Codecs

Okay, so... the other day I had downloaded K-Lite Codec Pack 64-bit... It worked, but then I had troubles with downloading the AVI files i wanted, they just stopped working, At first i thought that my computer was being stupid, but then i recalled a virus i got that was semi-similar. So I unistalled the codec, since that was the most recent reason i could find that it woudl be doing that... It worked, i mean after that i was able to download the AVI files fine. However, I've reinstalled it, and now the AVI files decided to stop working on me in windows. I know the codec need to make the AVI files work, is H.264... but everytime i tried getting those to install as soon as i hit the Run button a rectangular box appeared in the top left of the screen and dissappeared before i could see what it was. So I thought maybe it was another virus, but when I scanned the computer it found a virus to a temporary internet file that i deleted, and i'd had the file for longer then a year. It still didn't work. So maybe it's not a virus? I also recently discovered it works in Soy Vegas... without audio, which is fine with me... only the quality of the video isn't the same as on WMM... Any solutions to that, i had the same problem with the codec on SV before i unistalled the codec, and it worked perfectly fine on WMM. I would love for somebody to help me, my main goal is for it to work in HQ, and not be in pixelate. Any suggestions?

This K-Lite Codec Pak should never be installed on any computer......(As John recommend), Get your codecs from a reputable source.

Steve Rhoden
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Your computer should be just what it was after the removal.

With that said, if you need specific CODECs, you should install just those.

If you have any Blu-Ray player software, many camcorder support packages, Adobe Flash, even some Web browsers, you may already have an AVC CODEC installed. The question to ask... your AVC video originates from somewhere. Unless you're just grabbing pirated video off the web, there's some help from the provider of that video. For example, YouTube has a help page here: http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=56115

Apple's Quicktime can play most AVC formats.. you can get the free download here (it's a little annoying, and huge, but it's also pretty stand-alone, it doesn't mess with other functions in the system): http://www.apple.com/quicktime

If you're just looking for playback, you can try a couple players. The best quality, and some of the lowest CPU overhead I've seen on a PC/Windows system is from Splash Lite: http://mirillis.com/en/products/splash.html

Another option is the VLC Media Player. This actually contains some of the same open source software that went into K-Lite, but it's all self-contained... these don't get installed at the system level, so they don't muck up other programs with questionable CODECs. That's not to knock all open source CODECs; I have used some of these same bits of code in video servers I've integrated for industrial use. But there is some junk out there, too. VLC isn't terribly efficient at playback, the price is right: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

DivX, Inc. is responsible for the various DivX formats. They have free CODECs for playback, which you can find here: http://www.divx.com/en/software/divx-plus/codec-pack

None of these necessarily let you create videos, but they will help you play things back.

-Dave

I've downloaded the DivX one before. I also uninstalled it at the same time i uninstalled the K-Lite Codec Pack the first time. Is it possible that that's the reason my files were working. The reason i uninstalled them both was because i had installed them both around the same time, and shortly after i was having problems. So i uninstalled them to make sure that the problem was fixed. It was.
Out of the list the only one i haven't tried is the Splash Lite one, the rest havan't worked. The codecs i need were still read as not installed.

Now, I installed DivX, it's a codec pack, but it's from the link that Dave Haynie gave me. Since, I've downloaded that, it works on Sony Vegas, I'd love to use Sony Vegas, but everytime I open the file, it's in pixelate... Is there any possible way to fix that??? I want it in High Quality, and not in pixelate.

[Paige Karmen] " I'd love to use Sony Vegas, but everytime I open the file, it's in pixelate... Is there any possible way to fix that???"

When you drop the files into GSpot does it say that they are DivX files?

What do you have your video preview quality set to?

What are your project dimensions?

What are the files dimensions?

~jr

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[Paige Karmen] "Okay, when i change the preview quatilty to full, it stays that way when it's paused and i click full screen. However when i press play and switch it to full screen it automatically goes to half."

This is perfectly normal behaviour from a "feature" that was added in Pro 9.

