avi file help

megatron wrote on 3/9/2004, 5:06 PM

i have a canon powershot a80 digital camera that takes some ok video and saves it as a .AVI file (not the capitals) but when i open them in vegas video it only seems to read the audio, i import it and the video bar is blank but all the audio is intact. all the other avi files with .avi in lower case work fine? anyone else have this problem? what should i do?

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GaryKleiner wrote on 3/9/2004, 5:12 PM

You are missing the codec that can interpret the AVI from your camera.

Perhaps it's on the Canon website?

Gary

rs170a wrote on 3/9/2004, 5:34 PM

I have a Canon S50 and had the same problem. Rather than searching Canon's site, I opened the file up in Virtual Dub and re-saved it using the huffyyuv codec. Worked like a charm.

Mike

ScottW wrote on 3/9/2004, 8:05 PM

The contents of the file are a "motion JPEG" - my A60 produces the same type of file.

You'll need to purchase a codec to see these in Vegas; MainConcept offers a codec for $19 - try downloading the demo version, it used to be that the demo would let you decode without putting a watermark on the image, so unless they've changed it, you can get the decoder for free (which is all you need for Vegas).

rebel44 wrote on 3/10/2004, 10:32 AM

Morgan M-JPEG encoder it is free for download and Morgan web site. I forgot the full web address, but if you do search engine you will find. Search for M-JPEG.

dkd58 wrote on 3/16/2004, 2:11 PM

Here's a good codec to solve your problem. http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?MessageID=262384&Replies=0&Page=1