M2ts Not Playing Entire Clip In Sony Vegas?

SmoothDouglas wrote on 4/12/2011, 4:50 PM

I have Sony Vegas 9. I bought it quite some time ago and now am trying to explore the POWER of video editing. I am a video Noob BTW.

I have a Sony AVCHD camcorder and imported all of my files from my Camcorder with PMB (software provided by Sony for the camcorder) to a directory. The files imported as M2TS files and when I try to add them to my Sony Vegas Studio Project they are added but for some reason they only play a little over 1/2 of the Video? For example, a 32 second clip only plays 18 seconds on SVS. I've tried expanding the Clip, but to no avail it doesn't work. If I play the clip on PMB it plays entirely. I ended up taking the M2TS file and converted it to a WMV file. I tried reimporting it as a WMV file to SVS and had the same disappointing results?? However, when I pull it up in Windows Movie Maker it works fine??? The entire clips plays. I ended up making my video with Windows Movie Maker, but I'd rather user Sony Vegas because it has SOOO many more features.

What am I doing wrong or what's going on with why it won't play/import my entire clip?

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Steve Grisetti wrote on 4/13/2011, 5:27 AM

I don't know what your PMB software is doing to the video, but why not try using Vegas Movie Studio for the whole workflow.

1) Go to the Project menu and select New. On the New Project dialog, set up your project to AVCHD, selecting the appropriate audio and video frame size to match your camcorder.
2) Plug your camcorder into your computer via USB, turn it on to VTR and then use the program's Device Explorer (the button above the Project Media window) to navigate to your camcorder's files and select which videos you want to import.

If you're still having problems working with this video, your computer may not have enough power (usually a quad core or i7 processor is required for AVCHD work) or your operating system may not be properly optimized. It may be necessary to render your timeline as you work.

You can't really compare other programs with Vegas Movie Studio HD. Each has its own workflow. MovieMaker may be able to do basic work with the video, but it's nowhere near as powerful as Vegas MS, as you've seen.

If you're interested, I've got a book on Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum that should be available on Amazon in the next week or so. I'll be giving away review copies as soon as it becomes available, and I'll be publishing some free Basic Training tutorials on my web site. Watch for more details soon.