Sony Vegas Pro 13 Color flicker problem

[Kyle Messenbrink]

Just to be sure, watch over your clip WITHOUT it being in Sony Vegas. If the error persists, then you know for sure it’s Vegas.
Are you getting the flicker when you are watching the clip in Preview?
Try different rendering templates when rendering the clip.
Is anything happening to your client or desktop when you are on the loading screen?
Try some of these steps and reply back when you attempt them.

[John Rofrano]

[Aleksandar Joksimovic] “I recorded that video with Bandicam into AVI file.”

What codec did you use to capture? It looks like you may have used DivX.

~jr

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[Steven Smithsh]

This doesn’t happen if I preview this video in other players like Windows Media Player,Windows Player Classic or VLC Player.
Only happens in Vegas.
Yes this problem does happen when I preview my video in Vegas and when I render the video.(no matter what template I choose)
I also tried “disable resample” option, and that doesn’t work.
I have also tried installing different codec packs, K Lite, CCCP, and problem is still there.

Also I figured this only happens with AVI file that Bandicam creates.But If I convert that AVI to MP4 then problem is gone.
But my video is 1 hour long and plus I might lose on quality so I don’t feel like doing the convert option.

Any Sony Vegas solution ?

[Steven Smithsh]

I used x264vfw.

[John Rofrano]

[Aleksandar Joksimovic] “I used x264vfw.”

You’ve correctly identified the problem. Vegas Pro does not like H.264 video in an AVI container. Stop doing that. Try capturing using M-JPEG instead.

~jr

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[John Rofrano]

[Aleksandar Joksimovic] “Also I figured this only happens with AVI file that Bandicam creates.But If I convert that AVI to MP4 then problem is gone.”

The problem is your capture format then. H.264 in an AVI container is a hack used before MP4 became popular. People are still using it today but it’s unsupported by a lot of software because H.264 belongs on an MP4 container not AVI. Don’t use H.264 to capture or have Bandicam create a proper MP4 file and not an AVI file.

~jr

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[Norman Black]

[Aleksandar Joksimovic] “But If I convert that AVI to MP4 then problem is gone.
But my video is 1 hour long and plus I might lose on quality so I don’t feel like doing the convert option.”

You can use a program like Avidemux or ffmpeg to remux your AVI video into an MP4 file and use that MP4 in Vegas. The video/audio is just copied to the new container so it is a quick operation.

Vegas will only support AAC or PCM audio (AFAIK) in MP4 files with your AVC/H.264 video. AVidemux and ffmpeg will allow you to copy video and convert audio if necessary.

That should cover all possibilities without knowing the full details on your file(s).

[Steven Smithsh]

Yea, if I convert the AVI file to MP4, problem does stop, but video file is 1 hour long and 3 GB big.
I guess its my only option.

Thanks.

[John Rofrano]

[Aleksandar Joksimovic] “Yea, if I convert the AVI file to MP4, problem does stop, but video file is 1 hour long and 3 GB big. I guess its my only option.”

Yea, unfortunately, you have learned a valuable lesson. Never try and edit h.264 in an AVI container with Vegas Pro. This includes DivX, Xvid or any other codec that is h.264 based. It always has glitches like this.

Try to remux them with AviDemux as Normal suggested. This should go very fast because it just places the video in a new container without rendering. It should work very quickly.

~jr

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[Steven Smithsh]

Haha, yea I have used XVid as well, same thing happens.
OK, I will try with AviDemux, thank you guys 🙂

Btw, what coded should I use with AVI ? Can you tell me few most popular ones ?