Total Rookie Editing Question here on Vegas MSP 9.0

[Curtis Edwards]

I have been using Pinnacle Studio for years, with my recent HD upgrade to the Canon XH-A1 I thought I would also upgrade my editing tools a notch and wade into the Vegas waters.

So to start I bought Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 9.0. The files created in HD by the XH-A1 are *.m2v files (Previoulsy captured by Studio). When I try and drag one unto the Vegas timeline I get "The file is an unsupported format"? Now I am not totally up to speed on all the various HD file extentions, so I am not sure if that is one Studio created or of that is a valid file extention for an HD file?

Again I know this is probably a dumb question and I am probably overlooking something simple, missing something simple or simply ain't smart enough LOL.... But I'm thinking if Pinnacle Studio 12 can read them then Vegas should also.

Can somone help me get on the right path to learning to use these new tools.

Thanks in advance.

[Matthew Amirkhani]

Hi,

I suggest that you capture the clips with Vegas now and it should work for you.


Matthew

[Chris Barcellos]

You can try changing extension to .m2t on the video files. Problem is, Studio creates two separate files, one video and one sound. So you will have to drag the sound file in too.

[Jeff Harper]

Welcome Curtis! Pinnacle has lots of bells and whistles built in that are cool, but you will have lots more flexibility with Vegas...enjoy! Learning at the beginning is always tough, so definitely hang in there.

I don't have your answer either, except as Chris said if you re-capture the footage with Vegas, it will work fine. There might be a way of using the footage you have, but I don't know what it is either.

By the way, to select where you want your captured video to go, go to File, Capture, and then when that window opens click on Disc management to select the location for your files.

BTW, there is a way to be auto notified by e-mail of responses and posts to threads here, go to your profile and find the setting, and you won't have to keep checking back constantly.

[Curtis Edwards]

Originally Posted by Matthew Amirkhani

Hi,

I suggest that you capture the clips with Vegas now and it should work for you.


Matthew

Thanks that was going to be my next effort, just hadn't had time to do it yet. Thanks again!

[Curtis Edwards]

Originally Posted by Chris Barcellos

You can try changing extension to .m2t on the video files. Problem is, Studio creates two separate files, one video and one sound. So you will have to drag the sound file in too.

Thanks for playing around I will try that, and after I left this message I was looking at the files and notice that there was a seperate WAV file as well so that explains it!

[Curtis Edwards]

Originally Posted by Jeff Harper

Welcome Curtis! Pinnacle has lots of bells and whistles built in that are cool, but you will have lots more flexibility with Vegas...enjoy! Learning at the beginning is always tough, so definitely hang in there.

I don't have your answer either, except as Chris said if you re-capture the footage with Vegas, it will work fine. Their might be a way of using the footage you have, but I don't know what it is either.

By the way, to select where you want your captured video to go, go to File, Capture, and then when that window opens click on Disc management to select the location for your files.

BTW, there is a way to be auto notified by e-mail of responses and posts to threads here, go to your profile and find the setting, and you won't have to keep checking back constantly.

Thanks all good info!

[Mike Gunter]

Hi Curtis,

Pinnacle's capture utility split your files to audio and video and prepared them for DVD creation. The files you had were "DVD Ready." Not a bad thing, but not the best for editing since the file size (resolution) you captured was 720x480 and you want to capture something like 1440x1080 (for HDV - another resolution is possible with another HD format) and "render" to 720x480 when you are satisfied with your edit.

You'll have better success by putting your media files on a separate drive from your system drive, so your drive wouldn't be working so hard doing double duty feeding media to the timeline and providing Operating Instructions to the system.

There's more to learn, but the manual that came with the program and the tutorials are pretty good and the Forum here is excellent.

My best,

Mike

[Curtis Edwards]

Originally Posted by Mike Gunter

Hi Curtis,

Pinnacle's capture utility split your files to audio and video and prepared them for DVD creation. The files you had were "DVD Ready." Not a bad thing, but not the best for editing since the file size (resolution) you captured was 720x480 and you want to capture something like 1440x1080 (for HDV - another resolution is possible with another HD format) and "render" to 720x480 when you are satisfied with your edit.

You'll have better success by putting your media files on a separate drive from your system drive, so your drive wouldn't be working so hard doing double duty feeding media to the timeline and providing Operating Instructions to the system.

There's more to learn, but the manual that came with the program and the tutorials are pretty good and the Forum here is excellent.

My best,

Mike

Awesome Mike, thanks for the great advise!