Sony Alpha a57 import causes Vegas 12 to crash

Adam L. wrote on 7/25/2015, 8:45 PM

I recorded 1080p 30fps with my a57, and when I attempt to import the footage Vegas crashes. Has anyone else experienced this problem?

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Former user wrote on 7/25/2015, 9:34 PM

Have you used files from this camera before? Do you have Quicktime or a Quicktime substitute installed?

Adam L. wrote on 7/25/2015, 9:45 PM

I have, although I don't recall if I was recording in 1080p then. I might have been using 720p before. I have QT 7.7.4 installed.

Adam L. wrote on 7/26/2015, 3:46 PM

I'm using a 2nd PC now, and there's a bit more info. Not sure why my other one isn't popping up this dialog, but anyway, this is what happens when I drop the track onto the timeline:

Compound Plug-In
Exception 0xCCCCFFFE (Unknown Type) IP:0x00007FF8EAC48B9C
In Module 'KERNELBASE.dll' at Address 0x00007FF8EAC40000 + 0x0000000000008B9C
Thread: compoundplug ID=0x12DC Stack=

Adam L. wrote on 7/26/2015, 9:02 PM

I was able to work around the problem. I transcoded the source files first using Handbrake to H.264 mp4 files, and then dropped those in Vegas instead.

set wrote on 7/26/2015, 10:25 PM

Sony A57 are standard AVCHD codec...
Try search for other Sony camcorder's AVCHD sample files to test.

Set

Adam L. wrote on 7/27/2015, 7:36 AM

I can drop AVCHD files from my Panasonic AF-100 on the timeline with absolutely no problems, so it's not the codec itself. Very bizarre that a camera made by Sony won't work with Sony software.