HD MPEG-2 import; Vegas crashes...Any other programs out there for this?

[karpodiem]

Hi there,

I have a bunch of .mpg files that I've recorded off the air (in HD) from ABC. I'm just trying to do some simple fade in/fade out transitions along with music overlay. Strangely, my clips from ABC keep crashing Vegas while a few clips I have from ESPN HD import just fine...Not sure what the deal is, but I'm really frustrated with it. Can anyone recommend other software that will allow me to do simple transitions and maintain HD quality?

Here is the error I'm getting with Vegas -

Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 9.0 TRIAL
Version 9.0b (Build 92)
Exception 0xC0000005 (access violation) WRITE:0x9F20000 IP:0x24A02BE1
In Module 'mcdddec.dll' at Address 0x24A00000 + 0x2BE1
Thread: AsyncPreroll ID=0x53A4 Stack=0xA11F000-0xA120000
Registers:
EAX=00003920 CS=001b EIP=24a02be1 EFLGS=00010202
EBX=10a15560 SS=0023 ESP=0a11fe20 EBP=00000000
ECX=000001f6 DS=0023 ESI=09f20000 FS=003b
EDX=00000000 ES=0023 EDI=00000006 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
24A02BE1: 66 89 0E 83 C6 02 4F 75 f.....Ou
24A02BE9: 9A 8B 7C 24 10 8B 44 24 ..|.D$
Stack Dump:
0A11FE20: 10A1EBF4 10A00000 + 1EBF4
0A11FE24: 09F1D000 09C20000 + 2FD000
0A11FE28: 0005FA00 00030000 + 2FA00
0A11FE2C: 10A00048 10A00000 + 48
0A11FE30: 00000006
0A11FE34: 24A01868 24A00000 + 1868 (mcdddec.dll)
0A11FE38: 00000200
0A11FE3C: 000001F6
0A11FE40: 000007E0
0A11FE44: 103A0020 103A0000 + 20
0A11FE48: 0002D000
0A11FE4C: 0000BB80
0A11FE50: 09F1D000 09C20000 + 2FD000
0A11FE54: 00000303
0A11FE58: 0005FA00 00030000 + 2FA00
0A11FE5C: 23206DF6 23200000 + 6DF6 (mcmpegin.dll)
> 0A11FE90: 23205977 23200000 + 5977 (mcmpegin.dll)
> 0A11FEB0: 766C98B4 76680000 + 498B4 (kernel32.dll)
> 0A11FEB8: 33BBA3D7 33BB0000 + A3D7 (mcplug.dll)
> 0A11FEC0: 33BBA440 33BB0000 + A440 (mcplug.dll)
> 0A11FEE0: 0068C63B 00400000 + 28C63B (VegasMovieStudioPE90.exe)
0A11FEE4: 0C838BFC 0C760000 + D8BFC
0A11FEE8: 00000000
0A11FEEC: 00000000
0A11FEF0: 09EF0000 09C20000 + 2D0000
> 0A11FF1C: 00691423 00400000 + 291423 (VegasMovieStudioPE90.exe)
0A11FF20: 00000008
> 0A11FF24: 00AF8148 00400000 + 6F8148 (VegasMovieStudioPE90.exe)
> 0A11FF28: 00AF8160 00400000 + 6F8160 (VegasMovieStudioPE90.exe)
0A11FF2C: 00000002
0A11FF30: 00000000
0A11FF34: 00000000
0A11FF38: 00000000
> 0A11FF54: 00AF88E0 00400000 + 6F88E0 (VegasMovieStudioPE90.exe)
0A11FF58: 00000020
0A11FF5C: 00000000
0A11FF60: 00000001
0A11FF64: 80004001
> 0A11FF7C: 00857848 00400000 + 457848 (VegasMovieStudioPE90.exe)
- - -
0A11FFF0: 00000000
0A11FFF4: 006911E0 00400000 + 2911E0 (VegasMovieStudioPE90.exe)
0A11FFF8: 030BCA30 03090000 + 2CA30
0A11FFFC: 00000000

[unclebud]

What is the audio codec used in your captures.
File types Vegas 9 will use
http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/vegaspro/io

[karpodiem]

What is the audio codec used in your captures.
File types Vegas 9 will use
http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/vegaspro/io

AC3. Just noticed something rather interesting. Every single football game I have recorded from ESPN HD imports just fine into Vegas. Every single recording I have from ABC makes it crash, every time. So it seems that it might have something to do with the video file.

Is there any way to rebuild the .mpg file to fix whatever underlying problem might be wrong with it? I've tried running it through VideoRedo Quickstream fix. Same problem.

[JimmyS]

My favorite MPEG editor by far is MPEG Video Wizard DVD. Excellent selection of tools, filters and transitions etc. It only re-encodes changes you have added, everything else is direct stream copied. I use it regularly on HD MPEG captures.

[karpodiem]

My favorite MPEG editor by far is MPEG Video Wizard DVD. Excellent selection of tools, filters and transitions etc. It only re-encodes changes you have added, everything else is direct stream copied. I use it regularly on HD MPEG captures.

Thank you, I'll have to try that out on Sunday. Time to go grillin'.

[karpodiem]

Update - A thousand 'Thank-You's' for the recommendation of that program. It did EXACTLY what I wanted to do without any fuss whatsoever.

Absolutely perfect for what I needed to do. Thank you so much.

Here is the fruit of my work - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-4NXBQYzZg

Be sure to click 'HD'.

[JimmyS]

Glad to here MVW worked for you. Your video was excellent. As a long time fan of the Maize Block M; one bright spot in a rather dismal season. But, this is a new (and hopefully better) year. GO BLUE!!

[karpodiem]

Glad to here MVW worked for you. Your video was excellent. As a long time fan of the Maize Block M; one bright spot in a rather dismal season. But, this is a new (and hopefully better) year. GO BLUE!!

Thank you! I follow the team very closely, avid reader of mgoblog.com and michigan.rivals.com; I think we will be much improved this year. Make sure to check back for some videos later this year!

Go Blue!!