What's the best way to convert a video to Lagarith format for Vegas?

[Clever Sleazoid]

I've installed Lagarith codec from the official website. However, XMediaRecode can't see it. I don't know how to use command line programs. I just need to convert videos as fast as possible to a lossless/i-frame format to use as intermediates to edit on Sony Vegas 12 (build 770) 64-bit, since mjpeg is not working so well for me. What's the best way? Which file extension should I use to work better on Vegas?

Edit: MediaInfo

General
Complete name : C:\Users\Me\Desktop\Video_1.MOV
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : QuickTime
Codec ID : qt 2007.09 (qt /CAEP)
File size : 3.97 GiB
Duration : 8 min 52 s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 64.1 Mb/s
Encoded date : UTC 2016-11-09 16:14:55
Tagged date : UTC 2016-11-09 16:14:55
com.apple.quicktime.make : Canon
com.apple.quicktime.model : Canon EOS 70D

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L5.1
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Format settings, GOP : N=1
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 8 min 52 s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 62.5 Mb/s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 29.970 (30000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 1.006
Stream size : 3.88 GiB (98%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2016-11-09 16:14:55
Tagged date : UTC 2016-11-09 16:14:55
Color range : Full
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709

Audio
ID : 2
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Little
Format settings, Sign : Signed
Codec ID : sowt
Duration : 8 min 52 s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 536 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 97.5 MiB (2%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2016-11-09 16:14:55
Tagged date : UTC 2016-11-09 16:14:55

Other
ID : 3
Type : Time code
Format : QuickTime TC
Duration : 8 min 52 s
Time code of first frame : 23:51:29;17
Time code, striped : Yes
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2016-11-09 16:14:55
Tagged date : UTC 2016-11-09 16:14:55
Bit rate mode : CBR

General
Complete name : C:\Users\Me\Desktop\Video_2.MOV
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : QuickTime
Codec ID : qt 2007.09 (qt /CAEP)
File size : 1.15 GiB
Duration : 2 min 36 s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 63.2 Mb/s
Encoded date : UTC 2016-11-09 16:23:48
Tagged date : UTC 2016-11-09 16:23:48
com.apple.quicktime.make : Canon
com.apple.quicktime.model : Canon EOS 70D

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L5.1
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Format settings, GOP : N=1
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 2 min 36 s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 61.7 Mb/s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 29.970 (30000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.993
Stream size : 1.12 GiB (98%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2016-11-09 16:23:48
Tagged date : UTC 2016-11-09 16:23:48
Color range : Full
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709

Audio
ID : 2
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Little
Format settings, Sign : Signed
Codec ID : sowt
Duration : 2 min 36 s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 536 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 28.6 MiB (2%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2016-11-09 16:23:48
Tagged date : UTC 2016-11-09 16:23:48

Other
ID : 3
Type : Time code
Format : QuickTime TC
Duration : 2 min 36 s
Time code of first frame : 00:00:22;03
Time code, striped : Yes
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2016-11-09 16:23:48
Tagged date : UTC 2016-11-09 16:23:48
Bit rate mode : CBR

[raffriff42]

Avoid Lagarith please. If possible use UT Video instead.

EDIT this may be the source of the glitch problem you mention here.

[KarMa]

Virtualdub should be able to do it.

[ron spencer]

use DNxHD...I use it for everything.

[Clever Sleazoid]

Avoid Lagarith please. If possible use UT Video instead.

EDIT this may be the source of the glitch problem you mention here.

I was using mjpeg and even the raw files... it didn't work, videos keep glitching. For real, I've never managed to use Lagarith, so thanks for the tip. I will try UT video if I can use it with my programs.

Virtualdub should be able to do it.

Virtualdub can't open my files... (their info from MediaInfo are on the thread which raffriff mentioned). Anyways, I've never managed to use VirtualDub or VirtualDubMod properly with any files. I am starting to suspect that something is wrong with my laptop, seriously. Even after formatting my HD I was never been able to make them work.

use DNxHD...I use it for everything.

I've tried it. My Vegas couldn't read or import it. By the way, it makes files too large.

[KarMa]

Virtualdub can only really open certain formats in AVI. Like Divx/Xvid, lossless formats, and MJPEG. We just don't know what your starting with.

And I've never had any problems with Lagarith.

[DB83]

Scroll down the vd page and install the input plug-in to suite your source.

When you then go to open your video in vd, you select that plug-in rather than the default source (avi etc.)

But then, if Vegas reads your files correctly, Vegas can also export to an intermediate format such as lagarith.

[pippas]

Try Grass Valley HQX as an intermediate. There is a converter utlilty as well which may be able to accept your original files. You can download the codec and utility from the links on THIS PAGE of my 'slo-mo' guide..or from Grass Valley direct, if you prefer..

[jagabo]

Try turning off the null frame option in lagarith. That might cause problems with some readers/decoders.

But I suspect the real problem is reading your original h.264 MOV file. Frames are getting out of order while reading it and your Lagarith compression isn't the problem.

[ron spencer]

use DNxHD...I use it for everything.

Clever Sleazoid:
I've tried it. My Vegas couldn't read or import it. By the way, it makes files too large.

Vegas reads them perfectly well. What version do you have? Yes they are BIG, but everything can edit them. I thought "what am I doing" when I started to use them, but in reality, there really is nothing better, other than the huge files sizes.

[aedipuss]

personally i always use sony yuv when working exclusively with vegas. it will even do no re-compression rendering when possible going yuv -> yuv when editing a video piece by piece.