• VEGAS Pro

  MXF in Vegas Pro 10 64 Bit

  Posted by Simon Feilder on July 26, 2011 at 10:33 am

  Hi there,

  I’ve recently got a new laptop with no firewire port and am having trouble getting footage from a DV tapes (shot on a Z1) into Vegas for editing.

  In lieu of being able to import the tapes directly into Vegas, I captured the footage on a friend’s AVID hoping I could simply plug the hard disk into my laptop and use the clips, which are in MXF format (which supposedly Vegas Pro can handle).

  Each clip is comprised of 3 files (presumably 1 video & 2 audio) but when I try and import them into Vegas it simply says “Warning: An error occurred while opening one or more files”.

  Am I missing a codec or should Vegas be able to natively import these files?

  thanks!

  Simon Feilder replied 15 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 4 Replies
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  Nigel O’neill

  July 26, 2011 at 2:10 pm

  I can confirm that Vegas 9 and Vegas 10 pro have no problems importing MXF files. I would suggest that Avid is the problem here. Unfortunately I am not familiar with Avid, so I cannot suggest where he may be going wrong.

  If your laptop has an expresscard, you can get a firewire express card for it.

  My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10e (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6
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  Simon Feilder

  July 26, 2011 at 2:33 pm

  I guess it’s Avid not playing nice then…?

  Frustratingly my brand new laptop (Dell XPS 15) doesn’t have an expresscard either… Not ideal.

  I may have to try and get Avid myself…
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  Nigel O’neill

  July 27, 2011 at 2:50 am

  Simon

  I don’t think Avid will solve your problems. Judging by some of the issues/questions being raised on this Avid forum, I would suggest that the MC Adrenaline/capture tool makes an absolute mess of what should be pretty straightforward.

  https://cstest.avid.com/forums/p/87776/498747.aspx

  Perhaps you need to search the Creative Cow Avid forum or submit your question there.

  https://forums.creativecow.net/avidediting

  As an aside, Vegas HDV capture typically gives you an m2t file. I have been given HDV MXF files off a Sony EX1 camera, but that was via the XDCAM Explorer tool.

  My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10e (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6
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  Simon Feilder

  July 27, 2011 at 10:36 am

  I downloaded a 30-day trial of Avid MC5 and the MXF files open in that so it looks like I’ll be using it to edit this project….

  *spends the day learning Avid….*

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