Sony Vegas MP4 problem

[Abas-Avara]

Hi
I've captured videos with the N95, the files are MP4.
There is a problem if I add those videos to Vegas, the problem is that there is no audio.
First there wasn't video asswell but after installing Quicktime it worked, but the audio isn't there.

I think I've done this earlier without converting those MP4 files (before my reinstall XP).

Codec

Video: mp4v
Audio: mp4a

[poisondeathray]

What is the exact audio format in the N95 videos? Use mediainfo

[Abas-Avara]

Here is a report of Mediainfo

mp4.txt

[poisondeathray]

What version of vegas?

AAC audio works natively in vegas9 but not 8

[Abas-Avara]

I've Vegas Pro 9.0

[poisondeathray]

Can you upload that video here? or a sample ? and I can test it out

[Abas-Avara]

Here is a video I captured

n95vid069.mp4


This is are the propeties in Vegas. On audio it says stream offline

[poisondeathray]

It's working for me...I have QTPro installed, not sure if that makes a difference ... I'm using Vegas9.0a (I know there is a "b" version out)

[Abas-Avara]

I will check it tommorow.
Thanks for the time you are taking, I appreciate it.

[Abas-Avara]

That's weird, I've upgraded Quicktime to Pro but still there isn't audio.
Now you have audio I'm sure that before my reinstall it worked without converting.

[poisondeathray]

Maybe install got corrupted? Try uninstall / reinstall for vegas?

[Abas-Avara]

OK, I will reinstall now

[Abas-Avara]

I've reinstalled it but still there is no audio.

[poisondeathray]

I'm not sure... I have ffdshow installed, but I don't think vegas is using ffdshow to decode audio (the icon doesn't pop up) , I think it uses it's own internal decoder and quicktime splitter

You shouldn't have to do this, but a workaround would be converting the audio to wav and importing it separately

[Abas-Avara]

Now I have K lite codec Basic and ffdshow but still no audio.
I have Vegas 9.0 build 563 its driving me nuts.

Why cant it just use K lite codecs or ffdshow....

[aedipuss]

does the video play with sound on the computer?

[Abas-Avara]

Yes, VLC can play it fine (without the need of codec pack).
Vegas do can edit 3gp file with audio and video.

The file format can't be that crazy, they are just MP4 videos that I captured with the N95.

[aedipuss]

can quicktime play it with audio on your computer?

it works fine here in vegas pro9. both vid and aud. it's aac audio, nothing too weird.

[Abas-Avara]

Quicktime plays it fine. But I've already installed K lite basic and ffdshow or doesn't that have an effect on Quicktime?

[aedipuss]

i've never installed a codec pack - i would guess it could be causing a conflict or has a bad codec. ffdshow is fine.

[Abas-Avara]

K lite codec is unninstalled. I dont know why its acting so weird.
Vegas is starting to irritate me, Im gonna try Avid.

Ive tried Avid, it works but I prefer to work with Vegas.

[Abas-Avara]

If I go the Vegas folder there is a AAC dll file
Here is a pic

[Abas-Avara]

I'm going to reinstall XP

[mhawth]

I had the same problem and realized the only thing that has changed was updating iTunes (which installed a newer version of quicktime). Reverted back to the older version and all is good again. Not sure what apple did but I am back in business now.

[rmurer]

I had same problem, Can´t import mp4 from N95, I solved this by installing Imtoo MPEG Enconder Platinum, and converted every .mp4 to .dv, that worked great! just took seconds to convert.

[Abas-Avara]

Sorry I haven't posted the solution here, I was busy and have all forgotting it.
I did what mhawth said and installed the old Quicktime setup.
The problem was then solved. The latest Quicktime was the problem.

Better install the old Quicktime, then you don't have to re-encode

[rmurer]

Oh!! Thank you very much Abas, I will try that, seems so simple...

Adding something to my previous post, I need to say that after converting to .dv formta, I loose few space from the bottom and the top of the video, don´t know why, then, I will try the previous QT version.

[Abas-Avara]

Oh!! Thank you very much Abas, I will try that, seems so simple...

Adding something to my previous post, I need to say that after converting to .dv formta, I loose few space from the bottom and the top of the video, don´t know why, then, I will try the previous QT version.

no problem

Maybe the previous version won't work
I have this Quicktime setup for a few ages on my Harddrive
I use this version: http://www.oldversion.com/download_QuickTime_7.4.1.14.html