Why won't Vegas read 2.0+ gig avi files?

JohnS wrote on 11/19/2003, 9:22 AM

When ever I use WonderTouch's Particle Illusion SE, to create an .avi file over 2 gigs, neither Vegas, nor Windows Media Player will open/read it. Does anybody know the reason for this??

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BillyBoy wrote on 11/19/2003, 9:39 AM

http://www.puremotion.com/resources/technical/2gbfilelimit/

SonyEPM wrote on 11/19/2003, 9:58 AM

Do you have Vegas 4.0d? We fixed a 4.0.0 bug that caused problems with reading AE-generated files over 2gb.

JohnS wrote on 11/19/2003, 11:09 PM

Note to SonyEPM:

Yeah, I'm using Vegas 4.0d and still having the problem. Perhaps the bug is still buzzing around in the code somewhere ... or I'm missing something ...

Any other suggestions???

PeterWright wrote on 11/19/2003, 11:41 PM

It must be connected with the type of avi you've produced - I have several "straight DV" avis over 12Gb which drop straight in no problemo.

JohnS wrote on 11/20/2003, 2:19 PM

Thanks much for your input. I guess I'm in over my head because I'm not sure what you mean by "it must be connected with the type of avi you've produced". To clarify, I added effects in Particle Illusion on a still photo. I then rendered it to an uncompressed avi file; the result being over 2 gigs of info. I then tried to import it into Vegas 4.0d, but Vegas would not accept it. I don't know how to "connect" it any differently.

pete_h wrote on 11/20/2003, 2:51 PM

Just a thought here, but are you using Windows 98 ?

PeterWright wrote on 11/20/2003, 3:53 PM

I just meant ther are different codecs used in generating avis - along the same lines as the mentioned problem with AE generated avis.

I don't know why the size would prevent it from being used in Vegas, unless, as pete_h alluded to, it's an OS related issue.

Good luck.

kentwolf wrote on 11/20/2003, 5:31 PM

I read 28 GB files into Vegas (d) all the time with no problem.

Thank you.