Video problem...

vyperman7 wrote on 4/10/2005, 1:36 AM

I was curious about something. I imported media into the timeline to start working on my latest project. It was playing fine. Then for no reason, there was a patch of blackness for a few seconds where you get no video, and then it would go back to normal again. Does Vegas have some type of anti-copr protection that would cause this? I have been using footage from DVD's for months on Movie Maker with no problem at all.

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Spot|DSE wrote on 4/10/2005, 2:44 AM

This would suggest that you're editing MPEG files. Vegas isn't designed as an mpeg editor.

vyperman7 wrote on 4/10/2005, 2:46 AM

I am using AVI files, not MPEG.

It will be playing. Then the picture will go black, and all you get is audio. Then the picture will return. It keeps switching from a black screen to regular. I could see what you were saying, if I was using MPEG files. But the filmes I am using AVI, so there should not be a problem right?

Spot|DSE wrote on 4/10/2005, 3:46 AM

How were the avi files created, if the video came from a DVD? Find a place where a black frame exists and zoom in deep on that frame and see what you can see. It may well be the black frame exists in the avi media.
What codec/format is the avi in?

vyperman7 wrote on 4/10/2005, 3:54 AM

I have DVD Ripper software. It is called Magic DVD Ripper. It converts footage from DVD's into AVI format. As far as your other question goes, I have no idea. I can edit like nobody's business, but I am kind of clueless when it comes to technical knowledge about the type of codec, etc..

Hunter wrote on 4/10/2005, 12:16 PM

Magic rips to AVI with DivX codec .... Vegas does not like DivX - Sony should fix this, I use to use DivX to encode content for the web now my DivX Pro that I paid for is useless

BillyBoy wrote on 4/10/2005, 2:12 PM

If you don't have it already, grab a copy of VirtualDub. Its free and an excellent little footprint application. While it too can stumble with some source files it seems more forgving with things like DivX that Vegas sometimes doesn't like. If you create a new AVI in VirtualDub then use it as your source file in Vegas, the black/green frame problem should mosty if not totally go away. If you've never used VirtualDub before it is extremely fast at transcoding compared to vegas. If you have a fast system 90-100+ frames a second is typical. One down side is the files can get to be giant sized so you need a large drive to render these intermediate files to.