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SonyEPM wrote on 1/3/2002, 12:32 PM
The files may have been shot on a GL-1, but they were subsequently captured and edited with....what application?
whumphrey wrote on 1/3/2002, 12:46 PM
No, these files are from a Canon G1 digital camera, not camcorder. They are low resolution, low framerate (about 15fps I think) .AVI files and I recently read in a newsgroup that they are Quicktime format. They play fine in Windows Media player but when added to a VV3 project, only the audio track shows up.

I'm a little new to this and I thought AVI was AVI...apparently not. Can I send these through an encoder or something so VV3 will accept them?
dvstudio wrote on 1/3/2002, 1:34 PM
If you have Quicktime (Pro version only) You can bring the file in and render it out as a DV file 720x480 29.97 very easily.

You can then bring it in to Vegas and edit normally.
dsanders wrote on 1/3/2002, 3:05 PM
Are they .avi files or .mov files? Make sure that you have the latest version of Quicktime installed - www.quicktime.com. All you need is the "free" version.
Chienworks wrote on 1/3/2002, 9:23 PM
I assume that the files have .avi for an extension? This may sound a
little stupid at first, but if they really are quicktime files, try renaming
them to have .mov for the extension. Lots of windows applications look
at the extention to determine the file type. If the file name ends in .avi
then Vegas may be trying to decode them as .avi files instead of as
quicktime files.
whumphrey wrote on 1/4/2002, 2:23 PM
They are .AVI files when they come off the camera. I renamed them to .MOV and the still play in Windows Media player but VV3 still does not see the video track.

Is Quicktime Pro the only way to convert these to DV or some format readable by VV3? I have the free version of Quicktime and don't see where any type of conversion is possible.

Does anyone know of a demo, shareware, or some free utility that would convert quicktime files?
dvstudio wrote on 1/4/2002, 6:35 PM
You need the Pro version of Quicktime to do any file conversions. Quicktime Pro will take the .avi file and convert it to the file type, size, frame rate, etc. of your choice. The Pro version is $29... oh well.

There may be a freeware converter out there somewhere - go to zdnet or google and do a search.
whumphrey wrote on 1/4/2002, 11:32 PM
Thanks for the help everyone! If I find a good freeware converter I'll be sure to post it.

-WH