avi files

ecos wrote on 7/26/2018, 7:50 AM

Hi,

I'm having trouble importing avi from a security camera into Vegas 11. I have done a bunch of finagling and now am able to pull an avi file in, but only one... If I import a second, it says "an error occurred opening one or more files". If I remove the imported file and bring in another it is fine, but again, only the one...

Is there a codec that I can install to fix this... or another fix? I have viewed a lot of sites and discussions and there seems to be quite a few opinions. None have worked for me.

 

Thx, Ed

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Former user wrote on 7/26/2018, 7:58 AM

An AVI can contain various types of video formats. You need to follow C in this link.

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/important-information-required-to-help-you--110457/

Dexcon wrote on 7/26/2018, 8:11 AM

Try converting the video events/clips to another format (e.g. mp4) using (free) Handbrake to see if that resolves the problem. Or render out each clip to another format within Vegas one-by-one

In the worst case scenario, it may be that the original videos are corrupted if these conversions - and the ones you've already tried - don't work.

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Musicvid wrote on 7/26/2018, 9:29 AM

dream, that's absolutely ridiculous.

rraud wrote on 7/26/2018, 1:46 PM

AVI works fine for me w/ Lagarith, MagixYUV and most other AVi compatible codecs.. as long as "Create an OpenDML version 2.3 compatible file" is checked for anything longer than a minute or so.

Grazie wrote on 7/26/2018, 2:16 PM

vegas   doesn't support  avi , you have to convert it into mp4

@dream I must have missed that email.

dream wrote on 7/27/2018, 2:14 AM

when i try to edit those avi files months back there, vegas won't accept it , so i thought it doesn't support it , so i google it "avi files not opening in sony vegas".

i recommended you to check it out.

but as you guys said i will delete it right now

vkmast wrote on 7/27/2018, 2:41 AM

The KB document from the SCS era is still given as a Magix Vegas Support answer.

I recommend to double check googlings.

A forum FAQ: https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/faq-why-won-t-vegas-open-my-file-correctly-codecs-converters-etc--104572/. It has also this article linked https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/speaking-good-video-a-beginner-s-guide--104463/

Musicvid wrote on 7/27/2018, 2:50 AM

Although not part of the official literature, this is just as correct now as when written.

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/speaking-good-video-a-beginner-s-guide--104463/

vkmast wrote on 7/27/2018, 3:10 AM

Yes and included in set's list of tutorials as well.

ecos wrote on 7/27/2018, 7:59 AM

Thanks all,

I changed files to mp4 using HandBrake. All good.

btw, Do the newer version of VegasPro easily handle all AVI files?

vkmast wrote on 7/27/2018, 8:16 AM

btw, Do the newer version of VegasPro easily handle all AVI files?

Please read the comments in this thread, incl. point 3 here.

Musicvid wrote on 7/27/2018, 1:16 PM

AVI format has not changed in twenty years, so why would Vegas?

Either you have the right CODEC or you don't.

Forget AVI, and tell us about your CODEC. Try to pay attention, please...?

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/faq-how-to-post-mediainfo-and-vegas-pro-file-properties--104561/

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/speaking-good-video-a-beginner-s-guide--104463/

 

 

Trensharo wrote on 7/27/2018, 4:56 PM

AVI works fine for me w/ Lagarith, MagixYUV and most other AVi compatible codecs.. as long as "Create an OpenDML version 2.3 compatible file" is checked for anything longer than a minute or so.

That only needs checking for huge AVI files. Like 2GB+ huge. For uncompressed a minute may be enough to put it over 2GB, but AVI is the basically to Windows what the MOV QuickTime container is to macOS. It can contain any type of CODEC, even H.264, theoretically.

Windows only ships with Microsoft's first party CODECS. The same way you can't expect DNxHD MOVs to "just work" on macOS, anything other than the defaults will need a CODEC installation on Windows.I

So the OP needs to see what CODEC is in the container, which should be basic information listed for the recording device... ...

Musicvid wrote on 7/27/2018, 5:35 PM

FAT32 partitions will corrupt anything over 4GB, not just AVI.

jetdv wrote on 7/27/2018, 8:02 PM

FAT32 partitions will corrupt anything over 4GB, not just AVI.


Not quite sure that's "proper", either. It won't "corrupt" it - it won't WRITE it to begin with. It won't create a file larger than 4GB which is why most NLE's have the option to split files at the 4GB limit when capturing and cameras today do so as well when recording onto a FAT32 card.

Musicvid wrote on 7/27/2018, 8:30 PM

Ed yes, a >4GB file can be written to FAT32 (gamecaps do this a lot, stupidly), and no, they will not play 90% of the time. If I pull them off the FAT partition and copy to NTFS, they still will not play, nor recover integrity through various repair efforts. That is my experience, thus my word "corrupt." Just went through this again last week.

jetdv wrote on 7/28/2018, 7:25 AM

Not sure how anything can write a >4GB file on a FAT32 since 4GB is the size limit on a FAT32 drive. Going beyond 4GB should fail - which I would assume would cause the file to be corrupted since the entire file would not be there. But I'll take your word for it.

Musicvid wrote on 7/28/2018, 1:14 PM

[EDIT]

 

Ed, I think I would be more correct for me to say that the files are reported as >4GB, without claiming that much intelligent data remains.

 

[EDIT/]

I'll put together a few recent links to the behavior on this forum, although 20th century sensibility taught us both it shouldn't be allowed to happen.

These screen capture programs (like Bandicam and DXTory, neither of which are Vegas-friendly) are all rogue applications that use public domain and hacked-up encoders indiscriminately. They don't segment files into 2 or 4 GB chunks, nor do they care what goes on your drive. They just run on. I believe it is the FAT tables that get messed up (occasionally one will play!). I've tried a bunch of stuff like Scandisk and low level recovery utilities to the recovery tool in Scenealyzer and nothing works. Sometimes Windows won't even delete the stub and it just sits there with a "$".

Musicvid wrote on 7/28/2018, 1:50 PM

Oh Ed, it is really nice to see.you.lurking here again! You have contributed so much tot my education over the years.