Vegas won't load an avi file

flyboy320 wrote on 6/18/2004, 2:04 PM
I have an AVI file I am trying to load into Vegas. It will only load the sound portion, and not the video. I can play the avi file with Windows Media Player, as well as Real Player, but Vegas will not. According to GSpot, the video codec is XviD, and its installed on the computer (which is why I can play it with various media players). Also, GSpot says the "Video decoder" used on the file is "InterVideo MPEG4".

So, is there any way I can load this type of file into Vegas?

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Grazie wrote on 6/18/2004, 2:08 PM
I load AVI files all the time. That means one can load AVI files. Yes Vegas loads AVI files. PLace an AVI file into the Media Pool and Vegas will load it.
kameronj wrote on 6/18/2004, 2:22 PM
First off...it is a codec issue. You are trying to load an XVid encoded file into Vegas. If you don't have the right codec loaded so Vegas can see it - you will only get the what you are getting.

What type of file is it? Or, stated a different way - what is the content of the file....where did you get it - who encoded it? Being that it is an Xvid Encoded file, I doesn't appear to have been digitized straight from your camcorder.
erratic wrote on 6/18/2004, 2:38 PM
I can open XviD and DivX files after installing ffdshow. You may have to enable certain codecs (XviD at least, if not enabled by default) in ffdshow's VFW Configuration.
crozario wrote on 6/21/2004, 3:09 PM
I am having the same problem. Please help me. I did install the ffdshow (latest) and deleted other codecs which were on my computer like ACE. Okay as far as the configuration goes, i went into the VFW and i'm not sure how to set is as default all i know is the top few blanks have mpeg-4 and xvid already selected. Please help me!!! I'm stuck!
erratic wrote on 6/21/2004, 3:51 PM
Are you sure you selected he VFW configuration and not the regular (directshow) configuration?

VFW Configuration -> Decoder tab -> Codecs -> enable XviD (and any other codecs you want) by clicking on disable and changing it to libavcodec.

If it doesn't work, open an xvid or divx file with VirtualDub and select File Information from the File menu. The decompressor should be ffdshow Video Codec.

By the way, I can even open AVI files with AC3 audio in Vegas after installing the AC-3 ACM Decompressor by fccHandler. Unfortunately I still can't open .ac3 files or mpeg-2 files with ac3 audio (in the latter case I get the video only).
crozario wrote on 6/22/2004, 3:40 PM
okay new problem i did exactly what you said... first i uninstalled the ACE codec pack that i had and then i installed the ffdshow codec for xvid and right after i installed the ac3 sound codec. i am using dvd architect 2.0 and looks like i can load the xvid video and burns but the sound file does not exist how can i solve this erratic? please help me..anybody!!!

The sound worked fine when i opened the xvid movie in real player or windows media and i still installed the ac3. i was thinking you said earlier that install the ac3 only if the sound doesn't work.. since i installed this without a test burn did i do it too soon? please help!

thanks, CR
erratic wrote on 6/22/2004, 4:03 PM
If I understand you correctly you can open the (xvid) video in Vegas but the audio doesn't show up on the audio track.
What you should do in that case is convert the audio from your avi file to wav with VirtualDub. For more information read these Doom9 guides.
You can then use the wav file as your audio source in Vegas or DVDA, but I'm not familiar with DVDA so if you have problems with DVDA other people will have to help you.

By the way, if you don't know what kind of audio and video are in your avi file, use GSpot to find out.
crozario wrote on 6/22/2004, 4:51 PM
Erratic,

is there any codec that would just decode the audio as well?
and after i save the file to wav... will it match up perfectly with the video file?
please let me know!
thanks!
-CR
crozario wrote on 6/22/2004, 4:56 PM
okay in addition to what i just asked this is the latest concern....
when i made a .wav file for the video i had and i go to the right side of dvd architect 2.0, in the audio section is says none and after i click on the choose button ("....") and add the wav. that i have it says "the selected file is not of the required type. Can you please tell me what i have to do in the virtualdub program exactly? thanks a lot!

