How do I get Vegas to use a different codec?

jonnycat wrote on 6/10/2004, 10:12 AM

Hi, I am wanting to experiment with a different MP3 codec, the LAME codec to be specific. I installed the codec on my machine, but I don't see it as an option in the audio department anywhere.

WHat is the procedure to get Vegas to use a different audio coded?

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planders wrote on 6/10/2004, 3:02 PM

The host program (Vegas) has to support the codec, which in the case of LAME it doesn't. You can always render to WAV and use a third-party encoder, which is what many people do for their MPEG encoding anyway.

busterkeaton wrote on 6/10/2004, 5:46 PM

Is LAME technically a codec?

LAME encodes MP3's. But you don't need LAME to play the MP3.

jonnycat wrote on 6/10/2004, 8:08 PM

Thanks for your reply, Planders; I'll play around with this and see how the results are. It seems rather silly to me that I have to keep using all of these third party apps, but I guess Sony must want me to try out different brands of software.

I guess I should be happy that Sony "lets" me use the DivX codec in "their" software.