cant import video [in Vegas]

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cant import video [in Vegas]

Postby Narache » Wed Sep 13, 2006 4:25 pm

i can't import my vids to my vegas. and i was wondering if there is a way to make it possible. please help :cry:
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Postby Kariudo » Wed Sep 13, 2006 5:16 pm

what format are your video files in?
and what codec are they encoded with?
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Postby bobstur » Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:45 am

Vegas akcept only AVI and MPEG ..if your files are OGM or MKV .. you wont be able to open them
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Postby Narache » Thu Sep 14, 2006 7:17 am

ok, tnx, i will try to find a converter or something.
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Postby Gepetto » Fri Sep 15, 2006 2:08 pm

Look no further.

Here's how you do it:

1: open the MKV/OGM in virtualdubmod,
2: go to the "streams" tab, deactivate all audio,
3: then go to the "video" tab and select "Direct Stream Copy"
4: now File>Save As... and save as an AVI.

You'll have the video with no audio in AVI. If the file doesn't open in VDM, load it through a directshowsource AVS with the killaudio() command.

IF IT STILL DOESN'T WORK, you need to convert to lossless:
1: Download HuffYUV.
2: Open VirtualDubMod again, deactivate the audio, but this time select "Fast Recompress" on the video tab.
3: Video>Compression, select HuffYUV.
4: File>Save As...

Done. You have a huge lossless AVI file. If it's too big, then save clips rather than entire episodes.
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Postby Blackwood » Sat Sep 23, 2006 7:46 pm

I can't seem to import video either, even though the files are avi. I also can't import audio, even though it's an mp3 file. I'm probably doing something terribly stupid, but every time I try I get an error message telling me that there's something wrong with the file, but it does it with every file I try to use, no matter if it's audio or video. Any suggestions?
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Postby Moonie » Sat Sep 23, 2006 7:54 pm

If your avis are compressed with codecs like xvid ofr divx the program probally wont accept them. Also its best to use .wav files instead of mp3s
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Postby Blackwood » Sat Sep 23, 2006 8:16 pm

OOOH!! I see!!! 8-) OK, is there some way to re-save or change the format of the music so that I can use it? And what about the avi files? Can I save them as a differerent format or something to get them to work?
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Postby Moonie » Sat Sep 23, 2006 8:22 pm

You can use this program to convert your mp3 files.
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm
There are other audio converters but i can't think of them right now.

Your avi files can be converted to a different codec in Virtualdub or Virtualdub Mod
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Postby Gepetto » Tue Sep 26, 2006 3:32 pm

Gepetto wrote:Look no further.

Here's how you do it:

1: open the MKV/OGM in virtualdubmod,
2: go to the "streams" tab, deactivate all audio,
3: then go to the "video" tab and select "Direct Stream Copy"
4: now File>Save As... and save as an AVI.

You'll have the video with no audio in AVI. If the file doesn't open in VDM, load it through a directshowsource AVS with the killaudio() command.

IF IT STILL DOESN'T WORK, you need to convert to lossless:
1: Download HuffYUV.
2: Open VirtualDubMod again, deactivate the audio, but this time select "Fast Recompress" on the video tab.
3: Video>Compression, select HuffYUV.
4: File>Save As...

Done. You have a huge lossless AVI file. If it's too big, then save clips rather than entire episodes.
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Postby Blackwood » Sun Oct 01, 2006 12:12 am

OK, I'm sure this makes me a total idiot, but...... :oops:
I can't find the "streams" tab in virtualdub, and when I try using it to open the file, I get an error message that says that it "requires a video for windows compatable codec to decompress the video". I have figured out that the files I'm trying to use are Xvid avi, if that helps at all. :?: :?: :?: :oops: :oops:
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Postby CrackTheSky » Sun Oct 01, 2006 12:27 am

The "Streams" tab should at the top of the window in Virtual Dub, with "File" and "Edit" and all those tabs. Of course, I use VirtualDubMod, so there may not be a "Streams" tab in regular Virtual Dub.

As for your codec problem, simply download the XviD codec.
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Postby Kariudo » Sun Oct 01, 2006 12:30 am

in virtualdub, it's audio-wav audio. (to add an audio stream...otherwise it's just audio-no audio)
in virtualDubMod, it's streams-stream list (click add to add a stream, and click the speaker icon if you want to de-activate an audio stream...but there must be a video stream muxed with an audio stream to do this)

if you don't have xvid...then you'll have a hard time viewing xvid encoded video :roll:
http://www.koepi.org/xvid.shtml
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Postby Blackwood » Mon Oct 16, 2006 8:58 pm

Cool! Thanks, guys, I'll give that a try.

Sorry that it takes me so long to reply, but my mother's been ill for about a month now and has just come out of the hospital after being in there over a week, so I've been doing other things just lately.

She started blood thinners on a Fri, the doc says "make sure she doesn't hit her head". Sunday morning, she fell out of bed and hit her head on the hard wood floor! Blood everywhere!! Rushed her to the hospital, and she came home the next afternoon, but then a week later she had pains in her leg and I had to rush her back to the ER. After being in hospital for more than a week, they let her out but still don't know what's causing the pains!!

Real life, sometimes it's a royal pain!! LOL! :roll: :roll: :roll: :lol:
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