Kodak Zx-1 AVC HD footage sometimes black in Preview window but fine in trimmer?

[John Rofrano]

Any ideas?

Vegas does not support every wacky format that camera makers can think of. It’s interesting that you put a space between AVC and HD because while this camera shoots AVC in HD it is not “AVCHD” which is a supported standard. Unless you are shooting high speed scenes with the intent of slowing them down, it makes no sense to shoot 60p. The TV standards for playback are 29.97 or 25.

Footage I shot yesterday in same format but 30fps are all fine.

Then I would continue recording in 30p or be prepared to convert the 60p footage into something Vegas can edit.

~jr

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[Adam Rose esq.]

thanks for the reply, John

shooting 60p because it’s fast action footage, which I indeed will be slowing down.

re the black preview: ironically, after I posted the request, Vegas started to show ALL frames in the Preview window, and render all as well. Who knows, eh?

🙂

the camera is cheapie but surprising what one can get out of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNMsbfW1QqQ

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[Kevin Mccarthy]

I have had the same issue with video from the ZI8, but I have found if I simply change the preview quality setting it pops right back. It doesn’t seem to matter if I change the quality up or down, just changing it will bring back the icons, preview etc.

I know that makes no sense but it works