please help, quicktime movie import crash
by jake yullman
on
Jun 28, 2008 at 8:54:05 pm
whenever i try to import a quicktime movie file to vegas 8.0 pro i get an error message and then vegas turns off. i'm confused at why it happens. i got the videos from my hd camcorder. some movies from the camera work with vegas BUT with no audio, and others just make it crash. any ideas?
Re: please help, quicktime movie import crash by jake yullman on Jun 28, 2008 at 11:12:22 pm
i do have quick time installed and i think quicktime is the problem. i have uninstalled it and reinstalled it about 3 times now to maybe fix the problem, it didnt work.
i was confused to that the hd camcorder i have produced 1080p vidoes and in quicktime. well the videos say the format is "quicktime movie". the name brand is "aiptek". so any ideas how to fix this? i uninstalled and reinstalled vegas a few times too and nothing worked.
so what would u recommend??
Re: please help, quicktime movie import crash by jake yullman on Jun 28, 2008 at 11:36:37 pm
i do have quicktime 7 installed. i tried to uninstall and reinstall quicky time and vegas a few time snow, and no results.
the brand name on the camcorder is "aiptek" and it makes videos in"quicktime movie" format which are 1080p.
so how do i fix this?
where can i get codecs to fix the problem?
where do i go from here?
Re: please help, quicktime movie import crash by Mike Kujbida on Jun 29, 2008 at 2:45:49 am
You'll need to buy QuickTime Pro ($30 U.S.).
Keith Kolbo discusses this camera, it's shortcomings in Vegas and a workaround in this article on his site.
Step 1
Open the file in QuickTime Pro. Go to File|Export and select Movie to MPEG-4 as the export type.
Click on the Options button.
Step 2
For Video Format, select Pass through.
In the box above Video Format, now pull down the list and select Audio.
Step 3
For the Audio Format choose AAC-LC and leave the defaults.
Select OK and then save the new movie. The file will now have an .mp4 extension and Vegas will find a bitrate for the audio and be happy.
I am guessing, but I bet that fixes it for other NLE's that handle AVCHD as well.
The other consideration when using the GO_HD files in Vegas is the frame rate. The GO_HD files are true 30fps. Most project and output templates for Vegas are the traditional 29.97 fps. Since this is also progressive video, Vegas interpolates the frame rate to 29.97 and that results in ghosted images. The key is simply making sure that you set your project properties to 30fps instead of the 29.97 and then make sure that you render our to 30 fps formats on the other end. Keeping it at 30fps will give you the best results. One note here, rendering to interlaced DV at 29.97 and showing it on an NTSC monitor looks fine. It is not noticeable until you are looking at it on a progressive monitor.
Re: please help, quicktime movie import crash by jake yullman on Jun 29, 2008 at 3:46:53 am
well now that i did what you said mike is works but, the audio does not still the step where you asked me to:
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Step 2
For Video Format, select Pass through.
In the box above Video Format, now pull down the list and select Audio
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it did not have an option for "pass through", well it did but it was greyed out and as not an option i could click on. seems like im almost there, lol. what could be the issue ? the audio in vegas is a track that is in the timeline but, it does not show that any audio can be heard( the audio waves ). any other ideas would be nice : 0 thanks, yoiu all have been sooo helpful. im almost there :b
