Divx 5 problem

brianw wrote on 7/12/2009, 6:13 AM

I am trying to edit some files from a "Topfield" rec/player unit.The manual says they are DivX 5 but vegas only shows the audio part. They play in a number of players (windows media player for one). Movavi Video converter crashes as soon as I load the file. Any ideas??
TIA, Brian

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JJKizak wrote on 7/12/2009, 6:20 AM

Probably the easy thing to do is to download the latest DIVX codec for Vegas to use.
JJK

JohnnyRoy wrote on 7/12/2009, 8:07 AM

> Probably the easy thing to do is to download the latest DIVX codec for Vegas to use.

Actually, Vegas doesn't handle DivX or XviD well at all. You may get them to show up on the timeline but they will never render correctly. The best thing to do would be to convert the files into a format that Vegas can edit.

~jr

MPM wrote on 7/12/2009, 3:22 PM

If I remember correctly there used to be a setting for DivX/Xvid, or something along those lines to get it to work in Vegas. Hasn't been a prob for quite a while, AFAIK, but you might have an older version installed, especially if it's off a disc that came with hardware. Quite a few vid-related apps lately come with an old version of Xvid too. Updating to the latest xvid shouldn't hurt, & might fix things for you.

That said, if nothing works install AviSynth & VFAPI, create a 1 line AVS script in a text file, using notepad -> run that thru VFAPI to get a fake avi file -> open/edit that in Vegas. Or use VirtualDub to create an intermediate avi file, though you'll need a codec like possibly Lagarith [free] or PicVideo [not free] to use.

brianw wrote on 7/13/2009, 3:18 PM

Thanks for the considered replies all. Although Movavi is a usefull video converter it wouldnt handle the Topfield files. However "AVS4YOU Video Converter" (usd 59) is a very comprehensive converter and all the converts I tried worked fine in Vegas (9)
Incidently the Topfield TFP20 is a pretty good bit of gear. This one is part of a plumbers pipe video kit. Although vid format is only 640x480 its 20 gig hard drive gives many hours . All in a pocket size and a 4 inch display.