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MP4 Issues With Vegas
Hi Guys,
I’ve been having a serious issue with my Vegas Pro 9 and mp4 files that are h264. It’s been going on for about a month now and always seems to be acting up in a different way everytime, but for the most part, Vegas will import my mp4 and/or mov files and from that point on it will sporadically choose whether or not to show me the video or a blank screen. It’s a huge problem as AVI files in any sort of uncompressed format seem to be way too big and I’m already dealing with mov and/or mp4s for two projects that I’m in the middle of. I really need some help with this guys as everything on the internet seems to making the problem worse. Just in case it matters, I do have klite codec pack installed on my pc.
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[Andrew Hamilton] “Just in case it matters, I do have klite codec pack installed on my pc.”
There’s your first problem. Code-paks will mess up Vegas and they don’t uninstall cleanly. They have caused all sorts of problems with people here in the past. Never, ever, never install a codec-pak on a video editing workstation. It overlays the high quality codecs that you paid Sony good money for, with free open source codecs of questionable quality.
Where did these MP4 files come from? If they are AVCHD, they should edit without problems in Vegas Pro 9.0. If they are some proprietary variant of H.264, you might be able to edit them in Vegas Pro 10 which added better support for MP4 files, or you can convert them to M-JPEG with a utility like AviDemux so that they can be edited more easily.
In general, MP4 is a highly compressed “delivery” format which is horrible for editing.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
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John, thanks a million man. I figured it was the codec pack causing the trouble and uninstalling it wasn’t working for me. From what I’ve read in my adventures through codecs, mp4s are horrible for editing and believe me from this point on, I will not be using them until I’m producing a final product. The majority of the files in one project are MP4s from one of those samsung camcorders. The other project was a mix of mts files and files which were originally FLVs and MP4s. Do you think my best bet would be to clean boot the system and then reinstall everything again, because it seems that I’ve found a way around the problem for the moment? I’m looking to upgrade to vegas 10 pro in the next month as well, so my other question is, do I hold my breath on any further action until my purchase?
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[Andrew Hamilton] “Do you think my best bet would be to clean boot the system and then reinstall everything again, because it seems that I’ve found a way around the problem for the moment?”
That might not be a bad idea. In the future when you get a file that requires a codec, use a utility like GSpot to determine what codec is needed and then just install that codec. Also see if the camera that created the MP4 files came with a CD that might have a codec on it. In general, if you plan to edit your video, never buy a camera unless you know that you can edit the output. A lot of cheap cameras being produced today are meant to shoot and upload or watch. They are not good for editing.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
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Thanks John. Really appreciate all the info.
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