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  Can’t Import Video File with AC3 Audio into Vegas 9 Platinum

  Posted by Charlie Lerman on April 10, 2009 at 7:23 am

  I am taking .mpg files from a Sony DCR-S62 camera (MPEG2 video, AC3 audio) and want to process them with Sony Vegas Platinum 9. I get no audio track when I import the file. GSpot says I have the needed codecs, and the file does indeed play both audio and video in various players, including Windows Media Player. I have read that older versions of Vegas could not import AC3 audio, but that was supposedly fixed in v7, and I’m using v9. The problem is a little maddening because IT’S THEIR OWN CAMERA!!! I am able to import video and audio successfully from files from other cameras: Canon .avi (Motion JPG + PCM) and Pentax .mov (QuickTime). I admit to being a Vegas newbie, so am I missing something?

  Charlie Lerman replied 17 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Edward Troxel

  April 11, 2009 at 1:57 pm

  Is this from a camera that records to DVD? If yes, just use the File – Import – DVD Camcorder Disc option to import the footage and you will get audio as well.

  Edward Troxel
  
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  Charlie Lerman

  April 11, 2009 at 5:09 pm

  Thanks for the suggestion, but the camera has a hard drive, not a DVD. Also, I know the file I have DOES include the audio, because it plays in other programs.

  But I still haven’t tried using the camera’s own software “Picture Motion Browser” to bring the file to the computer, so I might yet try that, though I doubt it would make a difference.

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