Some videos can’t be imported to Sony Vegas Pro 13 when I could formerly

[Nigel O’neill]

[Dhanen Moteuchi] “GSpot scan of one of the files that SV doesn’t opens”

According to your screengrab, even G-spot can’t even determine the codec, which is curious. You could attempt to convert the file using QWinFF into an MP4 format that Vegas should understand.

My system specs: Intel i7 7700k 4.20 GHz, GTX570, 16GB RAM, Gigabye Z170 HD3, Vegas Pro 12 (x64), Windows 10 x64 Pro, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6

[Ole Kristiansen]

“Not sure why Vegas is not opening it as it is a simple mp4 codec….”

It is not a mp4 file ! It is a mp4v file !

Maybe it have something to do with the 3gp file format – are your footage from a mobile phone ?

[Dhanen Moteuchi]

Woops! So sorry, Nigel. My fault. I readed bad due my damn dyslexia. I’ll try it and I’ll report the results.

Ole, I don’t know neither why vegas doesn’t opens it. Isn’t file from mobile, it’s downloaded from YT thru an app on my computer, but as I said I could open this same file in the past without problems. I downloaded converting it to the option “mp4 1080p High Definition (1920×1080) 3600kbps”, the extension is mp4 even the codec is mp4v, but it shouldn’t be a problem, right?
The only solution I found is download it to WMV, but I don’t like it. The result of the render is mp4 (Internet option, changed to 60fps and some changes to the audio), the gameplays are captured to mp4 files and I don’t have problems with those ones to mount the video.

[Dhanen Moteuchi]

EDIT: The solution proposed by Nigel worked! Now SV is opening those mp4 files without problem. Thanks so much and sorry for my misunderstanding. Thanks all for the help, you’re all great! I knew that if nobody in this forum could help me, no one else could! Greetings!

Dhanen

[Russ Froze]

Hi again, first off, VLC has it’s very own codec installed wich is based on the FFMPEG Codec and open source codec. That said Vegas depends on external codecs, that is why third party codec packs cam be installed and used by Vegas. A quick history about YT codecs. Way back when Adobe acquired Macromedia, Adobe informed the creators of the then defacto streaming media codec ON2 Media that their services are no longer needed. ON2 had developed a codec VP7 to replace the VP6 or FLV as it was generally known. Now Adobe decided to ransom YT for the use of the FLV code meaning an aggressive takeover of YT. Meanwhile the now set adrift company known as ON2 Media was quietly acquired by some catalogue company called Google. Google then did an end run and purchased YT for 6 Billion and with codec in hand snatched the prize out of the hands of Adobe. On2 media went on to create a codec in use by YT wich is marketed as webm. In reality webn is ON2 tect codec version VP 8 and is free to download. You can read more here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VP8
The point is that installing VP 8 may well give vegas the codec needed to edit YT videos.

It is also true that an earlier version of QT 7 is needed on win boxes for Vegas to access mov and some mp4 files. Be aware that the owners of QT refuse to release a 64 bit version for any OS other than Apple wich in effect give the illusion that they offer a superior product.

Question: On the previous instal that worked, was Vegas 14 installed as a clean instal or was it a Vegas 13 upgrade. You know the point in time where MAgix refused to pay for the Main Concept Licence. It may well be that the missing main concept codec may have been used to read the files if the Vegas 14 install was an upgrade from Version 13. But that is mere conjecture on my part.

So if there is a burning need to natively edit YT files that are not H264 encoded but rather WebM then the following link will get you started. Pay attention to what you are downloading and installing. Follow instructions. And let us know how it turns out. I would instal it myself but I managed to get VP8 from On2 Tech long ago when FLV was king of the streaming web.

Here is the link to webm

https://www.webmproject.org/tools/
RF

[Dhanen Moteuchi]

Good to know all that about the codecs, is pretty interesting. I have not much idea of actual codecs since I really readed not much about it since… 20 years ago or so.

Now seems it’s working with that oldie version of QT, some actual doesn’t work maybe for the reason you said about not supporting their products in another OSs.

My version of SV is pro 13 for 64bit and isn’t an upgrade, I ever had this version. Thanks!

[Russ Froze]

so does that mean the problem is solved for now?
RF

[Dhanen Moteuchi]

Yes, that’s right. It seems installing a previous version of QT solved the problem. Thanks anyway for the explanation, knowing more of codecs is great! Greetings!