Codec help (.avi files) VIO-POV helmet camera

Soul Man wrote on 10/29/2011, 9:19 PM

Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11.0
Recorder is a VIO-POV 1.5 helmet cam
Files would not import (.avi)

Thanks for the info on here, I was able to find that I needed the xvid codecs and now my video will load into Vegas (after installing xvid), but not audio. Downloaded mediainfo and it seems I need mpeg version 1 layer 2 or something like that, but where do I get the codec? Got a link from mediainfo but it is a German site and it seems like I have to buy a lisence for the codec, I figured they'd be free (like xvid). Anyone have a reputable site?

Audio
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 2
Codec ID : 50
Duration : 59s 976ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 64.0 Kbps
Channel(s) : 1 channel
Sampling rate : 32.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 469 KiB (2%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 36 ms (1.08 video frame)

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musicvid10 wrote on 10/29/2011, 9:41 PM

MPEG-1 Layer 2 audio is already installed on your computer. It is packed with Windows.
Problem is, it won't open within an AVI file in Vegas (people who encode this stuff do weird things).

Solution is to demux your file to separate video and PCM audio using a free utility called AviDemux. That is assuming the Xvid VFW codec is installed and working on your computer.

Soul Man wrote on 10/30/2011, 8:54 AM

Thanks musicvid.
If I seperate the two tracks (video/audio) will that leave me with two files? Then I suppose I would have to place the video file and then arrange the corresponding audio file to match up? One thing I like(d) about Vegas was having both synched.
Not sure about the VFW part, but I did install the Xvid codec and the video track is working.
Here's my entire Mediainfo for one of the files in question, I only included the audio part earlier because I thought I had video figured out (but you may have a better codec that will get both video and audio working).

General
Complete name : M:\VIDEO CAPTURE\Moab 2011\Fins slickrock 2011 (5).AVI
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 22.8 MiB
Duration : 59s 976ms
Overall bit rate : 3 188 Kbps

Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Advanced Simple@L5
Format settings, BVOP : 2
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (MPEG)
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 59s 867ms
Bit rate : 3 118 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 3:2
Frame rate : 30.000 fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.301
Stream size : 22.3 MiB (98%)
Writing library : Zoran

Audio
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 2
Codec ID : 50
Duration : 59s 976ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 64.0 Kbps
Channel(s) : 1 channel
Sampling rate : 32.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 469 KiB (2%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 36 ms (1.08 video frame)

I have to say it is kinda disappointing to have to go through all this :-( When I saw Vegas supported .avi I figured I would just import normally..... Thanks again for your help, your reponses to other peoples posts were great (and allowed me to get the video codec at least) :-)

musicvid10 wrote on 11/6/2011, 10:16 PM

"One thing I like(d) about Vegas was having both synched."
To sync the two files perfectly, snap the beginning of the audio file to the beginning of the video file. It's a "snap."

"I have to say it is kinda disappointing to have to go through all this :-( When I saw Vegas supported .avi I figured I would just import normally..... "
There are as many flavors of AVI as there are jelly beans in a five gallon jar. And there are more being invented every day, as is evident from your post.
Mpeg-1 Layer 2 audio in an AVI file wrapper is FAR from a standard configuration, and there is no way on earth Vegas could pre-emptively support anything and everything someone dreams up.

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