[John Mccann]

@Lazar– I don’t know of any free converters, but, I’m not really a techie. I was glad to pick up on the mentions of NeoScene on the COWS forums and I’ve stuck with it.

[John Mccann]

You said: “the Vegas preview window it was very bad, stuttery and next to useless for editing.”
That’s precisely the reason for using the intermediate .AVI files. I was going nuts trying to get the .MOV files to run in editing. Belated thanks to members of this group! Back in late 2010, I found the ‘fix’ (Cineform) discussed right here!

[John Mccann]

FWIW: I owned a Canon 60D DSLR for a brief, few months. It generated H.264 with a .MOV file extension. The native files could be placed on the timeline in Movie Studio 10.0, but were very stuttery in the preview window. I downloaded the demo of Cineform NeoScene and generated .AVI ‘intermediate’ files. Worked well. I made a side-by-side demo (below). The native .MOV files rendered out, but, the issue remained that they (.MOV) were unuseable for editing/viewing within Movie Studio HD. I’m not a software/hardware techie by any stretch… These multiple ‘standards’ are quite maddening, and IMO, trying to gain understanding can be very daunting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiUH-cdpP_k

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[John Mccann]

@ Romain– I still get white knuckles thinking about what a pain it was to get files shot w/ the Kodak Zi8 to ‘play nice’ with Vegas Movie Studio HD. I’m not a techie so all I can do for you is repeat the process I found on the net.

On a H/P desktop computer (AMD Athlon II X4 processor) running Microsoft Windows 7 Home Edition:

1.) Install an older version of Apple QuickTime: QuickTime Version 7.6 (1292), Copyright 1991-2008, Apple Inc.

NOTE: I followed the procedure on the SONY support site: https://www.custcenter.com/cgi-bin/sonypictures.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=4787&p_created=1254146741&p_sid=RieOFoWj&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_lva=4787&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MTAsMTAmcF9wcm9kcz0xNyZwX2NhdHM9JnBfcHY9MS4xNyZwX2N2PSZwX3NlYXJjaF90eXBlPWFuc3dlcnMuc2VhcmNoX25sJnBfcGFnZT0xJnBfc2VhcmNoX3RleHQ9cXVpY2t0aW1l&p_li=&p_topview=1

(Personally— I removed iTunes from my work computer… don’t want to mess with auto-updates for QuickTime. (I just put iTunes on a netbook and do all my iTunes Store and iPod sync-ing from that machine.))

2.) From within ArcSoft MediaImpression, convert files from Kodak Zi8 to a format referred to as ‘Kodak Home Theatre’
3.) Open Vegas Movie Studio HD: version 9.0C (Build 30), Copyright 2009, Sony Creative Software. NOTE: This is not ‘trial version’ software… it is the retail “SONY Vegas Movie Studio HD”: version 9.0C (Build 30).
4.) Place the file(s) converted to ‘Kodak Home Theatre’ format onto timeline.

Anyone, else, reading this post… if I’ve left out a spec. or detail that might help Romain, PLEASE contribute.

[John Mccann]

— Tommy, thanks for the speedy reply. Below is the video with audio levels as you suggested:

[John Mccann]

The response to my questions has been underwhelming, indeed. So, I struck out on my own relying upon web sources and advice from acquaintences. The resulting system is a refurbished Dell small-form-factor machine running Windows XP Pro w/ 2.8 Gigahertz Pentium D two core processor with 2 Gig system RAM. A 512 Mb PCI-express video card (again— had to be Small Form Factor to fit in box). 1600 x 900 native resolution HP monitor model HP 2009m.