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PeterDuke wrote on 4/2/2012, 11:14 PM
You rip MPEG2 on a DVD to AVI? Why not leave as MPEG2?

In order to play DV AVI (if that is what it is) with some software (but not VLC media player, which has its own) you have to install a DV decoder if you don't have one already installed. There are some free ones you can download.
Soniclight wrote on 4/3/2012, 3:56 AM
"You rip MPEG2 on a DVD to AVI? Why not leave as MPEG2?"

Indeed, for your AVI will essentially be be carbon copies of MPEG2 anyway -- and depending on the what compression or none you choose, AVI could take up a lot of space on your drives.
Steve Mann wrote on 4/3/2012, 2:42 PM
Never Ever install a CODEC Pack. You risk replacing codecs installed by Vegas with vastly inferior ones.
Spectralis wrote on 4/3/2012, 8:11 PM
The problem of Vegas not recognising AVI files is a real PITA. Even with the latest DIVX and XVID codecs installed it still can't 'see' or load DIVX. It makes me want to punch the monitor. Vegas also can't seem to see certain VOB files for some reason. I can load them into Vegas by dragging and dropping them from a folder on my PC but they won't show up in the Vegas explorer.

My question is why in the h£ll can't Sony release Vegas with all the necessary codecs? I never have this problem with After Effects it seems to recognise everything. I could understand Vegas having a problem with some obscure codec but AVI is ubiquitous. And why, even with the DIVX codec installed, can it still not see DIVX files? I've looked up various fixes and workarounds for the AVI problem but these either don't work or waste a lot of time.

I can completely understand why a professional video editor would not want to use Vegas because of this problem. I create video art and I often need to edit a range of different files. I was once collaborating with another artist who used PremierPro who sent me some files to edit as part of the project but Vegas couldn't load them so we had to finish the video on his PC. Not only was this very frustrating and delayed the project but it was really embarrassing because I had to rely on the other artist's NLE to finish the work. Instead of collaborating I was reliant on him. I could have converted the files but they were pretty degraded already and we wanted to retain as much quality as possible. This shouldn't even be necessary anyway.
Former user wrote on 4/3/2012, 8:28 PM
Spectralis,

AVI is not a codec. It is a container, and it can contain many types of codecs. Some standard and some not so much.

And I don't understand, why would the guy with Premiere send you files to work on that were already degraded? Why not use industry standard codecs?

Just curious.
Dave T2
Former user wrote on 4/3/2012, 8:38 PM
soundsonsound1,

It would help to know what codec is being usesd by the WinxDVD software. AVI is a container and can hold many types of codecs, some that are readily available to Vegas and others that might need a codec downloaded.

Dave T2
Gary James wrote on 4/3/2012, 9:02 PM
"Vegas also can't seem to see certain VOB files for some reason. I can load them into Vegas by dragging and dropping them from a folder on my PC but they won't show up in the Vegas explorer."

To open up the VOB file chain in Vegas, select the Vegas File / Open menu. Then Navigate to the DVDs VIDEO_TS sub-directory. Type in *.ifo in the dialogs File name input field. Then open the VTS_01_0.IFO file. This will completely load the entire DVD Video and Audio from all VOB files into Vegas. And as an added bonus, it will include the DVD chapter marks as media markers in the imported A/V media.