Video Editor Frustration Nation

Well, you may have noticed I have not made any YouTube videos for some months now. Partially because I was enjoying my life, getting married, and going on a phenomenal honeymoon. But in larger part it is thanks to good ole Windows.

I have been using Windows 7 the last 6 years on my new (old now) computer and have been loving it. All of my programs were working great, I was using Sony Vegas Movie Studio 11 flawlessly for the last 4 years, life was grand. Then around March 17th 2016, while I was out and about doing life, Windows decided to automatically update my computer from Windows 7 to Windows 10. And S#!t hit the fan.

They gave me no opportunity to say no since I was not home at the time and my computer was on. I guess that was my first mistake. I thought I would test out Windows 10 in hopes that it would somehow be a good replacement for my flawless Windows 7. This was my biggest mistake because eventually I got to the point where I could no longer revert back to windows 7. I had saved too many new files, moved files around, and installed new programs. I was at the point of no return.

This was an awful point to be at once I realized the consequences of my decision. Whenever I would try to open my Sony Vegas editing program it would give me an error message and then freeze. I could not click on anything in the program, I couldn't open anything up, in fact, the only thing I could do was CRTL+ALT+DELETE and then end the process. Not even end the task, but the process. Such a pain.

I spent a few months periodically trying to figure out a solution to this problem, but I still, 5 months later, cannot find one. I guess it is time to move on to the next one. Here is a little recap about the video editing software I have used.

Our first videos were merely just filmed all the way through, and no editing was done. Once we began to get the videos on the computer, we edited using the standard Windows Movie Maker, which was alright for a free program, but was limited and very unstable. Starting in 2007 we began to use Pinnacle Studio Plus: Version 11, a decent program, but eventually it became outdated and unstable as well. In April 2012, we upgraded again, this time to Sony Vegas Movie Studio 11, it is our current editing program, and we have yet to find out all the great things you can do with it.

The last video I was able to finish editing and posted to YouTube was this Vanessa Carlton show Rachel and I went to back in November. The video was posted on March 12, 2016. Over 5 months ago. Where has the time gone?

The last project I was working on was The Weeks show I went to way back in February. Since then I have been to multiple Deer Tick shows, had a Wedding, gone on a Honeymoon, and went to other concerts. Not to mention all of the videos I had in the queue from years past. A lot of projects, now sitting and collecting even more dust.

So there you have it. Will I be on to my fourth editing program now that Sony Vegas won't work? Should I keep trying to fix it? Maybe reinstall windows on my computer and reinstall every program? I think it may be time for a new computer and new editing program. I have used the current Sony Vegas for 4 years now and my computer is 6 years old.

Any suggestions anyone? Mac? PC? FCP? Premiere? If anyone has any suggestions for computers or editing programs, let me know!

 

Frustratingly

Josh

 

There's a Robot in the Office

On Wednesday August 17, 2016 I worked all day, then enjoyed yummy Blue Apron burgers made by Rachel for dinner. If you don't know, Blue Apron is a meal service that sends you fresh ingredients and a recipe to cook those ingredients with. It is nice because everything you need is already portioned out and included in the package. The bad thing is that they claim: "it will take 20 minutes to prep and 20 minutes to cook" but whenever we cook one it always takes 90 minutes to 2 hours for us to finish and eat. Great food and tastes though, so many flavors! We watched Mr. Robot episode 4 of season 2. Getting good.

Song of the Week: It's Different For Girls by a band that I thought was a new Indie band, but after researching has been around since 1996. of Montreal.

Thursday August 18, we had another Blue Apron dinner. This one was catfish and it was quite enjoyable as well. Thanks to Rach for cooking it up once again. I believe this was only the second time having catfish, the first time being back with Andrew Mewborn and John at Swamp Guinea in Georgia back in summer of 2008. Oh yeah, here is a photo of that.

Rachel and I watched episodes 5 and 6 of Mr. Robot season 2 that evening before calling it a night. The next day on August 19th, a Friday, I had McDonald's for lunch and ended up working pretty late. When I got to my parents house I watched season 1 of The Office with Beth while having a few PBRs and doing laundry. Slept at my parents obviously.

Saturday August 20, I had McDonald's for lunch, again, wow I am unhealthy. I had to work in the morning that day and when I finished I headed back over to my parents and grilled Italian sausages and potato slices for my parents and Beth for dinner. Beth and I ended up watching half of season 2 of the office on this day. After I finished eating I headed over to New Lenox where I hit up The Bulldog restaurant bar with Jordan (Michele's bf) and Cory (Ashley's fiance). They had been there for a couple of hours as all of our ladies were at Mary's bridal shower. After a couple of drinks, the girls arrived and we had a fun night. Rachel and I drove back to her parents around midnight and spent the night there.

On the morning of Sunday August 21st, Rachel and I headed down to Kankakee to visit Rachel's Grandpa. We had lunch and enjoyed a little over 3 hour visit with him. Afterwards we headed to the cemetery to meet up with my family for my Grandpa's 10 year death anniversary (blog about Grandpa here). Rachel and I then stopped at target on our way home. We spent about 2 hours shopping around and I put the Cartwheel app to good use, coming up with $8 of savings. Woo! We had a productive night around the apartment doing some organizing and cleaning. We still can't figure out why we are only productive once the sun goes down though... We were up until at least midnight again, we stay up too late.

Monday August 22nd, the start of another week. After work I cooked up some Trader Joe's kung pow chicken for dinner. My computer is really pissing me off, and it sucks (read about how it is super frustrating here). I am in the process of backing it up again on a new external hard drive and we will see if it works this time. Mr. Robot episode 7 was mind blowing! Whoa! That was just insane! If you aren't watching Mr. Robot you need to start now! Season 1 is on Netflix and season 2 is currently being aired on live TV. That night Rachel and I cleaned and organized around the apartment a little bit.

Another day another cavity, on Tuesday August 23rd, I visited the dentist to get that filling that was previous filled, filled again. These teeth are rough. I listened to the second episode of Up and Vanished. The podcast I talked about last week about a missing girl from Georgia. Decent episode. That night I got home late from work, called it a night.

TV Shows of the Week: The Office and Mr. Robot - both on Netflix. Get on it. This is actually my first time watching the office all the way through, hilarious as always. And oh look at that screen shot from Mr. Robot season 2, it's Darryl from The Office.

Inspiration of the Week: YouTuber Casey Neistat, who vlogs about his daily life and also makes short movies. He is one of the few YouTubers where I will actually watch 10+ minute videos all the way through. The amount of work he puts into each video and the details are something that seem to be unmatched by anyone right now. From using cool gadgets, to drone footage, to time lapses, to pulling off crazy stunts. He does it all! I have only recently started watching his stuff, but have really been enjoying it. His story of sticking to what he loves and working hard for it is very cool. His hard work has given me new ideas and plans for this website, my YouTube channel, and my blogs. Hopefully I can put some of them to use soon. I honestly don't know how he manages to have ideas for a daily video, film everything, edit the video, and post them daily.  Here is one of his most recent videos with a visit to Chicago as he drives his son across the country for the start of college. Be sure to check out his channel and watch his vids.

Video of the Week: This cool mashup of a bunch of movies (230 to be exact) singing The Offspring's Pretty Fly (For a White Guy).

A few more blogs will be coming in the next week or so. Keep your eyes peeled.

I hope everyone has a fantastic week!

 

Josh