Aiptek Action HD video camera codec support?

lofreequency wrote on 2/13/2009, 9:49 AM

Curious why their H264 codec for these video camera's isn't supported by Vegas PRO. It's a pain to have to convert them everytime I need to edit the videos taken with this camera. Seems like a pretty popular camera too since the price is very affordable at around $200.

Is there any plan to support this codec?

Or am I missing something?

thx

(using Vegas Pro 6 on a PC)

Comments

Marco. wrote on 2/13/2009, 10:46 AM

Actually it is supported by current Vegas version. Just Vegas 6.0 is way bit too old. Besides this - on Windows systems it's no fun editing Quicktime H.264 files like the Aiptek ones natively. Such H.264 plays worse than AVCHD does.

Marco

kkolbo wrote on 2/13/2009, 11:10 AM

You will need something more current than VP6, but even with VP8 you have to prep the files from the GOHD. You will find instructions here.

http://amediaprof.com/content/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=1

KK

lofreequency wrote on 2/13/2009, 11:26 AM

Thanks for the replies. Right now I'm using Any Video Converter Pro and converting them to MPEG-4 x264 which is working fine for my needs. However, I'd rather not have to do ANY converting. Guess it's not meant to be, eh?

lofreequency wrote on 2/13/2009, 2:18 PM

For someone who's not too knowledgeable in video editing, etc., can someone enlighten me as to why Vegas has a hard time with this codec.

Arc Soft Total Media Extreme (that came with the camera) can handle them, and heck even Google's Picasa 3 can play these videos.

Thanks. :)

rs170a wrote on 2/13/2009, 2:41 PM

Playing them is one thing.
Editing them is another :-(
Formats like Divx and Xvid can be played with a wide range of media players.
Editing them with Vegas (and a lot of other NLEs) can be an exercise in frustration/futility.
Do a search here and you'll see what I mean.

Mike

lofreequency wrote on 2/13/2009, 2:53 PM

Thanks, Mike. :)