Importing AVI files from AVS Video Converter

[Mike Kujbida]

Drop the file onto GSpot or MediaInfo (google them, they’re free) and see what they say about the file.

As I recall, that software has several options, even for an AVI file.
You’ll need to experiment to find out which AVI option will work with Vegas.

[Charles Lawrence]

Hello Doug,

I noticed your post and since I was trying to do a similar thing, except that my source was a WTV file created by Windows Media Center on my Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit platform, I thought I’d try a source like yours with a downloaded FLV from YouTube. I had been struggling with this, as you must have too, for some time, but I have gotten these settings to work. Choose the left most “To AVI” conversion mode. I created a profile within AVS Video Converter 6, version 6.4.4.420, the latest from their site, so that I can pull it up anytime I want to convert a file to import into Vegas. I use Vegas Pro 9e, so I can’t vouch for Movie Studio 10, but I suspect it will work too. The profile will convert any supported input source file to a DV-AVI file that will work in Vegas. The settings I use are in this screen snapshot. I did not adjust any of the Video Codec Advanced Settings.

944_avsconverterprofile.png.zip

The resultant AVI file imports into Vegas Pro 9e with both a video and audio stream. Below is the MediaInfo analysis text of the AVI file.

General
Complete name : D:\Downloads\Youtube Videos\SpanishRomance.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
Format_Commercial_IfAny : DVCPRO
File size : 342 MiB
Duration : 1mn 34s
Overall bit rate : 30.3 Mbps

Video
ID : 0
Format : DV
Format_Commercial_IfAny : DVCPRO
Codec ID : dvsd
Codec ID/Hint : Sony
Duration : 1mn 34s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 24.4 Mbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:1:1
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 2.357
Stream size : 325 MiB (95%)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Little
Format settings, Sign : Signed
Codec ID : 1
Codec ID/Hint : Microsoft
Duration : 1mn 34s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 536 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 17.3 MiB (5%)
Interleave, duration : 33 ms (1.00 video frame)

Hope this helps you and any others others.