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Sony Vegas – Can’t play my imported files
Hey guys,my name is Dalma and i have a big problem i cant solve.Ive been searching for anwsers and solutions on the internet but nothing helped.
I switched from Windows XP to Windows 7,so i had to download Sony Vegas again to W7.When i downloaded it,everything was working just fine exept when i import a video and i want to play it in the project nothing happens.I press the play button,i hit the space button,but still nothing.I can see the clips and i can move the clips and the cursor in the timline and stuff but when i want to watch it nothing happens.I see the play button is pressed,but the cursor(i dont know how its called,that line which is in the timline) doesnt move and neither does the clip OR the audio which in this situation i cannot hear,so i aint got audio either.
I converted my videos into the right formats,i know that cuz on my Windows XP Sony Vegas was running just fine with those formats so i dont think that is the problem.
PLS if you can, help me,i really dont know what to do!!!!!!!!!!
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Are you getting any errors? Can you create a new project and drop just a single audio wave file (*.wav) onto the timeline and play it? I’m trying to determine if this is a video or audio problem and by creating a project with just audio that will rule out any sound card issues.
~jr
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If these are AVI files you might not have the proper codecs installed on your W7 system unlike your XP system.
I would check to make sure you have the correct codecs. Being able to see/hear audio, but not video, is a typical symptom of not having the correct codec installed.
Hope this helps.
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My files are MPEG-4 and the audio is of course mp3.i installed DivX code and Mjpeg motion code too and i have quicktime player and VLC and DIVX player too,so i just dont get what im doing wrong…
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I would download GSpot and open the files in there and see what codec they use and if GSpot thinks the codec is installed. Then play them with GSpot to make sure they play.
BTW, If you are using the 64-bit version of Vegas Pro you will need 64-bit codecs.
~jr
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John’s reply says it all.
ALTERNATIVE: I had the same problem when I installed 64-bit Vegas Pro 10 — so many AVI’s wouldn’t work.
The easy way around it I found is to take the aviplug.dll file from the 32-bit Vegas install and put it into the 64-bit version. It should be located under the File IO plugin folder.
The thing I haven’t had a chance to try is taking the 64-bit version of the aviplug.ddl file from Vegas 9 to see if that works in Vegas 10 too.
So yeah, if you don’t want to mess with Codecs, first try swapping the aviplug.dll files.
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I downloaded Gspot and it does play the videos i imported to Sony Vegas,so i think i have the right codecs and my files in the right format.But when i go to SV and try to play the videos,for 2 or 3 minutes i can see them in the preview monitor and when i press play it plays the whole video just fine,but after 2 or 3 minutes of editing the videos,putting markers in the timeline its just stops working.Its like the Play button is stuck…i just dont know what to do…maybe i hit a button once or the settings are wrong,i dont know…
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sorry for double post
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You still haven’t told us what codecs the file uses. If they use DivX or Xvid you’ll need to convert them to another format because Vegas does not support DivX or Xvid. Try converting them to MJPEG with a tool like AviDemux. Like this:
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Sorry i forgot to mention. Okay so in Gspot i opened up my mp4 file,my mov file,my avi file and an mp3 file too.English is only my second language so i dont really get how to use Gspot,but here’s what is said.
Mp4: Video: Codec: avc1 Name: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC
Audio: mp4aMov: Video: Codec: mpv4 Name: ISO MPEG4
Audio:Codec: mp4aAvi: Video: Codec: XVID Name: XviD ISO MPEG-4 -Codecs installed
Audio: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3 -Codecs installedMp3: Audio: MPEG-2 Layer 3 -Codec installed
So these are the details,but if the codecs are the problem how come for a few minutes SV can play the files but than its like the play button stucks.Though i can still drag that cursor over the files and i can still see video and play it with that Shift+B composition (without sound though) ,but i just cant seem to play it with the Play Button.I never had this with my other windows.
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[Dalma Pinter] “So these are the details,but if the codecs are the problem how come for a few minutes SV can play the files but than its like the play button stucks”
Because the codecs work… kinda.. they just don’t work properly. That’s why Vegas doesn’t “support” them. Sometimes they work and sometimes they don’t but most times, they worn’t render properly even if you do manage to edit with them. Just convert them to M-JPEG and you’ll be fine.
~jr
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