Importing Surveillance video

Paul Beach wrote on 6/10/2008, 1:25 PM

I need to edit some surveillance video. My deadline is looming. I attempted to drag & drop to the time line, etc. No go.

Displayed message was "Unable to determine video stream attributes".

The raw video clips will play in Windows Media Player, I was also able to convert the files in Windows Movie maker to DV NTSC, which I then could import and edit [Vegas Pro 8.0b].

However, I would like take advantage of the higher resolution from of the raw files. I need to do some close up, detail work.

The raw video file attributes are as follows:

16 fps
1280 X 1024
data rate 3878 kpbs
aspect ratio 5:4
dshow .avi

Windows media Player obviously has the codec needed to play this video.
Does Vegas not have this codec, or am i missing something obvious?

Thanks, in advance, for your help.

Comments

Zulqar-Cheema wrote on 6/10/2008, 1:35 PM

Try "Super C" (C as the copyright symbol) program that coverts practically anything to anything for free

John_Cline wrote on 6/10/2008, 2:10 PM

There are two types of codecs; those that are DirectShow compatible and those that are VFW (Video for Windows) compatible. Media Player will display video using either type of codec, Vegas only uses VFW codecs. Apparently, your footage was encoded using a DirectShow only codec, which is why it plays in Media Player and Movie Maker and not Vegas. Get this program and let us know which codec was actaully used to compress the footage.

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Chances are that Super© can convert the file.

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Super© is a strange little program, its a little tough to use and it's even harder to find the download link on the web site. There about five or six pages you have to go through telling you how great Super© is before you actually find the obscure download link. The program does work though.