media manager in vegas 6 and 7

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:38 pm

what file type is it?

if its avi, what codec is it? (you can find it by right clicking and choosing "properties" then go to the "summery tab" and tell me what it says next to compression, or get a program called gspot and drop and drag)

O.o

xDarkShurikenx · Post by **xDarkShurikenx** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:52 pm

JaddziaDax wrote:what file type is it?

if its avi, what codec is it? (you can find it by right clicking and choosing "properties" then go to the "summery tab" and tell me what it says next to compression, or get a program called gspot and drop and drag)

O.o

its a wmv and it doesn't shhow anything in the summary tab and i went to advanced and it still didnt show anything

where can i get gspot?

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:59 pm

by clicking on the gspot banner in mah sig
alternatively, you could have used your favorite search engine...fairly easy search
somehow I have a feeling that it isn't really a .wmv

xDarkShurikenx · Post by **xDarkShurikenx** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:53 pm

Kariudo wrote:by clicking on the gspot banner in mah sig
alternatively, you could have used your favorite search engine...fairly easy search
somehow I have a feeling that it isn't really a .wmv

it is i converted it and in properties it says windows media audio/video file

but ok thank you for the gspot thing

xDarkShurikenx · Post by **xDarkShurikenx** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:03 pm

sorry for double post again but i dont get how to use the program? wat is the best format for using in vegas?

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:12 pm

lagarith or huffyuv compressed AVI or uncompressed avi

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:14 pm

you didn't read the quick start guide that's on the exact page my sig links to?
just open the program, drag and drop your file into it and wait for the information to flow forth.

I don't believe there is really a "best" filetype for vegas

from the wikipedia article

Vegas is arguably the most format friendly NLE on the market reading and writing a very wide array of file formats and codecs - avi, mpeg 1/2/4, mp4, quicktime mov & QT, tiff, psd, targa, bmp, jpeg, png, mp3, wma, wav, aiff, rm, ogg, ac3, wav64 and pca. It can support all major codecs employing avi wrappers including divx, xvid and various YUV codecs with the proper directshow codecs installed. Vegas is also able to utilise all major Quicktime codecs. Beyond standard formats ...

Willen · Post by **Willen** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:45 pm

There are some inaccuracies with that Wikipedia article, but Vegas is fairly flexible about input formats (which is good and bad).

As JaddziaDax mentioned, AVI files with intra-frame codecs like Lagarith or Huffyuv lossless compression, and Uncompressed AVI are the best to use for the highest possible quality and fewest problems. Other intra-frame codecs like DV or MJPEG are usable, but being lossy, you'll lose a bit of quality. For audio files, Uncompressed PCM WAV files are recommended. Downsides are that the files take up a large amount of hard drive space, which is why for distribution formats, lossy inter-frame codecs are used. http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/ ... deo3.htm#2

Although Vegas can accept lossy inter-frame codec formats (WMV, MPEG1/2, some MPEG4 variants like DivX, etc.), they aren't designed to be used in editing but for playback, you'll sacrifice frame accuracy and a bit of quality. To get XviD video into Vegas you need to change it's FourCC to DivX (DX50) otherwise Vegas won't recognize the video.