Supported File Types

[Mike Kujbida]

Here you go Kelly.

https://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/vegaspro/techspecs

[Kelly Griffin]

Thanks Mike… I guess I look like (feel like, anyway) a moron after all.

[Gary Abraham]

Hi Mike,
I went to your link and I don’t actually see definitive file types that work best in Vegas;
like stills
jpeg
tiff
bmp
or video
wmv
mpeg1 or 2
avi
etc
is there a list addressing those?
Regards
Gary Abraham

[Mike Kujbida]

Gary, there is no list simply because there are way too many file formats and kinds of computers out there these days.
When I was running Vegas 4.0 on a now-lowly P200, DV-AVI and small jpegs were my best friend 🙂
Today is a completely different story as new technology is being introduced on what seems to be a daily basis and we’re expected to be able to edit it 🙁

I’ve had students bring me in footage that was shot on gear ranging from a VHS camcorder to a Blackberry.
I did have to convert the Blackberry video to a useable format but it worked.

I just finished shooting a press conference with a brand new JVC HM700 that records ta 1920×1080 in high bitrate mp4 format.
I dropped the files on my desktop machine just to have a quick look at it (a mere 3 GHz Core 2 Duo with 2 GB. of RAM) and it had no problem playing a single stream back full frame full res at Best/Full.
To say I was surprised would be an understatement.