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can’t import avi files in to vegas pro 12
When ever i try to click and drag a avi file in to Vegas i get a no entry sign and it wont allow me to import it. then when i go to Vegas and press import and find the file and import it says “warning an error occurred whilst opining one or more files” and i cant work out what is going on
Any help with this would be amazing because otherwise i have to spend 20 mins converting to WMV for it to be accepted
Many thanks
Kyle
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Many of us import AVIs everyday. I’ve got to ask, where did you source this one? Or rather, what’s inside the AVI is the real question.
Grazie
Video Content Creator and Potter
PC 7 64-bit 16gb * Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core 3.40GHz * 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti
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the avi file is a video that i recorded with dxtory and up until a couple of days a go it all worked fine Sony Vegas accepted the files then suddenly it decided that it would not work with them.I have eddied loads of avi files before in Vegas
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AVI is just the container- you can put video files from many codecs into an AVI file. It’s likely that the codec you need is not installed. Run it through Mediainfo to see what codec created the file.
If you installed a codec pack (DONT!!) you may have overwritten a needed codec.
Steve Mann
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the codec that is being used to record is the lagarith lossless codec and that is what i have always used
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I’ve been importing Lagarith AVIs into VP12 without issues.
Try reinstalling the Lagarith CODEC? Check version Number of Lagarith – see below my present “working” version. IF you have installed any other CODECS lately, you could be into “CODEC WARS” where one CODEC fights for the attentions of Vegas over and above another CODEC.
Here’s what I just did with an aggressive Largarith CODEC setup; re-imported Lagarith Render back to VP12 B726 and plays back beautifully:-
Grazie
Video Content Creator and Potter
PC 7 64-bit 16gb * Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core 3.40GHz * 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti
Cameras: Canon XF300 + PowerShot SX50HS Bridge -
thanks for all the help i have deleted all other codecs and re installed Lagarith and it is now working fine i can now import the videos i think it was another codec that was causing the problem
thanks for the help
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Phew! That’s great news – you’re welcome.
CODECs should be renamed CODEATHSs . . .
Grazie
Video Content Creator and Potter
PC 7 64-bit 16gb * Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core 3.40GHz * 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti
Cameras: Canon XF300 + PowerShot SX50HS Bridge -
Although AVI is listed as one of the supported formats by Sony Vegas Pro.Well, the problem is mainly due to that Windows didn’t come with the codecs that were used for those particular .AVI files(AVI is just a wrapper for a large variety of codecs.)… That’s why Sony Vegas Pro won’t open it. So in order to edit AVI videos in Sony Vegas, you need to convert AVI videos to Vegas Pro compatible format first before transferring the files to Sony Vegas.
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Well, the problem is mainly due to that Windows didn’t come with the codecs that were used for those particular .AVI files(AVI is just a wrapper for a large variety of codecs.)… That’s why Sony Vegas Pro won’t open it.
There is an easy way to fix the issue, you can change your AVI to a more editing-friendly format like WMV, or MPEG-2 or MOV for Sony Vegas. Here is a workaorund for you: https://www.easefab.com/video-to-software/import-avi-files-to-sony-vegas.html
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