[Will Robinson]

Thanks for all the help guys!

It’s all working now!!! I was recording a window which had the taskbar to the left of the screen and the border around the edge of the window. That’s the cause of the weird resolution choice which I completely overlooked. I’ve recorded again in fullscreen mode (1920×1080) and it works perfectly. It loads mp4 and mov files with no problems now. I cant help but think this problem could be avoided with a simple pop up message in SV12 but hey ho…

As for the avi files, I’ve found an option to record the screen using Bandicam with “Sony Vegas output settings” so it saves in a codec that SV12 can understand, bypassing the need to convert them. I thought I’d mention that in case anybody in a similar situation comes along.

WOW! When I went to sleep last night I didn’t expect such a nice solution this morning! Thanks for all the help everyone,I couldn’t have done this without your help!

[Will Robinson]

Hi John,

Thanks for the offer, the video is in this zip file (if I’ve managed to do it correctly).

7228_2014030813h11m19s10x03s.mp4.zip

Thanks

[Will Robinson]

Hi Rick,

Right clicking on the event and going to properties brings up a menu with tabs “Video Event”, “Media” and “General”. I couldn’t find an “About” tab however the general tab has information which is given in bold further down.

The video is 4 seconds long and I have tried converting it but it lost a LOT of quality. I could recognise what the video was showing but it was very glitchy and simply unbearable to watch. I will keep looking at converters to see if any yield a nice quality video in a different format. Also, the Green screen is a solid uniform green screen, it doesn’t move or flicker. I’m using Version 12.0 64 bit (Build 770).

I hope this helps.

General
Name: 2014-03-08_13h11m19s-10x_03s.mp4
Folder: C:\Users\BLENDER-BOX\Desktop
Type: Sony AVC
Size: 3.08 MB (3,158,143 bytes)
Created: 12 March 2014, 20:52:47
Modified: 08 March 2014, 13:12:00
Accessed: 12 March 2014, 20:52:47
Attributes: Archive

Streams
Video: 00:00:04.000, 30.000 fps progressive, 1858x1058x12, AVC

ACID information
ACID chunk: no
Stretch chunk: no
Stretch list: no
Stretch info2: no
Beat markers: no
Detected beats: no

Other metadata
Regions/markers: no
Command markers: no

Media manager
Media tags: no

Plug-In
Name: compoundplug.dll
Folder: C:\Program Files\Sony\Vegas Pro 12.0\FileIO Plug-Ins\compoundplug
Format: Sony AVC
Version: Version 12.0 (Build 770) 64-bit
Company: Sony Creative Software Inc.

[Will Robinson]

Hi John,

I’ve installed both of those as suggested.

MediaInfo says I need the AVC codec and takes me to https://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/. I’ve downloaded it and nothing seems to have changed, even after a PC restart. SV12 still shows a green screen for the videos.

GSpot is showing all the details of the video and says that it is H.264/MPEG-4 AVC but the status is “Codec Status Undetermined”. I’ve installed x264vfw and still no change to the videos.

I cant help but feel I’m doing something wrong here…

[Will Robinson]

Hi Stephen,

Thanks for letting me know all this, I will definitely keep this in mind!

Cheers

[Will Robinson]

Hi Rick, thanks for your reply!

Yes, I’ve already disabled GPU acceleration, which has sped up the preview window in SV12 a lot! However, how do I determine the codecs of my video files? Is there something I can download to tell me what I need? Also, if I need to install a codec, where would I get it from?

As I said, I’m completely new to this and don’t want to just guess in case something goes wrong!

Thanks again for the help!

[Will Robinson]

Hi John, thanks for your reply.

No I haven’t got K-lite.

[Will Robinson]

Thanks for the quick response!

the files all work in windows media player and they are held on the same hdd. they also work on other pcs. its just SV12 on my pc thats not loading them correctly.