Video file types like AVI and MOV are just a wrapper for the actual video. They are containers that you place the video into. The actual video itself uses one of any number of codecs to store the video information. The word “codec” stands for Coder / Decoder. It contains the algorithm used to encode and decode the video or audio in the file. When Vegas imports only audio, this usually means that you either don’t have the correct video codec for the file or the video codec is not support by Vegas. To remedy this, first download a utility like GSpot or MediaInfo and drop your AVI file into it and find out what codec it uses. If it’s a MOV file, then open it with the Quicktime Media Player and use the Movie Inspector (Ctrl+I) to see what codecs are being used by the file. Then make sure that you have that codec installed. If you do and Vegas still doesn’t import your video, then it’s probably a codec that Vegas doesn’t support and you will need to use some other program to convert the file into a format that Vegas can edit.
Never, I repeat… NEVER install a “Codec Pak” like K-Lite on your video editing computer. It will replace the high quality codecs that you paid good money for with lower quality free codecs. Whenever you need a codec, just install the one codec you need. You wouldn’t take every pill in your medicine cabinet in hopes that one of them will cure you would you? Don’t load unnecessary codecs onto your computer either.
When I drop my mov files into Movie Studio Plat. 12 I can see them. But when dropped into the timeline – they can’t be seen in the preview window (or are intermittently seen).
I’m using Window 8, have downloaded QT – and use a Nikon Coolpix camera. You’ve mentioned Nikon in other posts. Is there a good codec for this?
It sounds like that camera uses a codec that Movie Studio doesn’t handle very well. You might try transcoding them to a digital intermediary codec like CineForm. I believe you can get CineForm for free as part of GoPro Studio. In general, avoid using QuickTime formats on a PC. Try and stick with a codec in an AVI container.
SORRY,FOR MY TIPING,DVD ARCHIETECT ASK ME FOR MARKERS AND I CANOT PROCCED FOR BURNING MY DVD9
I’ve never burned a Dual Layer Disc but what it’s looking for is a marker for the Layer Break. Look up Layer Break in the documentation and it should explain what to do.
HELLO,I AM USING DVD ARCHIETECT PRO 6.IAM IMPORTING 2 SEPERATE HDV CLIPS,IT STARTS RENDERING GOOD,BUT BEFORE STARTING THE LEAD IN ASK ME FOR .MY TWO CLIPS ARE 45MIN EACH,AND I AM TRYNING TO BURN A DUAL LAYER DVD,I CANT MOVE ON,COULD YOU PLEASE HELP ME?THANK YOU