Codecs?

GenJerDan wrote on 1/1/2009, 12:00 PM

v7 and v8.1 on a 64bit Vista:

Some MPEGs don't "work" on 8.1, but work fine on 7. Is it the 64-bit codec that's doing it to me? (Assuming there is a 64-bit codec).

Half the ones I try on 8.1 show up on the timeline, but not in the preview or render, others show a nasty mix of images and red frames.

Comments

JohnnyRoy wrote on 1/1/2009, 12:56 PM

> Is it the 64-bit codec that's doing it to me?

Yup. Vegas Pro 8.1 can ONLY use 64-bit video codecs which limits is usefulness severely since there aren't many of those around yet. :(

~jr

jabloomf1230 wrote on 1/3/2009, 4:19 PM

The codecs for MPEG2 & MPEG4 are identical (and 32 bit) in both Vegas 8.0c & Vegas 8.1. Vegas 8.1 spawns another program, FileIOSurrogate.exe, which allows it to use 32 bit codecs (at least those Video for Windows codecs licensed by SCS and included with Vegas 8.1).

Of course, this is a goofy way to implement 64 bit software, so there's no telling what's going on with Vegas 8.1.