AVI Codec is installed, but VMS won't "show"

stovk wrote on 11/21/2010, 2:20 PM

Hello All,

I was having a problem importing an .AVI file into Movie Studio (Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10.0) whereas I can get the audio, but no video.

I searched the forums and found out the deal behind AVI and codecs. So, I used gSpot to determine if i have the proper codec installed to read my AVI file (it's from a Canon PowerShot SX120IS).

According to gSpot, the codec (MJPG) named (Motion JPEG) is "installed" on my system. However, VMS still won't display the video, only audio.

Is there anything else I can try? Do I need to install the codec directly into VMS?

As always, thanks for any help.

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Eugenia wrote on 11/21/2010, 2:37 PM

Are you sure this is an AVI? Canon usually encodes MJPEG in MOV, not in AVI.

Anyways, if it's indeed AVI, uninstall gSpot, install ffdshow, that's all you need to do. If it's MOV though, you need to follow what's said in the "Tutorial for MJPEG MOV files" section http://eugenia.queru.com/2009/12/11/editing-kodak-digicam-video-files-on-a-pc/

musicvid10 wrote on 11/21/2010, 3:43 PM

Why would one want to uninstall (delete?) GSpot?

Here are some camera-specific solutions that includes yours:
http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?ForumID=12&MessageID=687896

Eugenia wrote on 11/21/2010, 5:26 PM

Because for ffdshow there are specific step by step tutorials already available on how to enable mjpeg, while this is not the case for gspot. Besides, he already has gspot, and he still has no picture.

musicvid10 wrote on 11/21/2010, 5:35 PM

Errm, we must be talking about two different things with the same name.

GSpot, to which I'm reasonably certain the OP is referring, is a standalone information utility, that does not install anything, is not a codec or codecs, nor does it affect any existing DLLs, registered or otherwise.

What were you referring to? Another codec "pack"?

Eugenia wrote on 11/21/2010, 5:36 PM

Yeah, sorry, I was referring to a codec pack. :-)

In that case, he doesn't need to remove gspot, just install ffdshow and enable the codec in the "video for windows" tab: http://eugenia.queru.com/images2/ffdshow.png
Nothing else to do. Vegas should be ok from then on.

Pocketman wrote on 11/25/2010, 7:53 AM

I am having a similar experience. I have .avi video files that when imported into VMS 10.0, only produce audio. It's been awhile, but if memory serves me I was able to use .avi in previous Movie Studio versions. Seems to me I had problems with Quicktime also. My guess is I'm missing codec(s)?

What do I need to take advantage of the various supported video files?

Eugenia wrote on 11/25/2010, 11:06 PM

Follow my first link, download and install ffdshow, see if it works after that.

Pocketman wrote on 11/26/2010, 11:19 AM

I installed ffdshow, made no difference. A workaround is to convert the .avi files to .wmv using Windows Movie Maker. One would think I could use different source files in VMS without all this hassle, but sometimes we just work with what we have.

Eugenia wrote on 11/26/2010, 11:43 AM

If it made no difference, then the codec you need is simply not activated. Please tell us exactly what codec these AVI files are. AVI is a container you see, not a codec. It can host in it many kinds of formats.

As for WMV, bad idea. You're losing quality, time, and it's probably crash prone to edit this.

Pocketman wrote on 11/27/2010, 10:27 AM

Thanks for the advice about the .wmv. Certainly don't want to reduce quality if I don't have to.

The problem .avi files will play using Windows Media Player. According to AVIcodec (freeware) the file is MS MPEG4V2

Eugenia wrote on 11/27/2010, 8:11 PM

Load the file with WMP, and click Properties to tell me which codec is used exactly. MS MPEG2v2 in AVI, not very popular, AFAIK.

Pocketman wrote on 11/27/2010, 8:26 PM

WMP Properties has no info for either the Audio codec or the Video codec. In fact, none of the .mp4 files show any info either. This is not that big of a deal for this particular project. My fear is that ongoing I will be limited in the type of video files that VMS will able to use.