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Importing H.264 footage to Sony Vegas Pro for further editing
Topic Started: May 20 2014, 01:54 AM (44 Views)
jacknjchn
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Summary: Here is a tutorial for those who have been having trouble while trying to play, edit H.264 files into Sony Vegas Pro; get some tips and tricks.

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I'm not kind of surprised that many guys are discussing the problems and solutions with Sony Vegas Pro and H.264 codec (from Canon DSLR, GoPro H.264, AVCHD H.264). The article is the very one working on the H.264 to Sony Vegas Pro importing and editing solutions.

Here are the two SOLUTIONS I have found when using Sony Vegas Pro and H264:

1. Use the Proxy method:

Creates PROXY files as you load your H264 clips into your time line. You then edit your project in a very low quality until output. I personally do not like editing in extremely low proxy quality seeing as picture detail is important when making creative decisions.

2.Transcode H.264 footage before you edit in Sony Vegas

I tried this with method with a video app named Brorsoft Video Converter. It's pretty fast and not complicated to install and use. It does a good job in converting kinds of H.264(MP4, MOV) files to Sony Vegas Pro most compatible format like MPEG-2 with least quality loss. Plus, it supports encoding camera shootings in different formats (MTS/M2TS, XAVC, MXF, etc.) to video editing software compatible file types, i.e. MPEG-2 for Premiere Pro, DNxHD for Avid Media Composer, WMV for Windows Movie Maker, AVI to Pinnacle Studio to meet your different needs.

How to Transfer H.264 video clips to Sony Vegas Pro

Step 1. Install and launch H.264 to Sony Vegas Converter on your PC, and then import different H.264 files to the converter.

Tip: Check the “Merge into one” box, you can join several H.264 clips together.

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Step 2: Click "Format" bar to determine output format. Follow "Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas" and select “MPEG-2(*.mpg)” as the output format. Besides, you can also choose WMV (VC-1) (*.wmv) if you want to get a relatively smaller output file.

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Tip: You can adjust video and audio parameters, including the Bitrate of Video and Audio, the Codec of Video and Audio, Video Size, Sample Rate, Frame Rate, Audio Channels, etc., in the Profile Settings.

Step 3: Click "Convert" button to encode H.264 to Sony Vegas Pro.

Once the conversion done, you can click "Open" button to get the output files effortlessly. Now you have got it right, just to import and edit H.264 files with Sony Vegas Pro 8/9/10/11/12 at ease.

Additional Tips:

If you want to import and edit H.264 in FCP, iMovie, FCE, etc Mac tools, Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac is highly recommended to you.

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Source:How to get H.264 video clips into Sony Vegas Pro directly
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lydia622520
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Summary: Have you ever run into a situation where you can’t edit H.264 files in Avid Media Composer. In this part we’ll look at how Avid MC deals with H.264 video clips, and how you can import them for smooth editing.

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Q: Is anyone else having the same problem? Avid always crash when I try to export/import with h264 codec. I'm on MC5. The crash report is always "0x0 etc...", no more explanation.

Just as the quoted words from Avid forum, have you ever encountered any similar issues while importing H.264 to Avid Media Composer? In fact, H.264 is the ubiquitous codec, and it looks like it will stay for quite some time. Avid Media Composer supports H.264 via AMA Link. Well, if you failed on this try, another solution is introduced in this article. Get it now.

According to my tests, some H.264 footage like from GoPro HD(H.264 .mp4), Canon EOS(H.264 .mov), Nikon DSLR(H.264 .mov) can’t be natively recognized by Avid Media Composer program. A suggestion is to use Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac to transcode all H.264 files to DNxHD for Avid editing systems.

Overall, it is one of the best Mac H.264 to DNxHD converter tool for you. The program comes with several optimized format for Avid Media Composer, which enable you to convert H.264 to DNxHD .mov for using in Media Composer directly without any rendering or codec problems. For Windows users, please get Video Converter. Just download it and follow the tutorial below to convert H.264 to Avid Media Composer on Mac OS X(Mavericks included).

Tutorial: Encoding H.264 clips to DNxHD for Avid Media Composer

Step 1. Install and launch H.264 Video Converter on your Mac, and then import H.264 files to the converter.

Tip: Check the “Merge into one” box, you can join several H.264 clips together.

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Step 2. Click on “Format”, and select output format from the drop-down list. Follow “Avid Media Composer” > Avid DHxHD (*.mov)”.

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Step 3. Click “Settings” button if you’d like to customize advanced audio and video parameters like Video Codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, Audio codec, sample rate, audio channels.

Step 4. Click convert button to start transcoding H.264 videos to DNxHD .mov on Mac.

With the H.264 to Avid converter, you can easily encode H.264 files to Media Composer for editing. This software runs fast, so you can convert your source H.264 footages to Avid in less time, and video and audio synchronization is perfectly guaranteed.

See more:

How to Import MP4 files into Avid Media Composer
How to convert MPEG-2 to Windows Movie Maker in WMV
Full Guide: Converting DVD to QuickTime for Mac
Workflow for Working 4K footage in Sony Vegas Pro
Editing 4K Red in Final Cut Pro X on Mac OS X(Mavericks)
How to get H.264 video clips into Sony Vegas Pro directly
Source:Transcoding H.264 to DNxHD for Avid Media Composer
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