Chuckb
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Thank you Edward – that did the trick. Wish I could have found it in the Help files, but I guess if they were perfect, this forum wouldn’t exist.
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It was not that, but you got me started pushing buttons. It seems I had checked “clipboard” in the Auto Preview options, and then somehow drawn a rectangle on the preview window. When I checked “FX Bypassed” instead of “clipboard” the rectangle disappeared.
Thanks –
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Well, one regrets to say it, but even in this forum there seems to be no answer to this problem. I am unwilling to buy a codec when the ones that *should* work don’t, and nobody can explain why or suggest a test to determine why.
However, there is a workaround that is pretty simple. Open the accursed file in Windows Movie Maker (a free accessory that is part of XP) and then save it as a DV AVI NTSC file. That saved file will import to Vegas in perfect shape.
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Gspot says it is a “Motion JPEG”. What other method can I use to check? Another thought – would having Ulead Videostudio SE installed be causing some conflicts? I tried reading the file with that and it would actually play the file for me, but rendered it with audio and a black screen.
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Thanks for the suggestions Edward – I hate to tell you but I have already tried the Morgan and Midvid codecs. I guess I’ll go see about the others and hope they have free trial periods.
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Well, *that* book is not very illuminating. In toto, it says, “Movies: AVI (Image data: Motion JPEG; Audio data: WAVE (monaural))”
But we already knew that. If that’s all there is, then why is Vegas 5.0 not recognizing the file? I’ve installed MJPEG codecs. Gspot says codecs are installed. And Vegas doesn’t work.
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Edward, what is the book you are talking about?
I ran Gspot and it told me that codecs were installed, but when I open the file in Vegas 5.0 all I get is the audio stream. Gspot also says under metadata, “[ISFT] CanonMVI02” if that helps.
Chuck B
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I’m just doing the normal thing – importing them via the media browser. They are “AVI” files, but those come in 31 flavors and others have reported problems importing AVIs made in ‘still’ cameras.
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I downloaded the Midvid freeware codec, ran its install program, shut down the computer and restarted, and it made no difference. (Odd that I should be getting audio and not video, while the person who started this thread is getting video and not audio…..) So I used Help and tried unchecking the preferences box for excluding 3rd party codecs. Restarted Vegas and still no change.
The question is, am I installing the codec properly? Is installing it as a system dll enough, or do I need to put it in the Plugin folder in Programs>Sony>Vegas? Are there specific setting in Preferences I’m missing? If this one doesn’t work, fine, I’ll try another, but before laying out the cash I’d like to be sure I’m doing it right.
Thanx again – ChuckB
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Jumping in – Gspot tells me I have the correct codec on the computer when it looks at the Canon AVI file (from a P&S digital camera). It also says the file contains motion jpeg video. But, when I import it into Vegas 5.0 all I get is the audio.
Open it in Windows Movie Maker and it works fine. I can export it as an WMV file and open that in Vegas, but the quality is shot (compressed more than 10:1).
How can I load/use/whatever a codec to *read* the Canon AVI file?
Thankx – ChuckB