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Trouble Inserting .AVI files Into Timeline
I received some footage in avi format. No problem right? Wrong. 🙁
I am unable to insert it into the timeline. When I Import it, all I get is a spacer pic that says “AVI” in it and again I can then not put it in the timeline.
Before posting this I did some research on here and I found this thread:
https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/24/906120
Basically says I probably don’t have the correct CODEC installed. Run the footage thru Gspot and it’ll tell you if the proper CODEC is installed on your PC.
This made sense to me so I then downloaded GSpot and had it analyze the footage. But it’s telling me that the status for both the video and the audio is : “Codec(s) are Installed”
So, now I’m confused. I suppose I could do more dogging in GSpot. Perhaps I have the CODECS to view but not to edit in Vegas? But from the other thread I referenced it appears you either have the CODEC or you don’t.
Idearz??? 🙂
Alternatively, I did use Moyea video4web converter to convert the files from avi to mp4. And they do insert into the timeline just fine. But in the conversion process it throws off the audio from the video by about 4 seconds. I suppose I could just move the audio in the timeline but I’ll never get it perfect and I’m concerned that the 4 sec difference is not constant throughout the footage.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you.
Steve
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AVI is just a container. They could be XVID or VIDX which Vegas doesn’t like. Streamclip can convert them for you and should not have any sync problems. It’s free here.
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Also if you are using the 64-bit version of Vegas you may only have the 32-bit codecs install and worse, there may not even be 64-bit codecs for your files. In that case, you need to use the 32-bit version of Vegas.
The other problem could be that Vegas is not expecting the codec you are using to be in an AVI file. What codec does the file use?
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
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Well, my hope was to run off and try what you proposed. Then come back and give you a huge THANK YOU. But it’s not meant to be I guess. 🙁 I did have someone earlier today tell me that saying something is in “AVI” is like saying I drive a car. There are lots of versions of AVI. I did not know that. But hey, I’m learning.
I did try your solution and made sure Quicktime was installed and did everything it said to do. But when I load up the clip in question I just get a blank box. If I hit play it’ll run thru the timeline but there’s no video and no audio. And just for shats and giggles, I did try to convert it but it’s just a blank file. Nothing in it.
To troubleshoot I did load up an mp4 file and that worked fine. So the squared5 install works just fine.
If anybody recognizes this, maybe it would help. It was shot on the HD setting of a Insignia NS-DV720P 5MP Digital Camcorder. El Cheapo. Not my camera!!! 🙂
I had a friend of mine try to load the content into Pinnacle. Not sure if his reply is better or worse than Vegas’ inability to recognize it at all:
“pinnacle HD (the newest version) imports it
but its all messed up, like I can see two of the subject
and there are lines going across the video
and no sound”Anyway, I’m gonna keep playing with it. If anyone has any additional suggestions, I’m all ears.
Thank you.
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That 32bit/64bit stuff always throws me for a loop. Guess it’s time to educate myself on that.
According to GSpot
My Audio CODEC is:Codec 0x00ff (AAC)
My Video CODEC is: Codec H264 Name: H.264/MPEG-4 AVCAnd in reference to John Rofrano, you may be onto something. I have very little experience with CODECS but the video CODEC looks pretty standard. The Audio one looks not so standard. When my buddy loaded this footage into Pinnacle the first time he got what I quoted in my last post. When he tried it a second time, it would show the video but no audio. Perhaps for some reason Pinnacle will process the normal part(video) but not the non-normal part(audio). Perhaps Vegas just says “Hey, this ain’t gonna work 100% so we’re I’m not putting it in the timeline at all”
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[Steve Hardeman] “My Video CODEC is: Codec H264 Name: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC”
OK, so you have h.264 in an AVI container. Download and install x264vfw and it might fix the problem. I say “might” because cheap cameras don’t always produce video that can be edited without converting it to something else first.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
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John, first of all, regardless if I figure this out or not, thank you very much for trying to help me.
Honestly, I have no idea how to find a CODEC and once I do I have no idea how to install a CODEC. So, I am going to search this forum for how to do both of those things but if anyone happens to read this and knows a good explanatory link, let me know.
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[Steve Hardeman] “Honestly, I have no idea how to find a CODEC and once I do I have no idea how to install a CODEC. So, I am going to search this forum for how to do both of those things but if anyone happens to read this and knows a good explanatory link, let me know.”
Yea, I gotta admit… the x264vfw site is not the easiest to navigate. Go to this download page and download the “x264vfw_30_1867bm_26400.exe” file and run it and it will install the codec for you.
Make sure that Vegas is not running and not in memory when you do. Check your Task Manager to make sure that Vegas is not stuck in memory (as it sometimes is). If you don’t know how to use the Task Manager, just reboot the computer before you install the codec. Then start Vegas and drop the file into it and see if it can play it.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com
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