Problems importing files from digital camera

GEJ wrote on 2/15/2007, 1:01 PM

Hi all.

I'm having a problem with Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 7.0a, build 52.

I have 3 video files that won't import. According to the info that Vegas displays these files are MPEG-1 files. They were made with a digital camera (unknown brand). The camera was bought in Europe, so I'm assuming the files are PAL format.

As soon as I click on them in the Explorer view, or right after using "import media", the first frame is visible in the preview window, and the sound will start playing; but Vegas pops up an error message right after that: "An error occurred during the current operation. An exception has occurred." The sound just keeps playing normal.

There's a "details" button on the error popup, with a long list of memory addresses, and references to dll files. "mpegin.dll" occurs a lot in that list. When I click OK on the error window the program shuts down.

I have no problems with video from my own camera. Also, the thee files play just fine in Windows Media Player 11.

Can anyone help me with this problem, please? Is there an update that I missed?

Thanks,

Gert

Comments

Chienworks wrote on 2/15/2007, 3:24 PM

I'd guess there's a good chance that the files are actually MJPEG, not MPEG. You'll need a codec in order to load the files. Do a search in the main Vegas Video forum for "mjpeg" and you'll see lots of links for finding free or low cost codecs you can download.

GEJ wrote on 2/20/2007, 6:53 PM

Thanks for your suggestion; but I'm afraid I still have no luck.

I installed the Morgan MJPEG package - no luck.

In fact, I found out (with GSpot) that I already had an MJPEG codec on my PC.

I tried opening the files with Virtual Dub (as suggested somewhere else on this forum), and saving them again, but that only works in part: the video and audio end up being out of sync (the video is xxx seconds longer after the procedure).

However, the files import fine in Windows Movie Maker. So I could make my project in Movie Maker; but that's very limited...

Any other suggestions?

Chienworks wrote on 2/20/2007, 7:13 PM

Try rendering them to either DV .avi or a high-bitrate WMV file from Windows Movie Maker. Then use those new files in Vegas.

GEJ wrote on 2/21/2007, 2:12 PM

Great! I saved the files as DV-AVI, and that did the trick.

Thanks a million! ;-)