Is Export to AAF Broken in Vegas?

Cliff Etzel wrote on 6/10/2008, 8:07 AM
Maybe I'm missing something here, but I exported my Vegas Project to PPro and have exported out the project as an AAF file - PPro sees it with the video clips and transitions, but there's no audio for any of the video clips.

What gives???

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winrockpost wrote on 6/10/2008, 10:01 AM
works here,,
Cliff Etzel wrote on 6/10/2008, 10:15 AM
Anything special I should be doing??? I am testing the sharing of my Vegas Projects with a colleague who edits in PPro 2.0. I have tested several times and although PPro imports the AAF export, when I open the sequence there are no audio tracks at all for any of the clips on the timeline - not sure what is amiss here...

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winrockpost wrote on 6/10/2008, 10:41 AM
Cliff, I'm using vegas 8.0b and premiere cs3, with hdv files from a z1. premiere picks up the audio files just fine unless they are overlapped (transition) in vegas,, then it will ignore the transition .. but it gives a message its ignoring it.
Cliff Etzel wrote on 6/10/2008, 11:05 AM
This is really strange - I export out the AAF file from Vegas (tried both AAF options) - The video clips import fine and lay out on the timeline correctly, but no audio tracks are available - I would have to replace each video clip with the same one all over - PITA. I wonder if this is due to testing with PPro 2 - which is what my colleague uses.

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Former user wrote on 6/10/2008, 11:10 AM
On Vegas 6 there is an option to Embed WAVE/AIFC media, have you selected that?

Dave T2
Xander wrote on 6/10/2008, 11:10 AM
I have done some basic experimentation between Vegas, AE CS3 and PP CS3 using AAF. Not had issues as long as it is just straight cuts.
Cliff Etzel wrote on 6/10/2008, 11:22 AM
DaveT2 - Yeah - have tried all options - still no audio showing up on the timeline AAF Import.

Audio properties are the same for each app so I don't think that's an issue.

Just so I'm clear in my problem - I import the AAF file, once import is complete, I double click on the Sequence file that is created from the AAF import which then opens on the timeline - that is where no audio shows at all.

Edit: So I took a single clip with no effects added to it - it brings in both video and audio - so I am concluding that any audio effects added in Vegas prevents them from being seen in PPro - major PITA.

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kairosmatt wrote on 6/10/2008, 1:02 PM
I just did a test, and only some of my audio came into PPro CS3 from Vegas 8

When I export to soundforge, Vegas renders and uses takes, that stuff didn't come in.
Neither did any audio that is attached to a video clip.

I did get the music files though.

kairosmatt
Cliff Etzel wrote on 6/10/2008, 2:35 PM
kairosmatt - you are experiencing the same thing I am. So it seems that I'm not the only one having this issue.

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