Cineform codec missing

[Nick White]

[John Rofrano] “No, Vegas Pro has no option for CineForm. If you have that option, it’s because you created a template in some previous version of Vegas Pro. I would create a new CineForm template if you are using an old one. I have found render templates from previous versions of Vegas Pro causing problems with CineForm. To make a new one you can follow my tutorial: Create a CineForm Render Template in Sony Vegas Pro”

I don;t have Pro, just Platinum Suite. This PC is a cleanskin. Brand new, with no previous copies of Vegas on it. It’s really puzzling.

However in the light of your and Steve’s comments, I might just stop getting bitter and twisted about it! 🙂

Nick
Head: Hertz Music

[Nick White]

[Vernon Lancaster] “same problem as you – download the trial version of the full fat software (not the free version) and you can render (at least this worked for me in vegas 12) – it appears the free version only gives you decoding – not encoding, after the trial finishes then it disables the dll’s and you can’t render again.”

I don’t have the free version at all. All paid up. Every other codec is available, just not Cineform

Nick
Head: Hertz Music

[John Rofrano]

[Nick White] “I don;t have Pro, just Platinum Suite. This PC is a cleanskin. Brand new, with no previous copies of Vegas on it. It’s really puzzling.”

Movie Studio Platinum has never shipped with CineForm or a CineForm template so where are you seeing this template? What is it called?

~jr

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[John Rofrano]

[Nick White] “I don’t have the free version at all. All paid up.”

I’m confused. You have the paid version of CineForm? Which CineForm product?

~jr

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[Nick White]

[John Rofrano] “I’m confused. You have the paid version of CineForm? Which CineForm product?”

Ah. Sorry. I thought it was some version of Vegas we were talking about.

Nick
Head: Hertz Music

[Nick White]

[John Rofrano] “Movie Studio Platinum has never shipped with CineForm or a CineForm template so where are you seeing this template? What is it called?”

It’s not a template. It’s a choice under the “Video for Windows (avi) rendering option. I can see …umm…Micro$oft Video 1, Cineform, Sony YUV, Intel YUV etc etc in a selection list for Video Format. But Cineform just says no codec.

Nick
Head: Hertz Music

[Vernon Lancaster]

should have been clearer – goto
https://cineform.com/downloads
download and install a trial of the ‘gopro cineform stduio professional’
this version (at least for me) then enabled me to render using the cineform codec within vegas for the length of the trail – it will give you the chance to see if you think its worth keeping

[John Rofrano]

[Nick White] “Ah. Sorry. I thought it was some version of Vegas we were talking about.”

No, I believe Vernon was talking about the free version of CineForm compared to a trial of the paid version and how the free version of CineForm only decodes and does not encode.

~jr

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[John Rofrano]

[Nick White] “It’s not a template. It’s a choice under the “Video for Windows (avi) rendering option.”

Just for the record… those are called “Render Templates“. In Movie Studio Platinum 12.0 the window even says: “Choose a render template from the list…“. I’m just pointing this out so that you use and understand the language that everyone else here is using.

[Nick White] “I can see …umm…Micro$oft Video 1, Cineform, Sony YUV, Intel YUV etc etc in a selection list for Video Format. But Cineform just says no codec.”

What version of Movie Studio are you using? Maybe it did ship with CineForm?

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[John Rofrano]

[Nick White] “Where should the codec (from whatever source) reside to get Vegas to see it? As I say I have tried various ideas, but still nothing. eg,,,,where does your successful codec reside?”

Oh and I did look on my Windows workstation and I have CineForm files in two places:

The Video for Windows (VFW) ones are here:

C:\Windows\System32\CFHD.dll
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CFHD.dll

The newer API ones are here:

C:\Program Files (x86)\CineForm\Tools\CFHDDecoder.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\CineForm\Tools\CFHDDecoder64.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\CineForm\Tools\CFHDEncoder.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\CineForm\Tools\CFHDEncoder64.dll

Older versions of Vegas use the VFW ones, newer versions of Vegas use the newer API.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com