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Rendered files have audio but no video
I’m working on a fan video in the trial version of Vegas HD 9, and while the video is showing fine in the preview window of the application, when I render the final video, only a few clips show- most of it is just a black screen while the audio plays. I’m stumped.
Some info if it helps: My video is running at 25 FPS due to being a PAL DVD rip, and I’m making sure to try and choose video types that keep that framerate. All the videos are encoded in Xvid.
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Xvid always has been and always will be a problem in Vegas.
That’s why the usual recommendation is to render it to another format before editing.
Having said that, are you rendering to MPEG-2 and AC-3 (what a DVD authoring program such as DVD Architect needs to see)? -
Yeah, I tried that. No changes.
Are there any workarounds to get Xvid to show up? I’m so far into the project and I don’t have much longer on my trial.
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Are there any workarounds to get Xvid to show up? I’m so far into the project and I don’t have much longer on my trial.
No. Vegas does not work with Xvid or DivX. The only workaround is to use another tool to convert your video into something that Vegas can edit.
You can convert your videos to M-JPEG using a free tool called AviDemux with these settings:
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
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JR,
I have DivX software installed on my editing system and I can play back and encode from DivX from the Vegas timeline. I have never tried Xvid. I know this conversation has come up in the past elsewhere and there have been those that could get it to work and those that could not. The only reason I think mine does work is b/c I have the paid version of DivX encoder installed on my system. I don’t know this to be the definitive answer as to why it works on mine, but I can verify that it does.
j razz
https://www.jrazzcreations.com
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j razz, I have the paid encoder too and I get green blocks at times on my system. The “official” word from Sony is that they don’t support DivX/Xvid. You seem to be lucky with your system. I can render to DivX from other sources fine. I just can’t edit it or render from it.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
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Excuse me for butting in here but I was referred to this thread from the SCS Vegas forum. I have a related Xvid problem, except in my case Vegas 9e 32bit sees the video stream but not the audio stream. So I downloaded AVIdemux and reencoded the offending AVI using the settings JR presents. Now when I import the reencoded AVI and look at the properties I see under the General tab:
Video: Sony Motion JPEG
Audio: PCMBut when I look at the audio pulldown on the Media tab it says that the audio is offline. I still have no audio.
Any suggestions?
Jerry
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I was able to fix my problem by reencoding to MP4 using AVC video and AAC audio.
Jerry
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I was able to fix my problem by reencoding to MP4 using AVC video and AAC audio.
I’m not sure why PCM audio didn’t work. I’ve done this and it does work. The reason I suggested MJPEG is because it edits easier than MP4 and will hold up in multiple renders a lot better than MP4 but if it’s working for you, then I guess you should stick with it.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com
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