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Video from SD Card
Vegas Experts, I am in need of some advice. I am a user of Sony Vegas video editing software, and I have made some great videos. I currently use a Mini DV camera and capture my video via firewire onto my computer, and I currently have over 6 million video views on Youtube.
My problem is: I purchassed a helmet cam that records to a SD card, when I load the videos into Vegas, only the audio shows up.. I assume it does this because I am not capturing the video. HOW can I capture/load the video from my SD card into Sony Vegas, and have the audio and video displayed?
Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thank you.
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You need to find out what codec the helmet cam is using.
Use GSpot Codec Information Appliance and let us know what it says.
My guess is that it’s XviD but I’ll wait until you find out for sure. -
This is what it lists under Audio:
Codec 0x0007 (MULAW)
Info 8000Hz 64 kb/s (1 chnl)This is what it lists under Container:
AVI v1.0
Video: 27.4 MB (98.44%)
Audio: 34KB (1.32%)
AVI overhead: 61.6KB (.24%)Is this the info you need?
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What I was looking for was the Video information (top right of the G-Spot screen).
Try installing ffdshow (it’s free) and see if that does the trick for you. -
The Codec in the upper right says MJPG/
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I installed ffdshow, but I have no idea how it works… How do I use it?
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> The Codec in the upper right says MJPG/
Then you need to buy an MJPEG decoder. Did the helmet cam come with a CD or DVD that might have software on it? If so, did you install the software? It may have an MJPEG decoder in there for you.
If not, you can buy one from Morgan Multimedia, PicVideo, or MainConcept. Or take your chances finding a free one on the web that doesn’t have spyware in it.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
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I recommended ffdshow because I assumed (big mistake on my part) that the format was XviD.
You don’t need to do anything with this app as it sits there until it’s needed and then it allows Vegas to read files encoded with the XviD codec.You said the codec is actually MJPG (Motion JPEG) and John gave you good suggestions.
I have to ask what version of Vegas you’re using as this codec came built into Vegas Pro 8 (not sure about any Movie Studio versions).
If you still do need it, there’s no need to buy it.
Download and install the Motion JPEG Codec from MainConcept.
As long as you’re using it strictly to decode, it won’t watermark your video. -
I followed your directions, however under that tab there are only 2 options, one is “disabled” and on labled “libavcodec” I placed it on “libavcodec” does that mean it’s enabled? And also how does this work then.
After doing this I opened Sony Vegas version 8.0 and the video was still not visible?
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ROCKIN!!! I downloaded it, and installed it and it works. Thanks a million for the help.
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