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Editing AVCHD files in Vegas Pro 8
I’ve just returned from a trip to Alaska and Canada and have 30 hours of footage to edit. I have a Sony SR-12 and I have streaming working from my PC to the PS3 using TwonkyMedia and can play individual SR12 AVCHD clips but I haven’t found a way to make the PS3 play all clips continuously. I’m now combining all clips from a single day into one file so I can watch everything I’ve filmed on the TV before starting editing everything I’ve filmed.
I’ve recently bought Vegas Pro 8 and am having problems playing the combined rendered files through the PS3. I’m using the “HD 1080 – 50i (1920 x 1080, 25.000 fps)” setting in Project Properties and rendering to the Main Concept MPEG-2 setting with the template: “Blu-ray 1920 x 1080-50i, 25 Mbps, MPEG-2 video stream”. When I try to play these files through the PS3 I get either “The data type is not supported (800288C0)” or “The data is corrupted” so haven’t been able to play anything rendered with Vegas through the PS3. All of these files play perfectly in PowerDVD on the PC.
Using Ulead Video Studio 11.5+ I can create files that play properly on the PS3. I’m using the “Blu-ray PAL HDMV-1920” setting when rendering and that’s working well, as does the “AVCHD H.264 (1920 x 1080 25.00 fps)” setting.
I would appreciate any suggestions for settings to try in Vegas to be able to play my files through the PS3.
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6 Replies
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Try this and see if it works- change the file extension from M2T to mpg.
j razz
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Thanks for your help. I changed the file extension on the files to .mpg as you suggested but I’m still having the same problem. I’ve just done some more tests tonight and the same thing is still happening – they play perfectly on PowerDVD but I get the corrupted file message through the PS3. The files from Vegas have the .m2v file extension but I’ve tried changing to .mpg, .m2ts and .m2t and all give the “Corrupted Data” message.
The PS3 plays the original files from the SR12 (.m2ts)without any problems.
I also tried changing the video stream setting from 25 Mbps to 16 Mbps to match the camcorder’s bit rate but that made no difference either.
Bill
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What template are you rendering out from in Vegas? I use the 1440×1080 60i template and bump up the quality slider. This creates a M2T file and it plays just fine on my PS3. Of course I have to click the triangle button (on the PS3) to tell it to play as it won’t automatically play.
j razz
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I’m using the MainConcept MPEG-2 “Blu-ray 1920 x 1080-50i, 25 Mbps, MPEG-2 video stream” template. Are you using the “Blu-ray 1440 x 1080-60i MPEG-2 video stream” template or the HDV 1080-60i template? I haven’t tried the HDV setting since I’m using AVCHD files. My files from the SR12 are recorded in the highest FH 1920 x 1080 quality so I have been selecting settings for 1920 x 1080. Should I leave the setting as Upper Field First?
Thanks again for your advice.
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new user here…..Do you always need to convert the m2ts files from the sony hd camera to .mpg2 or something before editing them in vegas? It wont see the native m2ts high def files, correct? Will this affect the quality of the final movie?
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dude, you’re attempting to render your footage in a DVD, or Blu-ray, recognizable format only. You must save it in either a quicktime format or other. Then burn it to a DVD (although i recomend just using a flash drive). Once you render it this way, you will be able to view it anywhere. When actually making the movie for DVD, you then select those options.
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