New formats and codecs for 6.0?

marscaleb wrote on 12/12/2011, 2:15 PM
I have an older version of Vegas that is not being supported anymore.
I want to be able to edit some videos I have that are in formats it doesn't support by default. Particularly I am looking to read mts, but also would be interested in mp4 and xvid videos.
Really I just need to be able to edit them; I don't really need to be able to save in that format, though it would be nice.

Is there any way I can get some plug-ins or upgrades for Vegas? It is very annoying because I can play these files easily in my default windows media player.

Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 6.0, build 43

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MSmart wrote on 12/12/2011, 8:59 PM
Is there any way I can get some plug-ins or upgrades for Vegas?

Sure. Buy an upgrade (newer version of VMS).
musicvid10 wrote on 12/12/2011, 9:11 PM
MTS is not supported by Vegas 6. Upgrade to VMS11 HD Platinum is reasonably priced ($65). You get most of the features of Vegas Pro at about 1/10 of the price.

"It is very annoying because I can play these files easily in my default windows media player."

Whoa there. VMS 6 reached its end of life 5-1/2 years ago. AVC support was first added in VMS Platinum 7 in July 2006, two months before the release of the very first AVCHD camcorder!

On the other hand, native AVCHD support in Windows Media Player was not added until Version 12 in September 2009, more than three years later!

What could you possibly find annoying about that?
marscaleb wrote on 12/12/2011, 11:47 PM
Five and a half years ago? Stop trying to make me feel old!

Now, you say I could upgrade for $65. Yet when I was trying to get support I was sent to a link that said an upgrade would be something more like $400.
$65 is something I might be able to afford in a month or two. Do you have a link to where I can get my upgrade for that price? I want to see this myself.

Either way, shouldn't I be able to plug in custom codecs for Vegas to use? If I can get a particular codec, shouldn't I be able to encode and/or read with it? But I don't know where to find information on doing that.
musicvid10 wrote on 12/13/2011, 12:20 AM
You can upgrade to Vegas Pro 11 for around $400.
You can upgrade to Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11 for around $65.
Both software titles support AVCHD. You need a good fast system to edit it though.
The upgrade links are at the top of this, and every Sony Creative Software page.
They are also on your own "My Software" page in Forum Settings.

"Either way, shouldn't I be able to plug in custom codecs for Vegas to use?"
VEGAS 6 DOES NOT SUPPORT AVCHD
The free lunch you're looking for doesn't exist. Best of luck.

marscaleb wrote on 12/13/2011, 12:50 PM
Ah, I see it now, thank you!

Honestly when I was thinking about various codecs I had more in mind for Xvid and some other free codecs I saw online, nearly-lossless compression that would be great for my title sequences and bumpers, clips I want to render to use in other projects but not to share directly.
But maybe the ability to add special codecs is only found in the Pro version.

Well, thanks for the help!
Chienworks wrote on 12/13/2011, 1:47 PM
You should be able to add DivX and Xvid simply by installing their players. This should allow any version of Vegas to read those files. You can then render to them by choosing Uncompressed AVI and under the custom settings scroll through the compression codecs list for either DivX or Xvid, whichever you've installed.
marscaleb wrote on 12/14/2011, 11:33 AM
Render? Yes.
Read? No. It just drops in audio tracks with no video. (Even though it just rendered the very file, which plays fine in other programs.)
I guess it's just the way it is, just as how it won't let me render the alpha channel with anything other than "uncompressed" even though the codec allows for one.

I appreciate your advice though. I can probably afford the upgrade in the spring after my car is paid off. I can suffer with these restrictions until then.