Importation of .AVI files.

Ladellis wrote on 11/28/2009, 4:24 PM
I have been using a program called Fraps to record in-game videos that saves them in the .avi format. Whenever I try to import any of these videos (they are usually around the 400mb to 1gig mark per clip), it prompts me with the error;

Warning an error occurred while opening one or more files.

The file is an unsupported format.

Personally I thought that Movie Studio supported .AVI's like a pro, but for the life of me I can't figure out what the problem is.

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musicvid10 wrote on 11/28/2009, 4:35 PM
The AVI wrapper can support dozens and dozens of codecs. By providing some specific information, perhaps someone will be able to help.

In the meantime, perhaps this little tutorial will get you started:
http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?ForumID=12&MessageID=660127
Ladellis wrote on 11/28/2009, 5:27 PM
Here is the video info. Basically this is the kind of video file that I try and import into Vegas Studio 9.0 without success.

General
Complete name : E:\Fraps\Movies\1.MPEG.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 2.13 GiB
Duration : 46s 0ms
Overall bit rate : 398 Mbps

Video
Format : FRAPS
Codec ID : FPS1
Duration : 46s 0ms
Bit rate : 392 Mbps
Width : 840 pixels
Height : 498 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 1.687
Frame rate : 60.000 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 15.615
Stream size : 2.10 GiB (99%)

Audio
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Little
Format settings, Sign : Unsigned
Codec ID : 00001000-0000-0100-8000-00AA00389B71
Codec ID/Hint : Microsoft
Duration : 45s 980ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 5 645 Kbps
Channel(s) : 8 channels
Channel positions : Front: L, C, R, Surround: L, R, LFE
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 30.9 MiB (1%)
Interleave, duration : 1000 ms (60.00 video frames)
Eugenia wrote on 11/28/2009, 5:36 PM
You need to install the FRAPS codec.
http://www.fraps.com/download.php
musicvid10 wrote on 11/28/2009, 5:37 PM
Looks like you've got a couple of things working against you. First, that is a proprietary codec, second it doesn't support AVI 2.0 which is what Vegas uses.

A quick search of the internet suggests that you "might" be able to transcode using Windows Media Encoder, and you might look around for some third-party utilities that would do the same thing.

Another thing you could do is upload a 10 sec. sample clip somewhere and let the gurus here play around with it on their own time. Someone "might" come up with a more creative solution for you. Sorry I couldn't be of more help on this one.