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Vegas 8 & 8.1 Video Problems
I’m on a Win7 64bit machine. When I try to open 720p video that’s h.264 encoded in 8.0c, the sound is fine, and it seems to read that there’s video there (Vegas knows the resolution and all that), but its just black. No video plays. I tried installing 8.1 since I’m on 64bit, and the video works great. But 8.1 can’t read the video that I rendered in HDV (some title cards & such) that’s in that same project. It doesn’t read the video at all (“stream attributes could not be determined”), but does read the audio. Does anyone know if there’s a fix for this? I don’t think I’ll need my non-64bit plugins and such, so if I can just get one stinkin’ version, or the other, to read both kinds of video so I can complete this project, I’ll be happy.
Thanks in advance for any help/direction,
–Tevya
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When I try to open 720p video that’s h.264 encoded.
It depends on where that footage came from. Vegas Pro supports h.264 that is AVCHD compliant. Unfortunately, many camera manufacturers don’t follow the AVCHD spec and create h.264 streams that can’t be read by Vegas (or any other NLE for that matter). You may have to transcode your footage into something that can be edited.
~jr
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Maybe it wasn’t very clear but 8.1 reads it fine, so I don’t think thats it.
–Tevya
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What is it that 8.1 does not read? What codec does that video use? You said HDV in your post which is MPEG-2. Vegas Pro 8.1 supports HDV natively so there is no reason why it shouldn’t display HDV properly.
What version of 8.0 were you using? The last version is 8.0c. Make sure you are using the C update.
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Yes, it’s 8.0c, as mentioned in my original question. The HDV files are the .avi variety, but created (rendered) by Vegas 8.0c. So it seems strange they can’t be read by 8.1. I’m no HDV expert, but I assume that’s the kind of HDV that goes on miniDV. I partially solved my problem by re-rendering to the .m2v variety. Now I can finish editing in 8.1. Its annoying at best though. I’d prefer to use one version or the other, not have to switch back and forth to get results.
–Tevya
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The HDV files are the .avi variety, but created (rendered) by Vegas 8.0c
I think we have a terminology problem here. HDV is NOT AVI. HDV is a very specific MPEG2 format that uses an MPEG2 Transport Stream to create M2T files. If you created AVI files, they are no longer HDV and I’m guessing they are using the Cineform codec. Since there is no 64-bit Cineform codec for Vegas Pro 8.1, it explains why it couldn’t read them.
~jr
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Well that would explain the problem. Vegas has the setting as HDV, but its in an AVI type. As I said I’m no HDV expert, so that’s good to know. Thanks for your help, as I mentioned, I sorta fixed the problem by rendering as M2T.
–Tevya
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Vegas has the setting as HDV, but its in an AVI type.
Yea you are right about that. Vegas is using the term HDV to refer to 1440×1080 as apposed to 1920×1080 which it calls HD. I guess that’s a proper use of the term in that context but it’s confusing because HDV also is a standard for laying down MPEG2 onto miniDV tape.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com
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