m2v and ac3 into Vegas

Renton Maclachlan · August 31st, 2007, 05:35 AM

I've picked up four m2v and ac3 files from a web site which put them there for me to get.

However, they are not seen by Vegas 7 as media files, and cannot be opened by Vegas.

I want to bring them into Vegas to be included seamlessly in a project. Apparently they can be opened by dvda but I don't just want to put them on a dvd, but on my timeline as part of something else.

What do I do?

I've gone back to the folks who made them available to me but they may not get my email till Monday, or may be asleep. I would like to work on them tomorrow.

Any help would be appreciated.

Mike Kujbida · August 31st, 2007, 06:00 AM

The only thing you can do is do to burn the files to a DVD and then import them back into Vegas using the "File - Import - DVD Camcorder Disc" function.

Emre Safak · August 31st, 2007, 06:15 AM

Does renaming the video to mpv or mpg help?

Don Bloom · August 31st, 2007, 10:45 AM

Vegas will not read AC3 files (maybe in version 8-hopefully) so the best thing to do is play it into Vegas just as if it were a tape. Use a pass thru from the DVD player to the pass thru thru the FW connection to the computer.
I do this frequently and now you have a complete AVI file to work with. No loss of quality either - at least none that I have detected.

Don

August 31st, 2007, 05:35 AM	#1
Renton Maclachlan Trustee Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,180	m2v and ac3 into Vegas - how? I've picked up four m2v and ac3 files from a web site which put them there for me to get. However, they are not seen by Vegas 7 as media files, and cannot be opened by Vegas. I want to bring them into Vegas to be included seamlessly in a project. Apparently they can be opened by dvda but I don't just want to put them on a dvd, but on my timeline as part of something else. What do I do? I've gone back to the folks who made them available to me but they may not get my email till Monday, or may be asleep. I would like to work on them tomorrow. Any help would be appreciated.

August 31st, 2007, 06:00 AM	#2
Mike Kujbida Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Windsor, ON Canada Posts: 2,770	The only thing you can do is do to burn the files to a DVD and then import them back into Vegas using the "File - Import - DVD Camcorder Disc" function.

August 31st, 2007, 06:15 AM	#3
Emre Safak Trustee Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Brookline, MA Posts: 1,447	Does renaming the video to mpv or mpg help?

August 31st, 2007, 10:45 AM	#4
Don Bloom Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 6,609	Vegas will not read AC3 files (maybe in version 8-hopefully) so the best thing to do is play it into Vegas just as if it were a tape. Use a pass thru from the DVD player to the pass thru thru the FW connection to the computer. I do this frequently and now you have a complete AVI file to work with. No loss of quality either - at least none that I have detected. Don