Sony Vegas .Avi Issues! Please Assist!

[Scott Simpson]

I hope you haven’t taken the desperate but misguided step of installing one of those “codec packs.”

Grab MediaInfo and look at what codec your file uses. Install *that* codec.

Looking at the Bandicam website, I see you can download the codec they recommend: https://www.bandicam.com/codec/

Seems to suggest it records in Mpeg1 or Mjpeg.

Have you tried this already?

—
Radio guy in a TV world. Bigasssuperstar.com

[Graham Bernard]

STOP!

First off use MediaInfo to determine just WHAT is inside your AVI. It is a free downloadable interrogation s/w: Download MediaInfo

Get back here and tell us.

Cheers

Grazie

Video Content Creator and Potter
PC 7 64-bit 16gb * Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core 3.40GHz * 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti
Cameras: Canon XF300 + PowerShot SX50HS Bridge

[Mike Darman]

I did stupidly do the “K” pack. I uninstalled it though. I actually didn’t check the bandicam website to be honest. But here is what Mediainfo says:

General
Complete name : C:\Users\Michael Marrero\Desktop\Graphics and Graphic Programs\bandicam 2014-02-13 16-51-02-357.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 436 MiB
Duration : 20mn 12s
Overall bit rate : 3 018 Kbps
Writing application : BandiAviMuxer 1.0

Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Simple@L1
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 20mn 12s
Bit rate : 2 847 Kbps
Width : 1 008 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.100
Frame rate : 15.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.392
Stream size : 412 MiB (94%)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 2
Codec ID : 50
Duration : 20mn 12s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 160 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 23.1 MiB (5%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 24 ms (0.36 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration : 72 ms

[Mike Darman]

Here is what I was told about the video from MediaInfo

General
Complete name : C:\Users\Michael Marrero\Desktop\Graphics and Graphic Programs\bandicam 2014-02-13 16-51-02-357.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 436 MiB
Duration : 20mn 12s
Overall bit rate : 3 018 Kbps
Writing application : BandiAviMuxer 1.0

Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Simple@L1
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 20mn 12s
Bit rate : 2 847 Kbps
Width : 1 008 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.100
Frame rate : 15.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.392
Stream size : 412 MiB (94%)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 2
Codec ID : 50
Duration : 20mn 12s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 160 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 23.1 MiB (5%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 24 ms (0.36 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration : 72 ms

[Scott Simpson]

So, you have xvid video and mp2 audio.

I remember having trouble with xvid showing up when I was using Vegas 10 or 11, 32-bit version.

I think you might have success by installing ffdshow: https://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow/

It’s a video-for-windows codec program. IIRC, that solved my xvid woes.

Having said that, xvid is not an ideal format to record to if you’re planning to edit it later.

—
Radio guy in a TV world. Bigasssuperstar.com

[Mike Darman]

Thank you! My recorder actually has a setting to record on for Sony Vegas specifically. I will do that next time. I am running Sony Vegas 12 Pro. I will get back to you and see if ffdshow works.

[Graham Bernard]

Nasty…..

Can you play it on anything? VLC? I’m guessing it’s that XVID stuff that is throwing Vegas into a spin. The nearest I’ve got to this is this one:

XviD ISO MPEG-4 xvid.org (open source)

Can you even SETUP vegas in the project settings with those parameters? 15fps?

Try zapping it through G-Spot to see if you have the required CODECS installed. I can see a DI needing to be employed – sorry….

Grazie

Video Content Creator and Potter
PC 7 64-bit 16gb * Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core 3.40GHz * 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti
Cameras: Canon XF300 + PowerShot SX50HS Bridge

[Mike Darman]

So I went to the link, ran it, and clicked install. I figure thats all that is needed to be done. Then I opened up SV again and tried to import the footage but it still says It cannot be opened. Although I can avoid this in the future, I do not want to scrap this episode. So I need to get this fixed temporarily.

[Scott Simpson]

Just installing this and that won’t help. You’ll need to go in and make sure it’s configured, too.

—
Radio guy in a TV world. Bigasssuperstar.com

[Mike Darman]

Im new to this, how would I configure it?