SFL file is there, markers don't show up

alanfitch wrote on 12/12/2010, 11:56 AM

Vegas Pro 10. AVC clip open in trimmer, markers added in trimmer, press "S" to save, "Save Markers" is toggled on in Prefs, SFL file is created for the clip, markers show up within the clip/event on the timeline, everything is good until I exit Vegas. I open the project back up and ALL the markers for the clip are missing. SFL file is still there and a quick peek shows stuff in there for the markers, but Vegas fails to connect the SFL file to the clip.

I'm an experienced Vegas user going back to version 4, I think, and this is driving me nuts. System is an i7 with 12Gb ram running Vista 64 and the 64bit version of Vegas 10. The only tweak I've made is to replace the aviplug.dll with the older version to prevent the system from choking when loading files (this is a documented fix found elsewhere in the Sony Knowledge base.)

The mediainfo file for the clip is below.

Anyone have any insights?

Thanks,
Alan

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Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : QuickTime
Codec ID : qt
File size : 256 MiB
Duration : 9mn 11s
Overall bit rate : 3 884 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2010-12-07 10:47:46
Tagged date : UTC 2010-12-07 10:47:55
Writing library : Apple QuickTime

Video
ID : 2
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L3.0
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 9mn 11s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 2 347 Kbps
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Resolution : 8 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.306
Stream size : 154 MiB (60%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2010-12-07 10:47:21
Tagged date : UTC 2010-12-07 10:47:55
Color primaries : BT.601-6 525, BT.1358 525, BT.1700 NTSC, SMPTE 170M
Transfer characteristics : BT.709-5, BT.1361
Matrix coefficients : BT.601-6 525, BT.1358 525, BT.1700 NTSC, SMPTE 170M

Audio
ID : 1
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Little
Format settings, Sign : Signed
Codec ID : sowt
Duration : 9mn 11s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 536 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 101 MiB (40%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2010-12-07 10:47:21
Tagged date : UTC 2010-12-07 10:47:55

Comments

xberk wrote on 12/13/2010, 8:42 AM

See this thread.
Problem with regions in trimmer

It's likely your problem is with the AVC media when using V10. I had the same problem creating regions with an MP4 file in V10. If you transcode to MXF files this problem should go away. Somehow, V8 did not have the problem. I don't think anyone has brought this to Sony's attention yet. Transcoding seems to be the answer.