Importing old project -- error with .dv files

Kalvos wrote on 4/21/2023, 3:27 PM

Hi all,

I'm importing a 70-minute opera production from December 2011. It was created problem-free in Movie Studio 15. There are 20 tracks and tons of slices, crossfades, effects, etc.:

Vegas Pro 20 build 370 (Windows 10 Pro, Intel i7, AMD Radeon R9 200) won't import the .dv files used in six of the tracks. It reports it cannot find the files; you can see the blank tracks in the image above (tracks 3, 4, 9, 10, 15 and 16). Here is the error dialog:

The files are present and play fine in VLC. Here is the codec info from VLC (as there's no "Properties" option available for those files in Vegas):

Is there any way to import these .dv files? If not and I transcode them, will opening the project in Vegas allow me to use the 'search for missing files' dialog to place the transcoded files without losing all the crossfades and effects?

Thank you!

Dennis

Comments

DMT3 wrote on 4/21/2023, 5:10 PM

I may be wrong, but I think these are created by QT or a QT equivalent. You might try installing QT to see if it can read.

john_dennis wrote on 4/21/2023, 5:47 PM

@Kalvos

Post the Mediainfo report for the problem files for more information.

Kalvos wrote on 4/21/2023, 8:17 PM

General
Complete name                            : L:\ERZSEBET\Jim-Eaton-Video\Ezsebet Opera\Erz Hyde P SD Reh 1\clip-2011-10-28 20;13;42.dv
Format                                   : DV
Commercial name                          : DVCPRO
File size                                : 12.1 GiB
Duration                                 : 1 h 0 min
Overall bit rate mode                    : Constant
Overall bit rate                         : 28.8 Mb/s
Frame rate                               : 29.970 FPS
Recorded date                            : 2011-10-28 20:13:42.000

Video
Format                                   : DV
Commercial name                          : DVCPRO
Duration                                 : 1 h 0 min
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 24.4 Mb/s
Width                                    : 720 pixels
Height                                   : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 29.970 (29970/1000) FPS
Standard                                 : NTSC
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:1:1
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Interlaced
Scan order                               : Bottom Field First
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 2.357
Time code of first frame                 : 00:02:20;01
Time code source                         : Subcode time code
Stream size                              : 10.2 GiB (85%)
Encoding settings                        : ae mode=manual / wb mode=one push / white balance= / fcm=manual focus

Audio
ID                                       : 0
Format                                   : PCM
Format settings                          : Big / Signed
Duration                                 : 1 h 0 min
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                              : 659 MiB (5%)

Kalvos wrote on 4/21/2023, 8:21 PM

These files were provided by the videographer. As I said, Movie Studio 15 created the original video and they worked fine there, and VLC plays them fine now. Does VLC know something Vegas doesn't?

Dexcon wrote on 4/21/2023, 8:29 PM

If QuickTime is needed for that media, go to Options/Pferences/Deprecated Features (tab) in Vegas Pro 20 and check the 'Enable the QickTime plugin' option. QT is turned off by default in Vegas Pro because, as advised by the Vegas team some years ago, Apple ceased Windows support for QT in 2016 and leaving it active in Vegas Pro may cause problems as both Windows and Vegas Pro are further developed.

Kalvos wrote on 4/21/2023, 8:45 PM

Had to download the QT installer. I shudder putting Apple anything on my computer.

EricLNZ wrote on 4/21/2023, 11:53 PM

Had to download the QT installer. I shudder putting Apple anything on my computer.

I agree but we gather it worked.

Kalvos wrote on 4/22/2023, 6:57 AM

I must admit that I still don't understand why VLC has no trouble playing it while Vegas can't even see it as a video file. Thanks to the help here, I was able to get a new higher-resolution render of the opera at 16:9.

EricLNZ wrote on 4/22/2023, 7:19 AM

My understanding is that VLC has its own encoders. But they are not available to other software.