Sony Vegas trouble with certain MOV files

[Linda O’connell]

I am not sure if this helps or not. But a while ago I was having the same problem. It turned out that the newer version of quicktime was causing the issue. I am using 7.7.6 and it works. Along with Vegas 11.

[John Rofrano]

[James Cheung] “Attached media info and gspot info for the mov file attached.”

If you want to post information you should cut and paste it into your post.

There is no way I’m downloading and opening a ZIP file from an unknown source on my computer!

~jr

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[James Cheung]

Thanks Linda, I will give that a try!

[James Cheung]

General
Complete name : C:\Users\James\Desktop\officeiq-product-video.mov
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : QuickTime
Codec ID : qt
File size : 2.83 GiB
Duration : 1mn 40s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 241 Mbps
Encoded date : UTC 2015-06-12 14:06:58
Tagged date : UTC 2015-06-12 14:08:08
Writing library : Apple QuickTime
Media/UUID : 4381D61A-31ED-4A03-8D25-4DE2BF566DE7

Video
ID : 1
Format : ProRes
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : 4444
Codec ID : ap4h
Duration : 1mn 40s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 240 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Clean aperture width : 1 888 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Clean aperture height : 1 062 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Clean aperture display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Chroma subsampling : 4:4:4
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 4.823
Stream size : 2.81 GiB (99%)
Writing library : Apple
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2015-06-12 14:06:58
Tagged date : UTC 2015-06-12 14:08:08
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709

Audio
ID : 2
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Little
Format settings, Sign : Signed
Codec ID : sowt
Duration : 1mn 40s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 536 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 18.4 MiB (1%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2015-06-12 14:06:58
Tagged date : UTC 2015-06-12 14:08:08

Other
ID : 3
Type : Time code
Format : QuickTime TC
Duration : 1mn 40s
Time code of first frame : 01:00:00:00
Time code, striped : Yes
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2015-06-12 14:08:08
Tagged date : UTC 2015-06-12 14:08:08

[John Rofrano]

Wow, that’s a ProRes 4444 file @ 240 Mbps. Do you have a RAID array to handle the kind of footage? I’m not sure why your working in ProRes 4444 but it’s probably more video than Vegas Pro can handle with it’s 32-bit QuickTime support. ProRes 422 works fine in Vegas Pro, I’ve never tried 4444 though. This is definitely contributing to your problem. Do you need to work with that high quality?

~jr

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[James Cheung]

Haha – It’s just what I’ve been given. I’ve been given some other mov files which are ProRes 422, these load fine.

I don’t need that high quality no. What’s the best workaround for this?

I’ve used QT Pro to export it, what compression type would you recommend I use? or is this wrong?

Thanks

[Aaron Star]

I would see if FFMPEG can recompress that 444 footage into prores422-hq format. Should work along with the other files in Vegas after that.

[John Rofrano]

[James Cheung] “I don’t need that high quality no. What’s the best workaround for this?”

Buy a Mac! Seriously, you can’t legally create a ProRes file with a Windows PC. You’ll need to convert them to a PC friendly format like CineForm AVI or Sony MXF.

You can try FFMPEG as Aaron suggests but I’ve never used that.

~jr

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