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upgrade to vegas 10 from 8 & problems w AVIs
I have been using Vegas Movie Studio 8 on an XP box for a few years but recently upgrade the pc and now run Win7 and Vegas movie Studio 10 HD –
Ive alway used a standard flip and avi file which worked great. Now I mostly use a Zi8 and those files are no problem, but the avi files are impossible.
I can import them but the time it takes for ‘building peaks’ is far too slow. as example I’ve importd a file and dragged it into the time line and its taken 10 minutes to get 34% of a 45 second avi file. My old pc with ver 8 would do this in about 10 seconds.
I have just looked at gspot and it say the codec is xvid and is installed. im not sure if the same codec play the videos and are used in vegas? so Im a bit lost here.
This is sooo frustrating and I really have to get moving. If I find the issus I’ll post it here but if you have an idea please let me know.
Many Thanks
-rb
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[Randy Barnes] “I have just looked at gspot and it say the codec is xvid and is installed. im not sure if the same codec play the videos and are used in vegas?”
Vegas doesn’t do well with Xvid or DivX. It is best not to use those formats when editing. You can try installing the x264fvw codec and see it it edits these files better. Otherwise I would convert the file to Motion-JPEG with PCM audio using a utility like AviDemux. This should edit a lot smoother.
Here are the settings in AviDemux if you’d like to try this:
~jr
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Thanks for this – I’ll give it a try.
I cant understand why Sony would put out a editor product that doesnt work well with the worlds most popular camera. I love that it works with my zi8 but the flip will always be my favorite child.
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[Randy Barnes] “I cant understand why Sony would put out a editor product that doesnt work well with the worlds most popular camera. I love that it works with my zi8 but the flip will always be my favorite child.”
I believe the flip works great on Mac’s and doesn’t edit easily with any PC program. This is something to be aware of. If you buy a camera that produces Apple QuickTime files, you might want to also own an Apple computer. Kodak was very careful to choose a QuickTime format that works for both Mac’s and PC’s but not all camera manufacturers care. The flip (and cameras like it) are really “shoot-n-share” cameras. Not the best for editing.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com
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