Importing footage from a SONY FX30 camera (4K)

william-s6157 wrote on 7/29/2023, 8:30 AM

Hello sirs - I have come across a problem importing footage from a SONY FX30 camera to my Vegas programme (Im using version 12 as Ive done for many years and feel very comortable with it). VLC plays the footage fine, but in Vegas it imports with a green screen (and fine audio). Renaming the compoundplug.dll hasnt worked.

Ive seen various suggestions of converting the footage into a different format for Vegas to use - can anyone confirm that there is any conversion that wont lose quality (bitrate and so on) - as one of the reasons for shooting with this camera was its amazing quality (in comparison to entry level SLR etc!) - or is there such a thing as un-noticeable quality drop etc and do any folks reccomend any particular software for this purpose.

Or is there another solution I just arent aware of? My videographer friend has said he "matches the 4.2.2 codec when setting up programme so it just imports" - however he is using "final cut" I believe. Does Vegas has an equivalent method?

Ive listed below the footage properties:-

General
Complete name               : G:\01 THE MAUDE 28th JULY 2023\Will\FX30.0122.MP4
Format                      : XAVC
Codec ID                    : XAVC (XAVC/mp42/iso6)
File size                   : 1.56 GiB
Duration                    : 53 s 280 ms
Overall bit rate mode       : Variable
Overall bit rate            : 252 Mb/s
Encoded date                : UTC 2023-07-28 12:21:04
Tagged date                 : UTC 2023-07-28 12:21:04

Video
ID                          : 1
Format                      : AVC
Format/Info                 : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile              : High 4:2:2 Intra@L5.1
Format settings, CABAC      : No
Format settings, GOP        : N=1
Codec ID                    : avc1
Codec ID/Info               : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                    : 53 s 280 ms
Bit rate mode               : Variable
Bit rate                    : 238 Mb/s
Width                       : 3 840 pixels
Height                      : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio        : 16:9
Frame rate mode             : Constant
Frame rate                  : 25.000 FPS
Standard                    : Component
Color space                 : YUV
Chroma subsampling          : 4:2:2
Bit depth                   : 10 bits
Scan type                   : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)          : 1.149
Stream size                 : 1.48 GiB (95%)
Encoded date                : UTC 2023-07-28 12:21:04
Tagged date                 : UTC 2023-07-28 12:21:04
Color range                 : Limited
Color primaries             : BT.709
Transfer characteristics    : BT.709
Matrix coefficients         : BT.709
Codec configuration box     : avcC

Audio
ID                          : 2
Format                      : PCM
Format settings             : Big / Signed
Codec ID                    : twos
Duration                    : 53 s 280 ms
Bit rate mode               : Constant
Bit rate                    : 1 536 kb/s
Channel(s)                  : 2 channels
Sampling rate               : 48.0 kHz
Bit depth                   : 16 bits
Stream size                 : 9.76 MiB (1%)
Encoded date                : UTC 2023-07-28 12:21:04
Tagged date                 : UTC 2023-07-28 12:21:04

Other
Type                        : meta
Duration                    : 53 s 280 ms

My operating system is as follows:-

GRAPHICS CARD - MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB OC GDDR5

MOTHERBOARD - Gigabyte B550 AORUS PRO, AMD B550, AM4, DDR4, PCIe 4.0 x16, Dual M.2, 2.5GbE LAN, USB 3.2 Gen 2, ATX 6V7ZU

CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 3600x

RAM - Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 32GB (2x16GB) 3600 MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Dual Kit

HARD DRIVE - system drive: ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro M.2 Gaming Solid State Drive (SSD) - 512GB - data drive:WD Blue 1TB 3D NAND SSD M.2 2280

POWER SUPPLY - Corsair RM650, RM Series, 80 Plus Gold Certified, 650 W Fully Modular ATX Power Supply

Many thanks for any assistance - I am very new to alot of the changes and so forth so apologies if Im asking what is very obvious!

Comments

fr0sty wrote on 7/29/2023, 12:14 PM

Time to upgrade. Version 12 is not going to cut it.

Systems:

Desktop

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64GB 3000mhz DDR4

Geforce RTX 3090

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Laptop:

ASUS Zenbook Pro Duo 32GB (9980HK CPU, RTX 2060 GPU, dual 4K touch screens, main one OLED HDR)

BruceUSA wrote on 7/29/2023, 2:58 PM

You need to upgrade VP20 and your system is not going to cut it. With 10 bit 4.2.2 you can forget about cuting. As you clearly see it for yourself. Upgrade system to edit natively or transcode your footage.

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Former user wrote on 7/29/2023, 6:37 PM

I tried your camera files with VP20, and I tried to use the same decoder as you that's initiated by turning on Legacy AVC decoder, and I see something interesting, Vegas does not allow me to use legacy for your files, it's forcing the new decoder which you don't have with VP12. This says to me the old decoder is not compatible with these files.

You could try transcoding to 420 color 10bit, if you still get green, 420 8bit. If the footage is S-log3 etc, you pretty much need to keep the 10bit or your image will fall apart in color grading. Try the VP20 trial , confirm you can run it fine and you don't get green.