb work? The error report you describe doesn't mention size. It could be the filesystem permissions...  
  > **username_2**: If you are exporting to an external harddrive that's formatted as FAT32 you are unable to have files larger than 4GB. That's the only thing that comes to mind for me.  
  > **username_0**: I have absolutely zero idea what went wrong, but I suspect it may been something with the actual file. Anyway I was able to render the file with no problem to .wmv format so it's all good. Thanks for the replies.  
  > **username_3**: [This may be related](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd757763%28v=vs.85%29.aspx). Look under limitations. Whether Vegas Pro uses this "File Sink" or not, I don't know. If it does than this is an inherent issue with Vegas Pro on Win 7 or earlier.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2012-09-09. Score: 1
  
  Not sure what went wrong but I was able to render it in .wmv format. Must have been something wrong with the file itself.
  
  
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