I have been using VMS 3.0b successfully for years and am now using the trial version of VMS Platinum 8.0d with plans to upgrade within the next week or so.
I shoot video using my Samsung SC-D365 Mini-DV video camera. It has 2 ways to store video - 1) with the Mini-DV tape and 2) on its Memory Stick. The Memory Stick option is quite convenient for the type of clips I shoot and so it's my choice technique. The file format used in storing video in the Memory Stick is Samsung MEPG-4 (AVI type). Unfortunately, when I try bringing in a file into the Time Line in both 3.0b and 8.0d, audio is the only thing that comes across - no video! Seems like a codec issue. The files play correctly in Windows Media Player. (NOTE: If I use the Mini-DV tape, I have no problems capturing the video and audio from the Firewire interface and getting it into VMS.)
What's interesting about this issue is several weeks before my hard drive died (last week), I was surfing the net and ran across a website saying it had the "ultimate video codec." Since this issue has existed for me since I got the Samsung camera (May 2006), I figured what the heck. So, I downloaded the codec and installed it. Presto, it worked! I was able to add these files to the Time Line in Sony Movie Studio 3.0b and the video came across with the audio! Also, the files still played properly on Windows Media Player and another player that I use (NERO). Once on the Time Line, I was able to edit the files and add effects to them, etc. I even bookmarked the site where I got the codec. Unfortunately, it all went away when the hard drive died. I had not backed up those files as I routinely do. I can't remember what the site address was. I've been surfing looking for it. It was a free codec and my guess is it will work with version 8.0d, too. Prior to finding and installing that codec and presently, I have to reformat each clip before being able to import into VMS. It's a pain as you might expect.
I've discussed this problem with Sony Customer Support personnel and even sent in a couple of example clips. They agreed VMS would not import the files and suggested I propose this issue for a fix in a future revision of the VMS and I did that last night.
Does anyone in the Forum know where I can get an MPEG-4 codec that would allow me to import this file type and get video and audio? If you feel it is not a codec issue, what do you think will solve this problem.
I shoot video using my Samsung SC-D365 Mini-DV video camera. It has 2 ways to store video - 1) with the Mini-DV tape and 2) on its Memory Stick. The Memory Stick option is quite convenient for the type of clips I shoot and so it's my choice technique. The file format used in storing video in the Memory Stick is Samsung MEPG-4 (AVI type). Unfortunately, when I try bringing in a file into the Time Line in both 3.0b and 8.0d, audio is the only thing that comes across - no video! Seems like a codec issue. The files play correctly in Windows Media Player. (NOTE: If I use the Mini-DV tape, I have no problems capturing the video and audio from the Firewire interface and getting it into VMS.)
What's interesting about this issue is several weeks before my hard drive died (last week), I was surfing the net and ran across a website saying it had the "ultimate video codec." Since this issue has existed for me since I got the Samsung camera (May 2006), I figured what the heck. So, I downloaded the codec and installed it. Presto, it worked! I was able to add these files to the Time Line in Sony Movie Studio 3.0b and the video came across with the audio! Also, the files still played properly on Windows Media Player and another player that I use (NERO). Once on the Time Line, I was able to edit the files and add effects to them, etc. I even bookmarked the site where I got the codec. Unfortunately, it all went away when the hard drive died. I had not backed up those files as I routinely do. I can't remember what the site address was. I've been surfing looking for it. It was a free codec and my guess is it will work with version 8.0d, too. Prior to finding and installing that codec and presently, I have to reformat each clip before being able to import into VMS. It's a pain as you might expect.
I've discussed this problem with Sony Customer Support personnel and even sent in a couple of example clips. They agreed VMS would not import the files and suggested I propose this issue for a fix in a future revision of the VMS and I did that last night.
Does anyone in the Forum know where I can get an MPEG-4 codec that would allow me to import this file type and get video and audio? If you feel it is not a codec issue, what do you think will solve this problem.