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Vegas h264 support just crapped out..
There I was, struggling with my first large editing project. I’ve got h.264 source files and I’m testing various output settings for rendering (the goal is a DVD master). At one point while experimenting with rendering to .mov files I went ahead and updated Quicktime. Now none of the source files display video in Vegas. Audio works, but just black for video.
I tried installing ffdshow and reinstalling QT but still nothing.
Any tips for a newb out there?
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7 Replies
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Earlier versions of Vegas (I think 9c and below) will see this issue with the newer versions of Quicktime. It’s a known bug that was fixed in one of the 9 updates. I had this issue while running Vegas 9b. I reverted to Quicktime version 7.6.5 and it was resolved.
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You might also convert to AVI, even though it creates huge files. It seems more stable.
Alf
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I’ve thought about it, but to be honest reading some of the other conversion threads made me throw up in my mouth a little bit. 😉
As it is, I’m struggling with all the rendering options to find the best way to produce vidz I can port over to DVDA without looking like poop.
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Just remember poop in equals poop out.
I mean h.264 is an end user codec never ment to edit with, no matter what Steve Jobs would have you think. Pro res is getting dropped and they are attempting to create a wavelet based codec…
I find long group of pictures to be a terrible way to edit, causes all sorts of issues when using transitions, not to mention color degradation.
Transcode, your footage to a high bit rate, intraframe codec before editing… Jpeg2000, cineform, etc…
Your other issue may be 32bit mode with certain mpeg renditions don’t translate the same… Read Glenn Chan.
Good luck…
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Would you recommend a preferred format to convert to for editing? And hey, any chance of it being done with a free prog would be much appreciated! 🙂
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I do everything in cineform neo4k… I have the Sony ex-1 and RED. Check out neo scene… Or neohd…
I\’ve tried Morgan jpeg 2000… Decent for cheap, but only supports 32bit apps, not Vegas 64…
I have a black magic studio capture card for in house work. The free jpeg codec is LOUSY…get what you pay for…
Beleve me, I\’m cheap, I\’ve tried everything I could. Nothing I\’ve found short of working uncompressed avi even come close to the quality of cineform products… It\’s the gold standard, anything less is crap.. IMO
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Well all the other replies seem to cover what you’ll need to fix this particular issue, but I would just reiterate what I’ve heard on this forums many times over the years, which is that if the goal is a DVD just render an MPEG2 straight out of Vegas instead of trying to do some “better” quality format then having DVDA render it to MPEG2 itself. I guess the wisdom is that Vegas gives you more control over what you’re rendering to and lets you see what it looks like before you actually make the DVD.
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