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Vegas Pro 9 and Cineform
I just got Vegas Pro 9 and had started messing around with it, but I didn’t get far. It turns out it crashes whenever I try to open up a Cineform HD-encoded video file. I installed the 32-bit version of Vegas 9 on my 64-bit system specifically so it would be more codec friendly (since, correct me if I’m wrong, Vegas Pro 9 still has the same lame VfW 32-bit layer that was in 8.1×64 that’s lamesause).
To try to solve the problem, I uninstalled and reinstalled NEO-Player, thinking I may have an outdated version of the codec. Unfortunately that experiment ended with the same amount of luck – crashes quite predictably whenever I try to get a CineformHD avi open. What’s also interesting is that this new Vegas doesn’t have a special cfhd.dll in its folder like Vegas 8.0 had, since I checked to see if renaming/deleting that would work, too. Maybe Vegas just didn’t add CFHD support at all in this first release? Yet I find this hard to believe.
Anyone else experiencing this? I haven’t tried installing and testing the 64-bit Vegas Pro 9 to see if it works on that, but I doubt that will fix anything for the reasons listed above.
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> Anyone else experiencing this?
No, but I also have Neo Scene so my CineForm files work great in the Vegas Pro 9.0 32-bit.
> I haven’t tried installing and testing the 64-bit Vegas Pro 9 to see if it works on that, but I doubt that will fix anything for the reasons listed above.
Don’t bother. The CineForm VFW codec is still 32-bit and doesn’t work in Vegas Pro 9.0 64-bit.
~jr
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Please define “great”. What are you doing with the files – adding fx, rendering?
I too am having no luck with Cineform and V9 – tried XP Pro, Vista, Vista 64 – 4 different machines – constant crashes.
Lance Bachelder
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Actually, it turns out John is correct. I just installed the 7-day trial of the latest NeoScene to see if that would even make a difference. To my surprise, the newest NeoScene’s codec works perfectly in VPro9. I guess one could look on the bright side, as we can probably expect a new NEO-Player with the new decoder included. The dark side is that this fabled FREE decoder isn’t out yet. The temporary fix is to install the NeoScene trial, though, it seems.
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Yea, I’m adding FX and rendering and everything I normally do when I edit. Neo Scene is an indispensable tool to have. It really does a nice job at converting Sony Z1 CineFrame footage into true 24p (which is one of the reasons I like it).
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com
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