Totally basic problem

Adie wrote on 11/21/2002, 11:17 AM
I just cannot open avis with mpeg layer III streams inside (in VV3c). In fact I can, but i get no audio. I have similar problem with MPEG4 avis - only M$ mpeg4 & divx3 avis are opening properly (no video in divx5 xvid...). The program says: "Could not read stream attributes" (audio and/or video). I'v installed several video codecs (divx5, xvid, ffdshow(decoder)) and audio (acm, dshow filters). Nothing works!
All the videos are usable on other video editing software (demo of Premiere 6) Using WinXP.
Question: Do i need a special plugin/decoder 4 vegas video???

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salad wrote on 11/21/2002, 7:56 PM
You would have recieved a reply sooner if posted in the Video Forum ;-)

"Do I need a special plugin/decoder 4 vegas video???"
No. It sounds like you have everything you need. VV3 does not support MPEG4 .avi's by DivX or Xvid, only M$. You can render to these formats within VV, but you will have trouble(exactly the symptoms you described)importing the rendered files.

They are currently working with DivX to resolve the issue, for possible support in the future. So, maybe VV4.
In the meantime, you can try using VirtualDub(Virtualdub.com)or another application, to convert the files to another format temporarily, for import to VV.
Adie wrote on 11/22/2002, 8:41 AM
Yea thanks, but in fact i have bigger, similar problem with avis containing mp3 audio (read beginning of first post, there is no sound, only video). Most of my avis are encoded with mp3 audio :(
salad wrote on 11/22/2002, 3:48 PM
If you were to right click on one of those ".AVI's", and look at it's properties/summary....what does it show for the video compressor used?
The reason I ask, is MANY have complained about VV not being able to import an AVI, when in fact it was a DivX file with an .avi file extension. Check that.

What application was used to make these files?

For now anyway, SoFo claims VV3 is optimized for DV avi and uncompressed avi. MPEG can be imported no problem, but other types of avi's are basically unsupported.

You may just need a MJPEG codec installed, such as the one from MainConcept or Morgan Multimedia.......DL a demo and see if that helps.

Last, but not least.....why don't we bring this topic over to Vegas Video Forum, and see if it "rings a bell". I've seen this exact topic awhile back, but can't find it using the SEARCH. Maybe even SoFo will step in.

repost over there.
cya there!