Replace file in media pool

rael wrote on 4/2/2003, 1:26 PM
Hi

I have stumbled across the black frame problem when dealing with
MPEG2-files on the timeline.

See http://www.sonicfoundry.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?MessageID=142720&Page=0

Now I had the idea of wrapping the MPEG2 with DVD2AVI.EXE giving a *.d2v
and then using VFAPIConvEN.EXE to build a stub AVI-file from this. However,
this AVI wrapper does not handle the audio stream. Now my question:

Is there a way to replace a combined audio/video MPEG2 file which is used
in many clips on the timeline with both one file for the video part and
another file for the audio part? After replacing the MPEG2 with, say,
the AVI file (i.e. the video part only) all audio clips using the former MPEG2 file become empty and no longer have a counterpart in the media pool
and, hence, there is nothing left to *replace*.

Thanks

PS: Apart from that I am very pleased with VEGAS.

Comments

rael wrote on 4/3/2003, 8:31 AM
no ideas?

An answer "no" from someone of the sonicfoundry crew would be an answer, too.

Related to my original question:
Is there a way to replace all audio clips of a combined a/v file with
a different audio file leaving the references of the video clips to the
original file intact?

That would solve the problem.

regards
SonyEPM wrote on 4/3/2003, 9:10 AM
no clean way to do this in the media pool.

Convert MPEG to .AVI, with audio...that would work of course.