sony vegas cant handle mkvs

[Aivis Zons]

Yes, go to Options -> Preferences -> File I/O and tick “Enable MKV Reader (Experimental)”.
Will probably need to restart Vegas for it to take effect.

Alternative workaround – convert files to a different format with something like Handbrake prior to editing.

[Sally Asaku]

Starting from Vegas Pro 17, there’s a new experimental feature called the MKV reader. This feature lets you bring in MKV files directly into your editing timeline. However, there’s a condition: the video codec used in the MKV file needs to be supported for this to work smoothly.

You can firstly enable this feature. If it doesn’t work still, then it means the video/audio codec of the MKV file isn’t supported by Vegas Pro. In that case, you can use Shutter Encoder, Handbrake, or other video converter (just search into the best video converter, you can find a lot of such tools) to transcode the file to MOV ProRes or other formats that Vegas Pro can well handle with.

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[Hector Vera]

For me to get around the mkv non supportive, I just use a program to convert mkv to wmv or mp4 which are the 2 formats I normally use to edit videos in Sony Vegas. Honestly you need to be careful that the format you choose to format it to does not lower quality. But thats another solution I personally used, as for the person who commented below, seems now there is that Enable MKV format option, something even I was not aware of either. 🙂

[Johnny Laty]

got it. thanks