[Peter Abbott]

Ya, it’s not there for SV9, or anywhere in the preference tabs.

[Peter Abbott]

Do you have SV9? Because it’s not in options-preferences for me.

[Peter Abbott]

Alright, sounds like an uninstall/reinstall is in order.

I didn’t mess with the preferences too much, but where is the “Ignore 3rd party codecs” check box? I looked in the preferences/general, but didn’t see it there.

[Peter Abbott]

Thanks for that Jay.

I’m guessing that first pic is the pop-up that opens when you attempt to render as an .avi? The only difference between either of your pics and my settings is that I can’t choose “ffdshow video codec” as a video format because it’s not an option. Regardless, even if I did have that as an option, would that even affect the “offline” issue at all?

[Peter Abbott]

Now this is weird.

Opened up a new file, but when I drag in one of the videos, I can only bring in the audio… the video portion doesn’t even show up as “offline.” Now this used to happen with certain obscure file-types when I was importing them into SV8, but never with a simple .avi file.

Clearly this is a codec issue regarding SV9. Damn!

[Peter Abbott]

Uninstalled K-Lite and ffdshow, restarted, reinstalled ffdshow, restarted, went to VFW configuration -> decoders -> codecs -> XVID, clicked the drop-down and changed it to libavcodec -> apply.

Still none of the videos opened. Tried changing a few of the other codecs to libavcodec also, but still nothing.

I don’t need to change any settings in Vegas, correct?

[Peter Abbott]

Ha, I went to download G-Spot and realized I already had it…

The vast majority of the files are MPG4’s, mainly XVIDs… but every single one says “Codec(s) installed.”

[Peter Abbott]

Kapeesh.

Now, I just downloaded and installed ffdshow, restarted my comp, opened up the file, but still no video. I’m almost positive the answer is no, but I should double check anyway… once I install ffdshow on my computer, is there anything else I need to do in order for Vegas to pick it up? Vegas should automatically use the codec, correct?

Also, I had tried a few other codecs a couple of days ago that failed to work… should I have uninstalled those ones before I installed ffdshow or can they work simultaneously? (pretty sure they can work simultaneously, but again I feel I should at least ask).

Finally, most of the videos on the external are .avi (although there are a few .mp4 and those videos aren’t showing either). How do I figure out which codecs these movies are in?

[Peter Abbott]

Yesssss! Even though I haven’t solved the issue, that just made my night!

Now that this thread is low on the page, I have a feeling nobody is gonna step in! I’m assuming codec issues are easily solved… maybe there’s already another thread out there that explains what I need to do?

[Peter Abbott]

I’m not sure about the codecs; how do I figure out the video codec for each clip/video?

Everything the same? No, the only thing that ALL of them have in common is that they’re on the same external hard drive.

I can’t copy all of the videos to the local drive as there isn’t enough space, but I did just purchase a new external and I copied all of the videos over to that. When I opened up the file this time, the pop-up asking to look for the files DID appear and I specified that it look in the new external. Unfortunately, still the videos did not show… only the audio.

And no, I never moved the errant files.