You can read and write FLAC audio files with Sony Vegas now. The new Sony Soundforge 9.0b that just came out added FLAC audio file read/write support. I knew that most components of any Sony Creative Software are swappable, so I wrote an instruction set here for you that will give the same support to Sony Vegas.
How to add FLAC audio file read/write support to Sony Vegas:
Before you begin: Can you open and extract the contents of
Step 1. Download the Sony Soundforge 9.0b installer. You may notice that the Sony Soundforge 9.0b installer is approximately 70.92mb in size. Installation of this software is not necessary, but you will be unpacking the setup files.
Step 2. Unpack the setup files. The installer can automatically unpack these files into a setup directory ( which is likely ).
Step 3. In a new window, navigate to the Soundforge setup directory and locate the flacplug Cabinet (.cab) file. You may notice that there will be several other Cabinet (.cab) files with names like ac3plug.cab and help.cab, but you will not need them.
Step 4. In a new window, navigate to your (Sony Vegas software)\FileIO Plug-Ins directory and create a new folder named flacplug. You may notice that there are other folders with names like aviplug and gifplug.
Step 5. Extract the contents of the flacplug Cabinet (.cab) file into your newly created flacplug\ directory. You may notice that there are now two files in the flacplug directory named flacplug.dll & flacplug.chm.
Congratulations. You're done!
How to add FLAC audio file read/write support to Sony Vegas:
Before you begin: Can you open and extract the contents of
Step 1. Download the Sony Soundforge 9.0b installer. You may notice that the Sony Soundforge 9.0b installer is approximately 70.92mb in size. Installation of this software is not necessary, but you will be unpacking the setup files.
Step 2. Unpack the setup files. The installer can automatically unpack these files into a setup directory ( which is likely ).
Step 3. In a new window, navigate to the Soundforge setup directory and locate the flacplug Cabinet (.cab) file. You may notice that there will be several other Cabinet (.cab) files with names like ac3plug.cab and help.cab, but you will not need them.
Step 4. In a new window, navigate to your (Sony Vegas software)\FileIO Plug-Ins directory and create a new folder named flacplug. You may notice that there are other folders with names like aviplug and gifplug.
Step 5. Extract the contents of the flacplug Cabinet (.cab) file into your newly created flacplug\ directory. You may notice that there are now two files in the flacplug directory named flacplug.dll & flacplug.chm.
Congratulations. You're done!