I understand that Sony Media don’t support Vista 64 – but until now I’ve been using Vista 64 & Vegas 8 Pro very happily with video from my Canon HV-20 (.m2t files). No problems at all.
Recently I bought a Sony SR12E video camera and these have been my experiences in trying to get either Vegas 8 Pro or Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 9 to work with .m2ts video files.
Vegas 8 Pro (pre installation of the beta.dll) - I could edit & render .m2ts video clips - however with any rendered video over 1 min (or so), the video track couldn’t be read by Vegas. Opening the file in Vegas – the sound track was there, but no video track.
The video file however was perfectly ok, and would play in WMP – both video and sound. I could open the file in VMS 9 and both the video and sound tracks opened.
Post installation of the beta .dll, Vegas was finally able to open both video and sound tracks of rendered files. However, Vegas hasn’t been able to play them in preview mode – the programme freezes after a few hundred frames.
The sound plays, but the video sticks on a frame and the programme greys out. Vegas then has to be terminated.
The problems with Vegas Movie Studio 9 are a little bit different. In VMS 9 I can edit and render clips (at a full 1920 x 1080).
However, when the clips are put together into a project and a final render done, VMS 9 shuts down around 10% of the way through the final render.
It produces a small .m2ts file – which play perfectly – except it is only 30 – 40 seconds long.
VMS 9 can re-render an already rendered clip (i.e. a single clip) – it just can’t render several clips. I tired it out on a single 60 min video – re-rendered it without drama. Then tried it out on 7 clips totalling 4 minutes in length – it shut down 10% of the way through.
On Vista 64, neither Vegas 8 Pro nor Vegas Movie Studio 9 are able to successfully edit & render video from one Sony’s own cameras !
Until this is fixed, I’m going to have to look elsewhere for software that can actually work with .m2ts files.
Not been a good experience.
Recently I bought a Sony SR12E video camera and these have been my experiences in trying to get either Vegas 8 Pro or Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 9 to work with .m2ts video files.
Vegas 8 Pro (pre installation of the beta.dll) - I could edit & render .m2ts video clips - however with any rendered video over 1 min (or so), the video track couldn’t be read by Vegas. Opening the file in Vegas – the sound track was there, but no video track.
The video file however was perfectly ok, and would play in WMP – both video and sound. I could open the file in VMS 9 and both the video and sound tracks opened.
Post installation of the beta .dll, Vegas was finally able to open both video and sound tracks of rendered files. However, Vegas hasn’t been able to play them in preview mode – the programme freezes after a few hundred frames.
The sound plays, but the video sticks on a frame and the programme greys out. Vegas then has to be terminated.
The problems with Vegas Movie Studio 9 are a little bit different. In VMS 9 I can edit and render clips (at a full 1920 x 1080).
However, when the clips are put together into a project and a final render done, VMS 9 shuts down around 10% of the way through the final render.
It produces a small .m2ts file – which play perfectly – except it is only 30 – 40 seconds long.
VMS 9 can re-render an already rendered clip (i.e. a single clip) – it just can’t render several clips. I tired it out on a single 60 min video – re-rendered it without drama. Then tried it out on 7 clips totalling 4 minutes in length – it shut down 10% of the way through.
On Vista 64, neither Vegas 8 Pro nor Vegas Movie Studio 9 are able to successfully edit & render video from one Sony’s own cameras !
Until this is fixed, I’m going to have to look elsewhere for software that can actually work with .m2ts files.
Not been a good experience.