AVCHD files in mov containers from a Canon t3i don’t appear in Vegas Explorer to import

[Angelo Mike]

Edit: Still happening just on that one hard drive. I have another hard drive that’s 2 TB with 144 GB free and this issue isn’t happening.

[Norman Black]

[Angelo Mike] “They’re AVCHD files in an mov wrapper, I believe, from my Canon t3i.”

Vegas generally bypasses Quicktime with DSLR MOV files. Specifically those with AVC video with PCM audio, which is the norm for nearly all DSLRs, and this is the case for all Canon DSLRs I have used.

If you do get a file imported, then you can easily tell this by right clicking the media and going to the general tab and looking at the plugin being used.
qt7plug = Vegas is using Quicktime
compoundplug = Vegas is handling the file directly.

[Angelo Mike]

[Norman Black] “Vegas generally bypasses Quicktime with DSLR MOV files. Specifically those with AVC video with PCM audio, which is the norm for nearly all DSLRs, and this is the case for all Canon DSLRs I have used.

If you do get a file imported, then you can easily tell this by right clicking the media and going to the general tab and looking at the plugin being used.
qt7plug = Vegas is using Quicktime
compoundplug = Vegas is handling the file directly.”

Interesting, thanks for the info. compoundplug showed up in the properties. I’m still not sure where that leaves me. Now I can no longer import t3i files directly with Vegas from any of my hard drives, whereas earlier today it appeared that I could.

[Rick Hughes]

In case it is related I used to use ‘Videomizer 2’ for quick clips tweaking them up for Youtube
Then when many of the clips were arriving as AVCHD .. found Videomizer would fail on about 4 our of 5 clips ….
Would start processing then simply stop ………. after 18 months of promises the application was never fixed – so AVCHD do seem problematic for some applications.

If I tanscode them to another format they were fine.