Date/Time Stamp missing

Loopydo wrote on 10/21/2012, 4:23 PM
I am using Vegas Studio Platinum version 12. Win-7 64-bit.

After importing media into the Project, none of the media's Date/Time Stamp shows up under the "Date/Time Stamp" column in the Media List. That column is blank! I've imported digital photos from Sony cameras, digital photos from other manufacturer's cameras, AVCHD files (xxxxx.mts) from my Sony camcorder, AVI files from other camcorders, and other digital media. *None* of the Date/Time Stamps show up in the Project Media window. Thus I am unable to sort my Project Media by the date it was taken.

I know the Date/Time data is embedded in the files because I can access that data using just about any of my other digital media editing software. Even the "Tape Capture" software provided as part of Vegas shows that data. But not Vegas.

Am I doing something wrong, or is Vegas ill-behaved ??

Correction: AVI Files that I "capture" from my old Digital-8 camcorder tapes *do* show the date/time stamp in Vegas. But not *.mts files nor other AVI files, or jpg files created by my Pentax or my Panatronic camera. Yet that data is in the Exif MetaData. It seems Vegas doesn't know where to look.


Lew

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Loopydo wrote on 10/23/2012, 10:42 PM
Well, it seems no one is willing to anser my question. Perhaps it's too long and not clear what I'm asking. So I'll simplify it.

I'm using a Sony HDR-SR1. It saves viseo's on its internal hard drive.

I connect the camcorder to my computer via USB.

The camcorder now shows up as a hard drive on my computer.

I copy the entire AVCHD directory to my computer.

In Vegas Media Studio Platinum Studio, I import the file named 000001.MTS from the STREAM subdiectory.

All is well, except that the "Date/Time Stamp" column in the Media Window is blank.

What did I do wrong ??????????

Lew
Steve Grisetti wrote on 10/24/2012, 7:53 AM
Have you tried using Vegas's Device Manager to import the video from the camcorder rather than Windows Explorer?
Markk655 wrote on 10/24/2012, 11:52 AM
Loopydo...

Are you looking for date created/modified or the date/time the clip was recorded by the camcorder. I'm not in front of a VMS containing cpu now, but I had thought that, unlike DV, AVCHD files don't include that information.
MSmart wrote on 10/25/2012, 2:07 AM
From what I found on the net, data/time stamps are stored in subtitles in the AVCHD file.

Do a "avchd metadata" search on the net or the Vegas Pro forum, your head will spin.

No easy answer though.