Problems Importing to Sony Vegas

[AFT]

To be honest, I don't know if there is a way around this. Here's my problem: when I'm in the menu to import and I select one of the fake avi files I created from my .avs videos, Vegas just freezes up and stops responding. Now the weird part is that it was working at one point- before I was finished mounting all the avs files I tested it and Vegas imported it fine... it just suddenly stopped working. I know for sure there's no problem with my avisynth scripts... I've tried every way I can think of to make it easier on vegas to open it but nothing works. The more I try the more frustrated I get.
Just in case you need this information: I'm using Sony Vegas Pro 8 and have everything from the AMVapp 3.0 installed.
Thanks in advance... any help is appreciated!

[noelle675]

I've honestly never tried the fake avis with vegas before, but did you happen to use a compressor on the files in the process? I have a lot of problems with compressed video files and Vegas, so right now I just use uncompressed. Xvid files work for me, but if I have any more than one layer of video, Vegas will crash or not be able to play the files at all.

I don't usually use the import function either. I just use the explorer and drag and drop. Have you tried your files with a new project file? There might be a corruption in the one you're trying to use.

[AFT]

No, I didn't compress them at all (though I haven't really had too much trouble with compressed files in Vegas).
Something pretty interesting though... I have the trial for Vegas Pro 9 and tried it there. It lags for a few seconds but the fake avi's work perfectly there... Does that just confirm that there's nothing wrong with the files, just Vegas itself? If so, I guess I have no choice but to spend a few hundred dollars on the new program... that's what I want to avoid.

[noelle675]

OK, I just got done making a fake .avi file for myself. And I had no problems importing it into vegas 8 pro.

At the end of your script did you make sure to convert back to RGB?

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ConvertToRGB32()

[AFT]

Yes, I did convert it to RGB. Her'es my script:
MPEG2Source("C:\filename.d2v", cpu=6)
ConvertToYV12()
AMVDeint(mode=3)
Deen("w2d",3)
dfttest(sigma=16)
LSFmod(strength=100)
ConvertToRGB32()
But you said you had no trouble importing yours to Vegas... and my Vegas pro 9 trial imports them without trouble. I'm lost here

[Pwolf]

have you tried importing one without all the extra filters in it? just:

MPEG2Source("C:\filename.d2v", cpu=6)
ConvertToRGB32()


Pwolf

[noelle675]

I used Avisource for mine with filters. Maybe MPEG2Source doesn't work with Vegas?

Here's my script:

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AviSource("C:\Documents and Settings\Noelle\Desktop\dreamscope_nankurunaisa.avi")
ConvertToYV12()
Deen(mode="a2d", rad=4, thrY=7, thrUV=9, min=0.5)
VagueDenoiser(threshold=2, method=3, nsteps=6, chromaT=2.0)
ConvertToRGB32()

I don't have a .d2v file so I could test Mpeg2Source with my vegas.

[Pwolf]

I used Avisource for mine with filters. Maybe MPEG2Source doesn't work with Vegas?

it works fine. I've used the fakeavis method before when I used vegas for a video.


Pwolf

[AFT]

Pwolf- I tried importing one without filters as you suggested and that works. I also took it a step further and tried the same script I mentioned before, taking out one of the filters and testing if those worked (to see if it was one of the particular filters I was working with that was causing my trouble). In short, I tried this:

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MPEG2Source("C:\filename.d2v", cpu=4)
ConvertToYV12()
Deen("w2d",3)
dfttest(sigma=16)
LSFmod(strength=120)
ConvertToRGB32()

And then this:

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MPEG2Source("C:\filename.d2v", cpu=4)
ConvertToYV12()
AMVDeint(mode=3)
dfttest(sigma=16)
LSFmod(strength=120)
ConvertToRGB32()

...and then removed dfttest, then lfsmod. None of those worked either- so then I just tried it with only one filter at a time, and the only time it worked was when I was only using deen and nothing else. So I can conclude this: my Vegas DOES import fake avi files but in the end I can only use one filter, which is deen. But obviously, the video doesn't its best only with that one filter. Am I being forced to try every filter out there individually to see if it works...?

[Pwolf]

I think the problem is that you have too many filters and it's just running slow which is causing vegas to crash or hang. You can try the avsfs method:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=133313

It may or may not help but it's worth a try. Other option is to create clips in virtual dub with lagarith. or... don't worry about cleaning your source. Just run an IVTC/deinterlace.


Pwolf