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Matteo Manson · July 31st, 2010, 12:09 AM

Hi all this only vaguely relates to my last thread where I aws having issues with certain files. I went and wiped out most of.. well.. a BUNCH of my codecs to eliminate them as potential problems and I see this as maybe an opportunity to have a smarter installaion of codecs.

So, if you are using Win 7 with 64 and 32bit vegas... what codecs do you install, for both audio and video, specifically for use within Vegas?

Edward Troxel · July 31st, 2010, 06:38 AM

Personally, I use the ones that came WITH Vegas! My needs are fairly simple, though.

Seth Bloombaum · July 31st, 2010, 10:56 AM

I'm with Edward, generally speaking.

It's my feeling that Vegas has had all the distribution codecs I needed, just not all the DIs, specifically to include an HD codec that supports transparency that other programs can see.

For particular projects I've needed more.
Cineform, which came with Vegas in v6-8 is a great DI, but doesn't do alpha-channel transparency.
Fooled around with DNxHD and Lagarith, they're both good at what they do.
Purchase of the Microsoft Expression encoder has given me some new WMV-family codecs.

I avoid free-ware "codec packs" at all costs. Lots of people have reported sinking serious time into troubleshooting, only to eventually find that the codec pack was the root problem. There also were a couple of packs a few years ago that were mal-ware, but I've not heard of that problem recently.

Craig Longman · July 31st, 2010, 12:44 PM

My files are mostly DV, so that is usable straight up. I have installed DNxHD, and am playing with ideas of improving the colour sampling to help some of the effects I'm trying to do. Maybe with the NeoHD or something.

I also definitely have and use Lagarith, primarily because of it's support for alpha but still being compressed, although Vegas frustratingly and stupidly refuses to render alpha to anything except uncompressed. Hate it when programmers make such decisions with no thought, or very limited at best.

However, if I want it with alpha and compressed, other FX programs do alpha with Lagarith just fine, and Vegas reads it just fine.

I use Xvid for somethings, youtube stuff. But that might be as it was the only one I could configure in VMS 9, seems like I have the ability to create better templates in VMS 10 now. Although I do like Xvid.

I have one of the freeware packs installed, and don't have any problems, that I've found at least.

Aside from those two though, I only use the Vegas internal ones.

July 31st, 2010, 12:09 AM	#1
Matteo Manson Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Edmonton, Canada Posts: 37	Codecs Hi all this only vaguely relates to my last thread where I aws having issues with certain files. I went and wiped out most of.. well.. a BUNCH of my codecs to eliminate them as potential problems and I see this as maybe an opportunity to have a smarter installaion of codecs. So, if you are using Win 7 with 64 and 32bit vegas... what codecs do you install, for both audio and video, specifically for use within Vegas?

July 31st, 2010, 06:38 AM	#2
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Personally, I use the ones that came WITH Vegas! My needs are fairly simple, though. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

July 31st, 2010, 10:56 AM	#3
Seth Bloombaum Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,420	I'm with Edward, generally speaking. It's my feeling that Vegas has had all the distribution codecs I needed, just not all the DIs, specifically to include an HD codec that supports transparency that other programs can see. For particular projects I've needed more. Cineform, which came with Vegas in v6-8 is a great DI, but doesn't do alpha-channel transparency. Fooled around with DNxHD and Lagarith, they're both good at what they do. Purchase of the Microsoft Expression encoder has given me some new WMV-family codecs. I avoid free-ware "codec packs" at all costs. Lots of people have reported sinking serious time into troubleshooting, only to eventually find that the codec pack was the root problem. There also were a couple of packs a few years ago that were mal-ware, but I've not heard of that problem recently. __________________ 30 years of pro media production. Vegas user since 1.0. Webcaster since 1997. Freelancer since 2000. College instructor since 2001.

July 31st, 2010, 12:44 PM	#4
Craig Longman Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: London, ON Posts: 175	My files are mostly DV, so that is usable straight up. I have installed DNxHD, and am playing with ideas of improving the colour sampling to help some of the effects I'm trying to do. Maybe with the NeoHD or something. I also definitely have and use Lagarith, primarily because of it's support for alpha but still being compressed, although Vegas frustratingly and stupidly refuses to render alpha to anything except uncompressed. Hate it when programmers make such decisions with no thought, or very limited at best. However, if I want it with alpha and compressed, other FX programs do alpha with Lagarith just fine, and Vegas reads it just fine. I use Xvid for somethings, youtube stuff. But that might be as it was the only one I could configure in VMS 9, seems like I have the ability to create better templates in VMS 10 now. Although I do like Xvid. I have one of the freeware packs installed, and don't have any problems, that I've found at least. Aside from those two though, I only use the Vegas internal ones. __________________ CraigL