How to import JVC HM-100 .mov files to Vegas 8? at DVinfo.net

Sean Seah · June 1st, 2009, 12:08 AM

Hi guys. I got some raw footage from the HM-100 which was recorded in .mov wrapper. I have tried importing the footge and dragging directly to the time line but it shows up as an audio file only. I have not been able to try the inspector in QT Pro yet.

Anyway to get this thing to work in Vegas? I am considering putting it into FCP to be rendered out to avi or something if I have no choice! Thanks.

Mike Kujbida · June 1st, 2009, 03:19 AM

Do you have the latest version of QuickTime installed on your computer?

Sean Seah · June 1st, 2009, 11:50 PM

Up till last nite it was the latest ver. Just noticed there is a newer one now. Anyway I found a hack using Calibrated xD (USD80) It allows you to playback XDCAM .mov files on a PC with Quicktime. Anything that QT can playback Vegas will edit! The demo works ok with Vegas 8 but it is choppy. Not good for editing. Have not installed Vegas 9 yet thou. I have a feeling it may work since it now has support for the XDCAM natively.

Tracy Foust · August 4th, 2009, 07:39 AM

I tried exactly the same thing. I have the Calibrated patch and QT Pro. Plays back fine in that. However when the MOV files are dropped into the timeline in Vegas 9, I am getting freezing of the program for a while and then the playback stutters a lot and the program is dirt slow. I have to work with the MOV files becouse the raw files need to go to the client (he has FCP).

Tracy Foust · August 4th, 2009, 07:40 AM

I do have Vegas Pro 9a, 32 bit.

Perrone Ford · August 4th, 2009, 08:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tracy Foust

I have to work with the MOV files becouse the raw files need to go to the client (he has FCP).

This is not a reason for you to work with the RAW files. You simply need the files in a format that preserves the quality and that both of you can work with. I am betting that the "ProRes" friendly version that this camera shoots in is going to be very PC unfriendly. Even with Quicktime's built in ProRes decoder.

You may be stuck. He may have to pull these raw files into FCP and output you a valid set of ProRes files that you can actually work with.

Ivan Pin · August 5th, 2009, 05:26 AM

Sean,
Try freeware utility MP4toMPGv3.exe to convert .mov-files to .mpg-files.
(translated from German by Google)

Hope, its help to you.

June 1st, 2009, 12:08 AM	#1
Sean Seah Trustee Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,498	How to import JVC HM-100 .mov files to Vegas 8? Hi guys. I got some raw footage from the HM-100 which was recorded in .mov wrapper. I have tried importing the footge and dragging directly to the time line but it shows up as an audio file only. I have not been able to try the inspector in QT Pro yet. Anyway to get this thing to work in Vegas? I am considering putting it into FCP to be rendered out to avi or something if I have no choice! Thanks.

August 4th, 2009, 07:39 AM	#4
Tracy Foust Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Annapolis, MD Posts: 58	Sean, did you have any luck? I tried exactly the same thing. I have the Calibrated patch and QT Pro. Plays back fine in that. However when the MOV files are dropped into the timeline in Vegas 9, I am getting freezing of the program for a while and then the playback stutters a lot and the program is dirt slow. I have to work with the MOV files becouse the raw files need to go to the client (he has FCP).

August 4th, 2009, 07:40 AM	#5
Tracy Foust Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Annapolis, MD Posts: 58	Oh, Sean? One more thing. I do have Vegas Pro 9a, 32 bit.

June 1st, 2009, 03:19 AM	#2
Mike Kujbida Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Windsor, ON Canada Posts: 2,770	Do you have the latest version of QuickTime installed on your computer?

June 1st, 2009, 11:50 PM	#3
Sean Seah Trustee Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,498	Up till last nite it was the latest ver. Just noticed there is a newer one now. Anyway I found a hack using Calibrated xD (USD80) It allows you to playback XDCAM .mov files on a PC with Quicktime. Anything that QT can playback Vegas will edit! The demo works ok with Vegas 8 but it is choppy. Not good for editing. Have not installed Vegas 9 yet thou. I have a feeling it may work since it now has support for the XDCAM natively.

August 5th, 2009, 05:26 AM	#7
Ivan Pin Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Novosibirsk, Russia Posts: 46	Sean, Try freeware utility MP4toMPGv3.exe to convert .mov-files to .mpg-files. (translated from German by Google) Hope, its help to you.