DVD IMPORT

williamk wrote on 7/18/2006, 8:59 AM
We are attempting to transfer some avi and mov files that are on a DVD to vegas and are unable to get the video to transfer. The audio on the avi file worked fine though. But we can't even see the audio or video on the mov files. We can however play them on our computer windows media player and they are perfect.

Vegas 6

Thanks

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Spot|DSE wrote on 7/18/2006, 9:01 AM
Could you elaborate more on the transfer process? You're copying the files from the DVD to your HDD? Or just trying to import them to the Vegas timeline?
What codec are the file contents using? You're watching .mov files in your Windows Media Player?
avi with picture but no audio suggests you've got an AC3 or other compressed file format for audio?
williamk wrote on 7/18/2006, 9:39 AM
Hey DSE

Thanks for the input. Checking into the codec. everything works off the HDD transfer well on media player (AVI) and Nero video player(MOV) but it is the transfer to the vegas timeline that is the problem. I will look into the codec and get back to you. Thanks
JJKizak wrote on 7/18/2006, 9:59 AM
Remember that you have to have the mov codec downloaded into your system. I think it's about $199.00. (maybe)
JJK
Coursedesign wrote on 7/18/2006, 10:10 AM
Spend $25 on downloading QuickTime Pro (can be done from inside the free QT player), open the file with this, then save to AVI and you should be good to go in Vegas.

There is no single .mov codec, .mov files are just wrappers (like avi) and they can contain a lot of different codecs.
Tech Diver wrote on 7/18/2006, 11:19 AM
William, I am still confused as to what you mean by "transfer". Forgive me if I am stating the obvious, but are you aware that dropping a media file from a CD/DVD drive results in merely a REFERENCE to that file? It does not actually move the file, so when the DVD is removed, you will not have access to those media.

Also, if the file is large, it can take a long time (30+ seconds sometimes) to show up on the timeline. Vegas then must calculate and write the contents of the peak file.
williamk wrote on 7/18/2006, 2:52 PM
I am downloading codec of every kind to try and use the avi. The reference part I know and we also make a copy onto our harddrive and then transfer etc. 30+ is not a long time when you've spent several days transferring the footage from our camera. Most of the time we sit for a couple of minutes waiting for it to load. So I don't think it's that. but thanks. I will try the various codec I got and if I have to use the Quicktime mov move. I'll let you know how it works out as I am about to take another shot at it.

Thanks
fldave wrote on 7/18/2006, 6:56 PM
Search for GSpot program link on this forum. It identifies codecs within avi's and tells you what codec to look for. Not sure if it handles QT also, but again, mov is just a container like avi.
williamk wrote on 7/19/2006, 6:25 AM
Thank you everyone for your advice. G-spot was great and I discovered that the codec was a really old one (from Russia no less). The others were a mixed bag of various codec. We've been able to put everything onto our harddrive which then easily goes into our vegas timeline.

Of all the forums in all the world, this one's the best.

You are all very helpful and made my life a lot easier.

Thanks
johnmeyer wrote on 7/19/2006, 10:45 AM
There are some really strange codecs, and even with standard codecs, some really strange encoding. I have been trying for about four hours to get Vegas to render from a 352x240 MPEG1 encoded file. Every attempt so far has resulted in the audio becoming unsynced. The file itself plays just fine in Vegas, and I can get the file to encode correctly from TMPGEnc, but any attempt to encode to any format from Vegas results in a drift in audio sync of about 25 frames every three minutes (which doesn't compute to any 24/23.976 or 30/29.97 or 44/44.1 type problem).