security camera footage mp4 won’t open

[Francois Pénzes]

Hi Larry

Have you tried converting it with Handbrake ?

https://handbrake.fr/

Cheers ! (Keep us posted)

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[Larry Brewer]

Yes, that was the first thing I tried after it wouldn’t open in Vegas 15, then Vegas 12. I have also tried multiple PCs and Adobe Premier on different desktops. Again.. it plays just fine in PotPlayer and VLC. But not WMP or Quicktime Player.
Apparently, there are proprietary codecs used in the CCTV industry.

[Francois Pénzes]

Hi Larry

Can you do a Mediainfo on your problem file

https://sourceforge.net/projects/mediainfo/

Cheers !

PC Win 10 Pro 64-bit 16gb Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core 3.40GHz
Cameras: Canon XF305 + Canon XH-A1
Blackmagic HyperDeck Studio Mini
Vegas Pro 14, User since Vegas 3.0

\’\’When the cutting stops, the editing begins…\’\’

[Larry Brewer]

I found a work around using VLC. As I had mentioned VLC was one of the players that would play the clips. So I used it to do a convert back to MP4 at 5mbs and that imported just fine. Thanks you for your help and suggestions. Much appreciated.

Larry Brewer

[Francois Pénzes]

Hi Larry

Happy to ear that you solved your problem. Just keep in mind that sometimes VLC files will create problems within Vegas. All depends how critical your project is if ever it starts acting up.

Cheers !

PC Win 10 Pro 64-bit 16gb Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core 3.40GHz
Cameras: Canon XF305 + Canon XH-A1
Blackmagic HyperDeck Studio Mini
Vegas Pro 14, User since Vegas 3.0

\’\’When the cutting stops, the editing begins…\’\’