Can Sony Vegas 6c open .ac3 files?

[simps]

Does anyone know?

Regards,
Simps

[crazy14muzic]

ac3 files cannot be opened by dragging and dropping

the only way i have done it is, if it is embedded into an mpg or vob, could even be an avi also, im not sure about that one. but it is downmixed to 2 channels when done this way. although vegas properties say its an mpg stream.

[canadateck]

I have tried what crazy14muzic tried and it doesnt work.

crazy14muzic do you have a test file you could upload?

[crazy14muzic]

thats odd

any dvd that i rip, commercial or self made, allows me to drag and drop the vobs onto the timeline

it has to be dragged and dropped, it wont let me add it any other way. the files dont show up in the vegas explorer windows. so i just drag them from windows explorer. it builds its peaks, then its ready to play with. the only thing is that it shows the ac3 sound track as 2 channel

[canadateck]

Are they 5.1 Audio?

[crazy14muzic]

when i drag ac3 files over i get the dialog box "none of the files dropped on vegas could be opened"

[crazy14muzic]

yes 5.1 but for some reason they still show up as 2 channel

maybe it could be, and i will test it out now, because of multiple audio track embedded vegas could be pulling the 2 channel track

[canadateck]

Yeah I know,But you said when they are Muxed you got Vegas to open them(Video and Audio),what kind of Audio 5.1?

[canadateck]

Can you post a Gspot image of a File you opened that has AC3?

[canadateck]

I just tried this and all i got was Video. I also tried a 5.1/Audio

[crazy14muzic]

heres the gspot info

[crazy14muzic]

heres the file in vegas

[crazy14muzic]

i have tried a few other single track vobs with 5.1 but it still opens them as 2 channel tracks in the timeline

[mikiem]

FWIW... DVDA will open ac3 showing stereo waveforms as well. To show 6 tracks in vegas, have to have the project set to 5.1 audio, or import tracks separately where they'll just be there as regular, mixed tracks.

At any rate moot point because can't do anything with them other then say there they are. Have to convert to edit I mean.

Ac3 handling AFAIK is dependant just like video on codecs and directshow filters and acm stuff installed that translate file data into something whatever software might be able to use.

[canadateck]

@mikiem You have also opened AC3 in Vegas?

This is the first time I heard somone say they Could.

[BJ_M]

vegas added ac3 file support in 6.0B

they also have now full AVC support for editing and importing ...

xvid import though is still a bit spotty

[canadateck]

Yeah Got it working,Had to do the Update.

Also heard that there was a way to do it,if you set the Same codec as DVDA.