Sony Vegas Pro (14): Suddenly, mp4s have no video (resolved)

peachysaurus wrote on 8/10/2020, 8:56 AM

Hello,

I've been using Sony Vegas Pro (14) for a few months now. I've always been able to use video captured straight from my computer and have never needed to convert the video files in order to use them properly. For some reason, last week, SV refused to accept that my mp4 files had any video, and only displayed the audio tracks. I hoped it was a fluke with my recording software that day, but when I tried to import another mp4 today, I found that I had the same issue. The files I use are really big and I don't want to have to spend hours converting them into a useable format every week. When I play the files in a video player, they have both audio and video.

I've searched around on this forum for a bit, but I haven't been able to find a solution that answers why it just suddenly stopped working. Here's the latest .mp4 that I tried working with. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

General
  Name: Maid of Sker 2020-08-07 14-06-41.mp4
  Folder: C:\Users\peachy\Desktop\yuchubu\maid of sker\ep2
  Type: AVC
  Size: 3.49 GB (3,574,907,530 bytes)
  Created: Friday, August 7, 2020, 2:06:41 PM
  Modified: Friday, August 7, 2020, 2:34:43 PM
  Accessed: Friday, August 7, 2020, 2:34:43 PM
  Attributes: Archive

Streams
  Audio: 00:28:02.332, 44,100 Hz, Stereo, AAC

ACID information
  ACID chunk: no
  Stretch chunk: no
  Stretch list: no
  Stretch info2: no
  Beat markers: no
  Detected beats: no

Other metadata
  Regions/markers: no
  Command markers: no

Media manager
  Media tags: no

Plug-In
  Name: compoundplug.dll
  Folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Vegas Pro 14.0\Vegas Pro 14.0\FileIO Plug-Ins\compoundplug
  Format: AVC
  Version: Version 14.0 (Build 271) 64-bit
  Company: MAGIX Computer Products Intl. Co.

Comments

Musicvid wrote on 8/10/2020, 11:17 AM

Thanks for posting the Vegas file properties.

Also needed are the MediaInfo properties so we can determine other parameters. Also tell us about your "recording software." Do you mean screen capture, broadcast recordings, what?

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/faq-how-to-post-mediainfo-and-vegas-pro-file-properties--104561/

peachysaurus wrote on 8/10/2020, 11:47 AM

The software that I use is the default, screen capture that comes pre-installed on computers with windows 10 (xbox game bar is the official name).

Also, here are the MediaInfo properties. Thank you for the response!

General
Complete name                            : C:\Users\peachy\Desktop\yuchubu\maid of sker\ep2\Maid of Sker 2020-08-07 14-06-41.mp4
Format                                   : MPEG-4
Format profile                           : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID                                 : mp42 (mp41/isom)
File size                                : 3.33 GiB
Duration                                 : 28 min 2 s
Overall bit rate                         : 17.0 Mb/s
Movie name                               : Maid of Sker
Performer                                : Microsoft Game DVR
Encoded date                             : UTC 2020-08-07 13:34:43
Tagged date                              : UTC 2020-08-07 13:34:43
Xtra                                     : {0CEF7D53-FA64-11D1-A203-0000F81FEDEE} 4

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : Main@L4.1
Format settings                          : CABAC / 1 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames        : 1 frame
Format settings, GOP                     : M=1, N=60
Codec ID                                 : avc1
Codec ID/Info                            : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                                 : 28 min 2 s
Source duration                          : 28 min 2 s
Bit rate                                 : 20.7 Mb/s
Width                                    : 1 920 pixels
Height                                   : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate                               : 29.970 (30000/1001) FPS
Standard                                 : Component
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.334
Stream size                              : 3.30 GiB (99%)
Source stream size                       : 3.30 GiB (99%)
Encoded date                             : UTC 2020-08-07 13:34:43
Tagged date                              : UTC 2020-08-07 13:34:43
Color range                              : Limited
mdhd_Duration                            : 1682328
Codec configuration box                  : avcC

Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : AAC LC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
Codec ID                                 : mp4a-40-2
Duration                                 : 28 min 2 s
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 128 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Channel layout                           : L R
Sampling rate                            : 44.1 kHz
Frame rate                               : 43.066 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 25.1 MiB (1%)
Encoded date                             : UTC 2020-08-07 13:34:43
Tagged date                              : UTC 2020-08-07 13:34:43
mdhd_Duration                            : 1682332

Marco. wrote on 8/10/2020, 11:50 AM

Looks fine. In these cases sometimes a simple re-wrapping with a tool like FFmpeg helps.

peachysaurus wrote on 8/10/2020, 12:17 PM

Thanks Marco, any suggestions on what format I should convert to?

Marco. wrote on 8/10/2020, 12:18 PM

First I would try just re-wrapping without transcoding into another format. It is likely there's only something wrong with the wrapper, not with the videostream itself.

Are you familiar with the use of FFmpeg and do you have it installed? I have several FFmpeg scripts for re-wrapping available.

peachysaurus wrote on 8/11/2020, 2:55 AM

I've never used it before, but I have gone ahead and installed it. I'll try to get familiar with it :)

Marco. wrote on 8/11/2020, 3:02 AM

Then copy & paste this code into an editor and save it as "remux.bat" file.

@echo off
:next
if "%~1"=="" goto done
ffmpeg.exe -i "%~1" -c:v copy -c:a copy "%~1_new.mp4"
shift
goto next
:done
exit

Once done simple drag & drop your MP4 file onto that BAT file. Then try if the new file with the name extension "_new" does the job in Vegas Pro.

peachysaurus wrote on 8/11/2020, 3:50 AM

You're an absolute life saver! Thank you so much, it worked perfectly :)