[John Rofrano]

[Andrew Blake] “Sony Vegas does NOT use DirectShow filters. This is the type of ‘codec’ that K-Lite and other codec packs use for playback. This means that K-Lite simply does not have any effect at all on Vegas. So it does NOT cause problems, but it also does not expand the import capabilities of Vegas.”

Not according to the K-Lite web site: https://www.codecguide.com/about_kl.htm

The K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of DirectShow filters, VFW/ACM codecs, and tools.

I’ve seen K-Lite mess up many installations of Vegas Pro and Movie Studio over the years and those that it has happened to will agree. It definitely has an effect.

[Andrew Blake] “Sony Vegas uses its own private plugins for importing MP4 files. These plugins are not registered globally (like normal codecs) and you do not need to worry about other programs replacing or removing them.”

This is not globally true and changed with different versions of Vegas Pro over the years so while some newer versions may use their own private plug-ins, the majority of older versions did not. I’ve been using Vegas since Vegas Video 3.0 and I’ve seen it all. Not just video codecs but audio codecs get messed up too.

Allow me to restate the claim made in the original post:

“Last night a friend installed the K-Lite Codec Pack and this issue started immediately afterwards.”

So the video worked one minute, they install K-Lite and now it doesn’t work. How do you explain that?

~jr

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[John Rofrano]

That’s great. The standard frame rates are 25 PAL and 29.97 NTSC. I’m guessing one TV happen to support 50 fps but not the other so going back to a standard 25 fps frame rate was a good solution.

~jr

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[John Rofrano]

Yes, either the Sony or MainConcept AVC option is your best choice for playback on the widest collection of devices (just not TV’s). 😉

~jr

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[John Rofrano]

[Aleksandar Acimovic] “Now, on pc it runs great, on my lg smart tv, runs great, but on my samsung tv 32inc it says 264h codec not supported. “

That’s to be expected. There is no standard for playing video directly on a TV so every TV is different and some don’t even support it.

[Aleksandar Acimovic] “I need this video to be compatible with all devices at highest quality.”

This is impossible using files because there is no standard file format for TV. The only standard that exists for TV HD is Blu-ray. If you want to create something that plays on all TVs you need to make a Blu-ray disc and people have to have a Blu-ray player. Otherwise it will never work.

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[Jeff David] “I just was not aware that if Movie Studio fails, and can’t open or is corrupted, that the project can still be opened by reinstalling. I don’t doubt that it is true, but don’t understand the technicality of it. I thought the edits etc. pertained to that particular saved project that resided in the existing Sony Movie Studio 13 software originally installed.”

Technically what happens is that all of your edits are stored in the various project files (*.vf) that you make. Those project files are independent of the software itself so you can reinstall the software and as long as you don’t delete the project files, they should open under the newly installed software providing that they didn’t become corrupt too. Subsequently when you want to backup your projects, you should copy the project .vf file and all associated media with the project to the backup location. Without the project .vf file, your edits are gone forever.

This is the same as a Word Processing program. The documents that you create are saved as separate files from the program that created them. You can re-install the program and still be able to open and edit your documents.

Hope that helps.

~jr

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[John Rofrano]

Did you try Francois’ idea? He pointed you to a program called MediaInfo. You can open your video file with MediaInfo and it will tell you what codec it uses. Then you can try and get that codec fixed on your computer.

~jr

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[John Rofrano]

I was just referring to the final render assuming if you render to 25p that you don’t see flashes on your computer.

Is your TV interlaced or progressive? All TV’s are interlaced. Some support progressive mode. You said that you were using a USB stick which means you need to render to a format that your particular TV can use. There is no standard for this.

I use an Apple TV to view my videos so I just render to progressive and the Apple TV takes card of feeding it to my TV in the correct format. Playing directly from a USB stick is a lot more tricky (as you have seen).

I would double check with the manufacturer of your TV and see what format they expect the video to be in.

~jr

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[John Rofrano]

[Ariane Lorenzo] “everything is at 23,976 fps with no use of slow motion”

Televisions operate at 29.97 fps in the US and Japan (NTSC) and at 25 fps in Europe and Asia (PAL). I’m guessing your TV doesn’t know how to play 23.976 fps video properly. Convert it to the proper frame rate for your region (NTSC or PAL) and the problem should go away.

~jr

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[John Rofrano]

[Susie Garratt] “I have removed all of the K-Lite Codec files using Revo Uninstaller and rebooted but Sony Vegas is still broken. “

Why didn’t you just uninstall K-Lite using their uninstaller? 3rd party uninstaller are guessing at best what to uninstall and should only be used if the regular uninstaller has failed to remove the software. K-Lite should NEVER be installed on a video editing computer. I guess you know that now. (most people learn the hard way so don’t feel bad).

Try these steps to recover until one of them works:

1. Reinstall Sony Vegas. That should hopefully re-establish the codecs that K-Lite over-wrote.
2. If you regularly backup your computer, (and why wouldn’t you?) try restoring from a recent backup. If you don’t back up your computer, now would be a good time to think about making that a habit. 😉
3. If you have no backup, see if you have a Windows Restore Point from before K-Lite got installed and restore your computer to that point. That might finally get rid of it.

Hopefully one of those will work and you won’t have to resort to re-installing Windows but some people have had to do that to get rid of K-Lite. (did I mention to never install K-Lite?) lol

Good Luck (you’re gonna need it)

~jr

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[John Rofrano]

You’re welcome Jeff… Good luck on your project!

~jr

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