No Video Track With avi file

BobWard wrote on 2/24/2012, 5:43 PM

Just downloaded a YouTube clip to an avi format. Put the avi file on the VMS10 timeline, but it would only show an audio track, i.e., no video track. The downloaded avi file plays fine on Windows Media Player in WIN7Pro.

Any idea why the avi file will not produce a video file in VMS10?

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BobWard wrote on 2/24/2012, 6:44 PM

A little more info that I got by downloading the MediaInfo utility.

General
Complete name : C:\Users\Robert\Documents\Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10.0 Projects\HBO Intro Behind the Scenes.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 43.2 MiB
Duration : 10mn 38s
Overall bit rate : 568 Kbps
Writing application : Lavf52.78.5

Video
ID : 0
Format : xvid
Codec ID : xvid
Duration : 10mn 38s
Bit rate : 427 Kbps
Width : 320 pixels
Height : 240 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.917 fps
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.186
Stream size : 32.5 MiB (75%)

Does this mean that I have to do something with the "xvid" codec? Is it not in VMS10?

Bob

Steve Grisetti wrote on 2/24/2012, 8:23 PM

The dreaded Xvid video (as well as its evil cousin Divx).

They're great video codecs for displaying your video on the web -- but virtually no video editor can edit them.

Is this your only format/codec option your YouTube downloader can create?

Most will at least give you the option of an MP4.

BobWard wrote on 2/24/2012, 9:18 PM

Yes Steve, I did try the mp4 format about an hour after I posted the question and that worked great.

Thanks for the response.
Bob