Unable to open file...help

pbeach wrote on 1/4/2006, 4:08 PM

I am unable to open a video file in Vegas 6.0c [it does open in Windows Media Player 9.0] that I need as a guide for a larger project. It was shot on a digital camera, in Europe. I know that puts it near, or at, the bottom of the video food chain, but I still need it !

Properties:
Video - .avi extension, 320X240, 15.00 fps, 344.930 kb/sec
Audio - 11.24 khz sample rate, 8 bit, mono
* Vegas Properties message: "does not recognize video stream format".

BTW, I can place the audio on the timeline, but the video won't go.

I've been using Vegas since 2.0, and have never encountered an uncorrupted file a I could not open, until now. Any ideas, workarounds, etc. are greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!!

Comments

jrazz wrote on 1/4/2006, 4:26 PM

Find out what kind of avi file it is as from what you are saying in your post it sounds like a divx file or xvid as I can import sound from them but not the video, but then again, they usually have a lot better quality and a higher frame rate. So, find out what type of avi it is and see if you can convert it to a useable file via a third party software.
Ex. if windows media player will play it, mabye you can use the wmv encoder to make it a wmv file that you can use as a template. You won't lose anything as the file is pretty low quality anyways and you are just using it as a guide.
j razz

Chienworks wrote on 1/4/2006, 4:49 PM

It's probably an MJPEG file. Search this forum for MJPEG for a list of several good solutions. You'll have to install an MJPEG coded in order to open it.

rs170a wrote on 1/4/2006, 5:18 PM

How do I open AVI files created by still cameras?

Mike

pbeach wrote on 1/5/2006, 1:30 PM

Thank you all. I downloaded teh MJPEG codec from Main Concept. Worked perfectly. Install was a snap.