Vegas can now automatically adjust the video preview size and quality to optimize frame rate during preview.
Right-click the Video Preview window and select Adjust Size and Quality for Optimal Playback if you want to emphasize frame rate during preview. When the command is not selected, video quality is emphasized, and the frame rate will be reduced if necessary.

Yay! Problem solved... moving on.

[Paige Karmen] "Are there any places like Dave Haynie suggested that i can get it so the AVI H.264 Codec works so that i can edit the video also?"

Did you try the x264vfw codec that I suggested several posts back?

~jr

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[Paige Karmen] "Do you have a link...? I mean i don't want to be demanding or anything, but when i looked it up on google, well let's just say if you look anything up on google theres going to be more then one site, and i don't know which ones are trustworthy so..."

It's the first site on Google (sourceforge.net) and if you don't know what web sites to trust, get the WOT plug-in for your browser.

~jr

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Does anybody not have a solution? Or a suggestion?

I lied.. my AVI files are working with the x264vfw installed!

Well, technically it works on WMP, but it's still not working on WMM or Sony Vegas, which i want it to work on SV, but if it works on Windows Movie Maker i can save it so that it will work on Sony Vegas. See that's where the problem exists, it was like that from the beginning.

Then why wouldn't it work on Windows Movie Maker? Because i already uninstalled Sony Vegas once, and it took a while to get it installed again!

Okay, but when you open the 32-bit version will it be opened seperately from the 64-bit version. Or will they merge or something when you open it?

So once i install it, does that mean that mean i have to do the keyen thing again? Or is it completely universal and i just go to open sony vegas? How do i know whether or not i'm using the 64-bit mode or the 32-bit mode? Because i already downloaded, ran as administaror, and clicked next to everything and then after while i think it said finish that i clicked on, is there anything mroe that i have to do?

Could keyen mean keygen?
If yes, that brings a whole new approach to this thread and it's not a good one.

[Paige Karmen] "What do you mean its not a good one?"

That depends.
Did you mean keygen?

A keygen means that you're using a bootleg copy of Vegas.
Besides that fact that a lot of these versions are known to have bugs, you have a copy that you didn't pay for.
That means that you won't get much help from those of us that have paid for all the software that they own and use.

[Paige Karmen] "Then can you direct me to a source that can help me? "

Ask the pirates that wrote the keygen.

You won't get any help here using stolen software. You are stealing from good people who work hard to create and maintain that software. You have no right to use it without paying for it. Sorry.

~jr

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Say i did want to use Sony Vegas, not stolen, but just the trial version alone... where could i download the trial version from online?

I think what i forgot to add was that, i deleted Sony Vegas until i can find a way to get it without it being stolen, i don't want to be theif. And if that means going out and buying it when i get the money, so be it.

If you are still willing to respond, do you know any sites that can work Sony Vegas. I think some of my last comments sounded like i was trying to lie on something, but i wasn't trying to lie, i hate lying. If you asked me if i downloaded it stolen, i'd answer yes, if you asked me if i downloaded it without realizing it was stolen, i'd say i'm not the bright persont hat reads into everything, so no. If you asked if i still had SV installed, i'd say no. If you asked me if i was going to be careful with anything i download a lot better next time, i'd say yes.

Is there a link where i can go to get the trial version? As far as i know, i don't have a problem with anything right now, I'll let you know if i do.

[Paige Karmen] "Is there a link where i can go to get the trial version?"

Most of us would go to the manufacturer's web site to download trial versions so that would be the Sony web site. You can downloads trials of all the versions from Vegas Product Family page.

~jr

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Okay, nvm the last message. I'm having problem's registering.

You see, when i get to the page that has the steps, double click this file, it tells me to enter any missing information on the sony registration site, then submit.
Then it sends you an email with the authentication code...

However after double clicking, it redirects the page to a page that says "HTTP 403 Forbidden"

...

No. I did that, and i downloaded it and everything, but it won't let me run the application without registering!

Nevermind, i got it working, i must've done something wrong the first time i tried opening it!