Divx or Xvid AVI in Vegas no go. HELP

[ShaneJensen]

This is a common problem for me. I have many video files that I receive that are Divx or Xvid or some type of compressed AVI that I want to further edit in Vegas. No can do, only the audio will open up and not the video. Now, I have codecs installed up the wazoo and these AVI files will open up in any other video editor or converter or player on my computer.....except Vegas, which is the program I need most for editing files. What can I do to get these files to be fully recognized in Vegas? Like I said, I have all the codec packs for these type of files installed on my computer. Don't remember off the top of my head which ones, but the main ones needed for these files to be recognized and played. TMPGEnc opens these videos fine, but it's a pain to have to convert them first before editing them in Vegas, I'd much rather have them open in Vegas the first time.

Please help.

[Soopafresh]

You should drop an Xvid AVI into Gspot and see which codec is being used to display the file. That is probably the culprit. You might also need to modify the FourCC in the file so that Vegas knows which codec to use to decode. Also, doesn't vegas need RGB as input? Xvid/Divx are YUV.

[ShaneJensen]

Also, doesn't vegas need RGB as input? Xvid/Divx are YUV.

You got me on that one, I have no idea.

[Soopafresh]

Easy to test. Inside the ffdshow folder is an app called MakeAvis.exe

BTW - Install Avisynth v 2.5x as well

Create an Avisynth script. Call it Test.avs put the commands below in it.

AviSource("c:\your_xvid.avi")
ConverttoRgb()



Put a test xvid on the root of your C:\> drive and call it your_xvid.avi


Run MakeAvis.exe

load your Test.avs file into it

Save the output as Test.avi

Open Test.avi in Vegas

[ShaneJensen]

Thank you for your reply. Those methods sound like a lot of touble to figure out, though, just for something as simple as inserting a file into Vegas. I think I understand the tests you are talking about, I do in fact have AVISynth. On Sony's forum someone mentioned using Virtual Dub or AVISynth to convert or batch convert to DV. I'm not too crazy about that either.

You see, the thing is I do not want to convert to another file because it's going to end up getting rendered to a finished MPEG 2 for a DVD in the end. I'd hate to have to convert TWICE, I'd much rather edit straight from the AVI file as it is in Vegas. Also, the AVI file in question is 69 MB, converting it to something that is readable in Vegas would mean rendering it out to something much larger to preserve quality as to not have it compress too much extra prior to final rendering for the finished MPEG 2 for the finished DVD. I also like to store the raw files in a project folder specifically for this DVD project in case I want to make a revision on this DVD in the future. If I have to convert any files (such as this one and possibly other Divx AVI files) they would be much too large to keep archived for future reference.

For instance I could render this AVI file to an MPEG 2 at the highest quality from TMPGEnc which would be 9200 Kbps to preserve quality from the already compressed Divx AVI with no problem, but then the file size would be something like 300 MB. I'd like to avoid that.

All I want to do is be able insert Divx AVI files into Vegas for editing, but Vegas just won't let me unless I convert it to something it does recognize from another program like I just mentioned above and I really REALLY do not want to have to do that if it's possible to avoid that somehow. If anyone has any idea please PLEASE let me know. Deciding what to do here is holding me up with this DVD project and I really want to get moving on and finish it once and for all.

[LOWTECH]

You have answered your own question by saying VEGAS will not except DIVX. So as you said you will have to convert it ....... thats your answer .... convert it

[ShaneJensen]

You have answered your own question by saying VEGAS will not except DIVX.

Not necessarily, it's not that simply put. I'm looking to see if there is an answer to this problem by finding a proper codec that will allow Vegas to open Divx files as I have stated in my original post.

[yosiboi]

hey Shane. Just ran into the same problem here. Vegas won't accept my avi's as well. Hope someone can help...

Thanks in advance.

[yosiboi]

oh, btw, i read somewhere that the files for Vegas should/could be converted to huffyuv or lagarith. 'm still researching on this.

but i think this is the best answer:

http://www.amvwiki.org/index.php/DivX_Editing

[guns1inger]

Which version of Vegas are you using ?

Some versions have more problems with Divx than others. Also, Vegas hates VBR MP3 audio, which a lot of Divx/Xvid avi files use.

Finally, I don't expect a pro-sumer level editor like Vegas to work with fairly low-brow, end delivery codec like Divx. Divx isn't designed for editing. It should be used for final output only.

[edDV]

I'll play the innocent here.

Why convert your footage to divx or xvid before editing? Vegas expects various camcorder formats or fully uncompressed RGB or YCbCr. It will preview other file imports but needs to decompress to the project format to allow an edit.