Sony Supported Video Codecs

bur wrote on 9/21/2006, 6:56 AM
Hello all I am some what new to video editing. I am capturing some screen data in an avi format from a usb capture device. The capture device will use what ever codec you tell it to use. The first time I tried I used the MP42 codec and it captured fine but I could not drop it into the video timeline. It said it could not read the streams. I changed to another codec the indeo 5.2 and it will work. My question is there a list of supported codecs that Movie Studio Platinum will support? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,
Bur

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IanG wrote on 9/21/2006, 7:13 AM
If you go into the advanced settings for avi rendering you'll find a list of installed codecs you can use. I don't know, but I'd expect VMS to be able to handle those as input as well as output. Guessing even more, it's likely that VMS can use VFW compatible codecs, but not DirectShow ones such as MP42.

Ian G.
bur wrote on 9/21/2006, 8:05 AM
I am not sure where the advanced avi rendering is. I can see the file name in the explorer window, but I am not able to drag and drop it on the video time line. Where would I see the advanced settings for avi rendering at? What do you mean by VMS can use VFW compatible codecs but not direct show ones such as MP42?

Many Thanks.
IanG wrote on 9/21/2006, 10:41 AM
This is much more obscure than I'd remembered! Go to Make Movie and select "Video for Windows" as the format. Now select Advanced Render / Custom / Video and the codecs are listed in the Video Format drop down.

VFW is Video for Windows and is a Microsoft standard or framework for multi-media. DirectShow is supposed to be the replacement for VFW. What the technical differences are, I don't know, but VMS isn't the only app to have problems with it - VirtualDub can't handle it either.

Ian G.
rustier wrote on 9/21/2006, 11:03 AM
click start/control panel/sounds and audio devices/hardware - scroll down and select -video codecs/ properties/ properties

there's your list

also check and see if you have the latest version of windows media player as it will enhance your list further.

I am curious why you chose the mp42 codec on whatever capture program you have.

by the way, a USB is not the first choice for capturing. Firewire is a better choice. In your case capturing "screen data" probably won't make that much of a difference.

If you really want to make your head spin about codecs, go to codec-download.com
IanG wrote on 9/21/2006, 11:19 AM
>there's your list

But not the same one - it doesn't include a lot of the codecs listed by VMS. I'd be careful of WMV as it supports DirectShow.

Ian G.