Sony Vegas Pro 8.0 will not open mp4 files?

[Matthew Jeschke]

I have 10. It opens them fine but they are so highly compressed that it doesn’t work well with them.

I suggest finding a converter and making them a wmv or avi. Something more manageable to work with. I think there’s software out there thought that will convert to a different format on its own. I just re-render as vegas 10 supports most formats but performance isn’t the best when cutting them.

My two cents… I don’t think supporting so many different formats directly in timeline is the best approach. I’ve seen things glitch in 10 not to mention it bogs the computer down dramatically. Although I must say it is nice to be able to bring them in. Just wish it had option to standardize them all to a single easy to use format.

[Stephen Mann]

If multiple formats bogs down your computer, then you need a new computer.

Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com

[John Rofrano]

[Katey Jones] “Is there any kind of codec that I’m missing that might work? :”

Motion-JPEG with PCM audio should edit easily in Vegas Pro 8.0 and maintain high quality. You can use AviDemux 2.5 to do the conversion. Here are the settings to use:

You might want to try it on a few files and see. I’m pretty sure that 8.0 has an M-JPEG decoder (I know 9 and 10 does).

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Matthew Jeschke]

Yeah I totally agree. I need a better computer (I’m cutting on an old server my work gave me and a bare bones laptop computer eeek!). I’m on such a tight budget it’s embarrassing to admit. However, I’ve found I can limp by quite well as long as the files are in a format with relatively low compression such as avi.

Are you guys developers? I’ve got a lot of excellent help from you all if you were local I’d make sure to get you a beer sometime!

Thanks!