Can Sony Vegas pro 12 output a 4k UHD .mov file?

peakvideo wrote on 7/11/2014, 8:12 PM

Just bought a Sony AX100 4k camcorder mostly for stock video. Great camera and great looking footage. Files load and play well in Vegas Pro 12 but for Stock video sites I need to be able to upload a 4k UHD mov file. As there is no UHD template I choose custom file under the Quicktime rendering options. I then choose Photo-jpeg as the video format and when I try and put the dimensions 3840 in the width box it keeps reverting to 2048 pixels . . . . every time I change it it just does it again. Same happens with the height box. Any one got any ideas how to get around this issue?

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Former user wrote on 7/11/2014, 8:41 PM

Here is some info.

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/getting_on_board_with_the_4K_revolution

videoITguy wrote on 7/11/2014, 9:12 PM

I offer several thoughts without the proper experience and expertise to define the OP's situation, but I believe.

1) The 4K format in a .mov container is only native on a Mac.
2) You may need special third-party convertors on a Windows PC to take a given input and turn it into that kind of file format in .mov container

3), but and this begs a real question of the day, are you going to get pristine 4k output from just any input and the answer is no - so you might want to carefully rethink your purpose.

peakvideo wrote on 7/11/2014, 9:27 PM

Thanks for your input. I have already converted the file into a 4kmov file on the windows version of After Effects 6 and I believe people are also able to do this with Adobe Premiere 6 so from that standpoint it looks more like a Sony Vegas issue but I just don't know. would prefer if I could do all of this converting in Sony Vegas.

fldave wrote on 7/11/2014, 11:15 PM

I needed Quicktime Pro to output properly to iStock MOV with V8. Make sure you have that, it was cheap at the time, about $30. Although I'm not sure it opens up 4K options now. You will need to investigate that.

NormanPCN wrote on 7/12/2014, 9:18 AM

VP12 probably has a frame size limitation on Quicktime video. VP13 has the following listed as a new feature.

"Added support for rendering Video for Windows (.avi), QuickTime (.mov), and Windows Media Video (.wmv) with frame sizes up to 4096x4096."

peakvideo wrote on 7/13/2014, 3:26 AM

Thanks for that. Yes somebody else has confirmed Pro 13 is able to render UHD .mov files so looks like it may have to be upgrade time.