Been batch converting the files in mpeg streamclip pc for over a day now. Vegas loves the avi files; cuts through 'em like butter. (Thought I have it on good authority it's preferred format is HD MPEG2)
thanks everyone for your help! Ronen On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 10:13 AM, Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ronen - my experience - and that of a bunch of people I've read on > Twitter - is that editing programs don't like cutting H264 files from > Xactis very much. > That might (or might not) be what your problem is. > I had thought that Sony Vegas got past this, because it appeared to > import any format. > But later I saw that it, too, had problems with some mp4 Xacti files. > > You could use MPEG Streamclip - which Jay suggested - but I'm not > sure that the PC version has batch convert - last time I checked only > the Mac version did - but I can't find any answer to this online so > download it and see. > > I use VisualHub on my Mac to convert mp4 & AVI files to .dv format > for Final Cut Pro (which hates different codecs). > But they're only 640x480 clips and I've just seen that your footage > is HD, so perhaps .dv wouldn't be appropriate for you. > > Caution converting to AVI: I know Vegas has problems with some AVI > files. You can read up about this in Vegas support forums. > > Rupert > http://twittervlog.tv > > On 22-Sep-08, at 6:48 AM, Jay dedman wrote: > > > I recently got a Sanyo HD-1010. It's beautiful, small, vertical, > and shoots > > 1080/720-i/p to SD Memory Cards. I really like it. > > Except my video editor, Sony Vegas, does not. If I try loading > more than 18 > > of the .mp4 video files into Vegas, on the 19th file it goes > crashy crashy. > > *(This is not a hardware issue. I have suitable processing and ram > power > > left unused.) My last project has yet to be output because of this. > > Can anyone recommend any good tools for batch-converting the mp4s > to AVI > > format? I would consider it tantamount to saving my life ;) > > Hey Ronen-- > > MPEG Streamclip (a favorite) is a great free conversion tool that does > batch capture: > http://www.squared5.com/ > > This is a common question so I hope others will help fill out the > group's wiki page with your own experience:: > http://videoblogginggroup.pbwiki.com/Compression+and+Transcoding+sofware > > Jay > > -- > http://jaydedman.com > 917 371 6790 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
