Codec Crap! (Vegas import problems)

[thefiddler]

I'm getting really fed-up with codecs. I've just been trying to import some various divx & xvid videos into Vegas. I had the K-Lite codec pack installed, and it would import audio on both the divx and xvid (mp3 audio in both cases), but not the video. I uninstalled and installed the ACE Mega codec pack and then I could import the video on the divx, but no audio, and nothing on the xvid files. Now I've uninstalled both codec packs and its back to audio only. Only now it gives an error when it actually tries to load them on the timeline.

All this follows on the heels of me trying to open an older project I've kept on my machine for a long time. It included some mpeg1 videos. I'm not sure what the difference in encoding type was, but some had .mpg extensions, while others had .mpeg. Now all the ones with the .mpeg extension wont load (Vegas doesn't recognize them just like the above files). They are old public domain stuff taken from video-only film cameras (early 1900's news reel type stuff), so there is no audio.

Is there any way to get Vegas to import the files I need? I hate to have to run them through a separate program to recode them as DV or uncompressed. Takes up way to much time and space. I know I've imported all three of these kinds of files at times past, but now nothing seems to work right.

[guns1inger]

Codecs are good. Codec packs are bad news. Chances are this is where your problems have started. I would use Codec Sniper and have a clean up. Then use avicodec to determine which codec you actually need, and install just that one.

Next, make sure you are running the latest version of Vegas (6d), then have a read of this to see if it is worth it

https://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=251153&highlight=vegas+xvid

[jtoolman2000]

Not in Vegas. Vegas is a semi to pro non linear editor. A pro would probably never mess around with these formats so that's why Vegas was not designed to accept them. It will however happily feed on DV and HDV footage and other forms of raw AVI and even MPG2. BUT they have to be the correct resolution. So basically if you did not create it, meaning shot it or encoded it to proper specs, it will not like it. I tried to load a Hi Def DIVX trailer and got the same results as you. By the way, simply because you have a ton of codecs in your PC does not mean Vegas will allow you to use them. At least I haven't found a way to do so.

[thefiddler]

guns1inger, you da' man as usual. Thanks for the info, I'm looking into it. Any tips on how to rewrite the header?

jtoolman, if you'll read my post you'll see that I've opened all three of the files I'm having trouble with in Vegas before. So if it did work at one time, and doesn't now, I have to assume it's a codec problem. It becomes very obvious when you look at the different results based on different codec packs installed.

EDIT: Changing the headers to DIVX made it all work great. Just one thing now: the audio is longer than the video when placed on the timeline, and out of synch. Is it just misinterpreting the framerate on the video? On the XviD files it says it's film speed 23.976, which seems weird because it's recorded off TV. Or is there something else, and does anyone know the solution? Thanks again guns1inger.

[guns1inger]

Vegas hates VBR MP3 audio. Usually it crashes, but if not I would not trust it's interpretation of it. I would use vdub to dum the audio out as uncompressed wav, then bring it into Vegas to replace the mp3.

[thefiddler]

Ahhh... why didn't I think of that? Thanks once again man.