Lost Video Island

tjmack1986 · Expert Vidder Joined: 30 Mar 2008 Posts: 3436

Okay, so my vegas is playing the picky AVI card. It works with some AVI's, on older episodes that I have, but newer ones I have, the AVI files will import, but without any audio. The video I'm currently working on I'm in desperate need of audio, and the converters I have drastically reduce the quality of the footage. Is there any way to convert an AVI file without reducing the quality, or a way to maybe trick vegas into getting the video and audio files to both import?

Jemmz · Council Member Joined: 21 Oct 2006 Posts: 21154

You could try importing the clip in to WMM and render it as a wmv file. I know some people do that

tjmack1986 · Expert Vidder Joined: 30 Mar 2008 Posts: 3436

Do you know if there is a way with WMM to keep the ratio of the file the same? does that make sense? LOL. Like in Vegas when I pull up the AVI file it already fits the widescreen ratio, when I use WMV files their always blocky and you have to force them into the widescreen ratio.

Jemmz · Council Member Joined: 21 Oct 2006 Posts: 21154

I think I understand...to be honest, I haven't used WMM in a long long time and have forgotten how to use it, lol. But can't you just change the ratio of the file in Vegas after it's been converted? That's what I do because my clips aren't always widescreen. I just right click, go to properties and change it to widescreen in SV

tjmack1986 · Expert Vidder Joined: 30 Mar 2008 Posts: 3436

LOL. Yeah I haven't used WMM in a really long time either. I actually just opened it up the other day just to see if it's any different on Windows 7 than it was on Vista, and it was so different I don't even think I'd know how to work it now

. Oh I didn't know you could do it that way *smack forehead* I always do the pan/crop tool to do it, and it totally screws with the quality and like zooms in way close on the faces. I'll try it that way, thanks Jemma!

Jemmz · Council Member Joined: 21 Oct 2006 Posts: 21154

You're welcome!

Aislynn · Council Member Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 35782

What I do is use WMM to render out the audio that I need and then use only the audio from that in Vegas and use the original AVI footage for the video, that way you don't lose any picture quality.

I occasionally do get an AVI that tries to offer me audio but I've found it's not usually worth it to try to use it, when I open the project again, inevitably the sound I've already got in use in my timeline will have shifted forward or backwards in the scene from what I put there!

So I always rely on WMM to get me the audio. It just saves a bunch of hassle down the line.

tjmack1986 · Expert Vidder Joined: 30 Mar 2008 Posts: 3436

I was actually just thinking of doing that aislynn. I was about to render an entire eppy for like one tiny little clip of audio i needed and i was like--why don't i just clip it, and just use it for audio. LOL

Aislynn · Council Member Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 35782

WMM is definitely handy when it comes to nabbing the audio, lol!

I guess it needs to be able to do at least one thing superior to Vegas, just to keep from being all

tjmack1986 · Expert Vidder Joined: 30 Mar 2008 Posts: 3436

LOL! Totally true. the thought of having to use WMM makes me wanna

LOL. I still have nightmares from my WMM days. It wouldn't have been so bad if it didn't crash everytime you added a new clip to the timeline. At least Vegas is stable, unless you try sticking in an AVI clip that it doesn't like. I have a few of those too. The ones that it refuses to open. I seriously don't understand the difference between one AVI file to the next, but apparently Vegas does.