Pixelation In Vegas Movie Studio HD 9.0c

Aylnon wrote on 4/14/2011, 9:23 PM
I just bought Vegas Studio HD and a flash memory camcorder. I am able to watch the clips from the camcorder on my PC just fine, they look great. However when I import the file to Vegas Studio, I get random moments where the video pixelates and distorts.
Again, the video itself looks fine if I just open the video file and watch it, it works perfectly. But when I import it into Vegas Studio it distorts in places, even after rendering it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

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musicvid10 wrote on 4/14/2011, 9:44 PM
How are you importing the media?
Are you using the camera software or Device Explorer in Vegas?
Cheap SDHC cards are a common cause of frame corruption on the timeline.
Use ones that are specifically recommended for your camcorder.
Aylnon wrote on 4/14/2011, 9:50 PM
Importing the media by copying the .mod to my HDD after putting the SD card in an SD slot, so I'm not using the device explorer or any camera software.
Using a SanDisk Ultra 15MB/s 4gb disk.

Opening the file from the HDD in windows movie player works fine.
musicvid10 wrote on 4/14/2011, 9:54 PM
Try Device Explorer in Vegas, not windows explorer.
Sandisk media should not have corruption.
Aylnon wrote on 4/14/2011, 10:05 PM
What do you mean by Device Explorer? Is this in Vegas Studio? All I can find is the Import Media tool, Import DVD Camcorder, Import Memory Recording Unit, or Import AVCHD Camcorder.
musicvid10 wrote on 4/14/2011, 10:35 PM
In older versions it is called Import AVCHD Camcorder, sorry.
Aylnon wrote on 4/14/2011, 10:41 PM
The option doesn't show any valid drives or files.
I'm using a Panasonic SDR-T70.

I think I'm going to see if I can find something to convert to another file type, perhaps the .MOD filetype is just giving Vegas problems?
musicvid10 wrote on 4/14/2011, 10:45 PM
Sorry, that's not AVCHD.
Try changing the .mod extension to .mpg
Then bring to the timeline the way you were doing before.
If that doesn't do it, you may have to convert it as you suggested.
Good luck.
vkmast wrote on 4/15/2011, 1:09 AM
I had the same pixelation issue in VMS HD 10 Platinum. SCS Support suggested I download the Vegas Pro 10 trial. I did and it seems there's no pixelation. Another reason for an update obviously.