AC3 encoder fails to download for first time use in Vegas 17

Jon-Muro wrote on 2/15/2021, 7:07 AM

I needed to convert an mp4 file into a dvd for a client. First time doing this in Vegas 17. Rendered the MGEG 2 compliant video stream for DVDA but when I go to convert the ac3 file here is what I get. "selected encode format requires the download of an add-on module for the first time the format is used. If you wish to proceed click yes." then this "operational error installation failed code:-1 try running the software as administrator" which I did several times. I don't see any solutions to this when I search online and can't seem to get the ac3 encoder to work. I understand the ac3 file comes from DVDA and it's included in the software when registered. Just can't get it to work in Vegas. I did render the project directly in DVDA 7.0 which worked fine. Any thoughts about this? Would like to get it to work in Vegas. I am on an HP laptop i7-105U CPU 1.80 2.30 GHz 64bit 16gb RAM Windows 10. thank you

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JN- wrote on 2/15/2021, 7:32 AM

@Jon-Muro Some recent activity, posts, about the AC3 issue ...

Quote from Vegas_EricD ...

The VEGAS line of products uses native Windows tools for stereo AC-3 encoding and decoding. It is not possible to encode 5.1 AC-3 files since they are not supported through the operating system.

 

WWAAG ... “AFAIK, Vegas has never supported AC3 inside an MP4 container--it imports AC3 only from transport streams (m2t, m2ts, mts) and VOB files. “

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/6-channels-not-working-on-svp18-only-static-noise--126134/#ca784950

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/mpg-clips-will-only-import-video-and-not-audio--124988/?page=1Mpeg files, which is a less frequently used older format, use a main concept decoder which requires a different audio decoder to handle its AC3 audio than mts and m2ts media. We are no longer able to use that decoder. We are looking at routing this through a new demuxer so the audio would be available again, but for now we are recommending transcoding files of this type.”

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/ac3-5-1--126467/

 

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Jon-Muro wrote on 2/15/2021, 10:00 AM

Thanks so much for the explanation.