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MPG Files and Vegas 8
I’m working on a project that includes a lot of Mini-DVD based camcorder files that were given to me by a client, and it seems that these files are almost impossible to work with.
They’re mpg files and I thought Vegas could handle them but they’re either sloooow or don’t play at all, and scrubbing them is impossible.
Anyone have any ideas how to fix this?
I also discovered the hard way that when I was backing up my project with included trimmed clips, Vegas choked on the mpg files and my entire project has become corrupted. Both the original AND the backup.
I’m hoping a reboot will fix that. If not, there’s three days straight work down the drain.
rgb
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6 Replies
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Since you’re on Vegas 8, download my AutoSave custom command. It will save a series of VEG files in a folder you specify. Then if anything happens to the original, you’ll have plenty of backups to return to.
Edward Troxel
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Thanks. But I’m curious to know why Vegas has so much trouble handling mpg files when it handles huge hdv files beautifully.
rgb
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It’s seemed to work fine with the handful of DVDs I’ve had to use. Not all MPEG files are created equal.
Edward Troxel
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Perhaps it’s this mini-DVD camcorder stuff. I have no idea why anyone would ever use one of these things — the footage looks generally bad — but I’m stuck with it.
rgb
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This is just a thought because I haven’t worked with any video from a camcorder that does those miniDVD’s but have you tried playing them back in a DVD player and capturing them using an analog/digital converter. That way you’d have a fresh DV-AVI file to work with.
All my cameras have the composit out connections and I also have the Canopus (Grass Valley) ADVC100 (now 110) converter box. RCA in, Firewire out. Reversed if I’m using my NTSC monitor, firewire in and RCA out to my monitor. Dual purpose.
If you can do that, and replace the video on the timeline with the capture, maybe you can save all your editing. maybe! I’ve tried importing from DVD’s but it just doesn’t give me much to work with.
Allen
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That’s actually a great idea. But what I think I’ll do is use an mpg to avi converter like mpeg mediator and see if the avi files work any better.
Thanks.
rgb
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