-CR
erratic wrote on 6/22/2004, 5:08 PM
If the audio is MP3 do this:

Open your avi file with VirtualDub.
In the Audio menu select Full processing mode.
Then select Conversion from the Audio menu and choose 48000Hz/high quality/16-bit. Click OK.
Then select Save WAV from the File menu.

VirtualDub will now convert the audio to WAV.
I have no idea if you will lose sync or not. To find out, put your xvid and wav file on the Vegas timeline and play them there.
crozario wrote on 6/22/2004, 5:35 PM
when i do exactly what you said i get this message...

"no audio decompressor could be found to decompress the souce audio format".

can you tell me what audio codec i need to install now.. i uninstalled every audio codec i had so far. so lets start over. i'm sorry i keep complaining but you know this stuff and dont have any idea. please reply soon!

-CR
erratic wrote on 6/22/2004, 5:38 PM
Use GSpot to find out what the audio in your avi is.
crozario wrote on 6/22/2004, 6:01 PM
okay here we go... gspot told me 2 things

one.. the audio codec for the particular file is "0x0055(MP3) ID'd as MPEG-1 Layer 3" and i have 2 compatible codecs. one is the ffdshow audio and the mpeg-layer 3 codec.

second... and interestingly enough.. the video codec is xvid and even though the dvdarchitect 2.0 detects the video and i can play the sound and video on any player i have, gspot says there are no installed video codecs here.

what should i do? i installed the ffdshow and the AC3 audio.

please help!

-CR
erratic wrote on 6/22/2004, 6:17 PM
Don't worry about GSpot telling you the xvid codec isn't installed. If you click on the Render button it will give you more information.

So your audio is MP3. Normally VirtualDub has no problem converting that to WAV. I don't know why it complains that it can't find a decompressor for it. However, you could try installing these MP3 codecs:

Lame MP3 ACM Codec.
Radium MP3 Codec. (Near the bottom of the page.)

If you still can't convert the audio to WAV after installing one of these, I have no idea what the problem might be. I've never installed an MP3 codec and I can convert MP3 to WAV with VirtualDub without any problems.
Jon_Jon wrote on 6/29/2004, 6:19 PM
Was wondering if I can get some help on similar problem. I have an xvid file with mp3 audio. Vegas can recognise the audio but not the video. I've installed ffdshow like suggested above and enabled the codec but still it cant determine the video. If someone could help me figure this out you could save me hours of rendering so I can use similar files.

I've rendered in gspot and this is the info I've gotten
video src type: 4cc: XVID
Audio src: MPEGLAYER3 (MP3) (0x0055)

video path: (S) --> AVI Splitter --> ffdshow MPEG-4 Video Decoder --> (R)
audio path: (S) --> AVI Splitter --> MPEG Layer-3 Decoder --> (R)
erratic wrote on 6/30/2004, 7:57 AM
FFdshow has 4 configuration options:

- Audio filter configuration
- Configuration
- Raw-only filter configuration
- VFW Configuration

You have to enable XviD in the VFW Configuration -> Decoder -> Codecs -> XviD (the XviD decoder should be libavcodec). If that's what you have done and it still doesn't work, then I have no idea what's wrong. It works for me.

If you open your XviD file with VirtualDub and select File Information from the File menu the decompressor should be ffdshow Video Codec.
kriz100 wrote on 8/10/2004, 12:12 PM

i'm having the same problem, the divx-video didn't display in vegas; just the file but all black.
no audio file at all. tryed ffdshow-20040808 and load the file into vdub.
vdub said:

"Error decompressing video frame 0: An unkown error occurred (may be corrupt data). (error code - 100)"

however I can play the divx-video with audio in wmp or any other play fine.

any ideas?
erratic wrote on 8/10/2004, 2:26 PM
I've never encountered that VDub error, but you can try to fix your divx file with DivFix.
kriz100 wrote on 8/10/2004, 3:18 PM
already got tried another version of divx repair, the result was a 4kb file.
the funny thing is, the file runs perfectly on the divx or wm player. really donno where is the bug. maybe someone can test the file on hi system? my msn messenger id is: philfankhauser@hotmail.com