Question / Help Can't open any of my recordings in Sony Vegas Pro 13

[Gamin Neko]

Okay so I've searched quite a bit now on the forum, but so far I've not found any solution to my problem.
The problem is that the videos I've recorded does not have a thumbnail other than the VLC logo (Since that is what I use to play videos). I have recently changed my hard drive in my laptop since the original one was dying, and since then I have not been able to open my OBS recordings in Sony Vegas Pro 13 plus the thumbnails are gone.
I might have done something to the settings that could make the videos somewhat corrupted, but I can't figure out what.

I don't have a log file or anything like that because there's no error or crash just simply Sony Vegas refusing to take my video even though it worked on my old hard drive.

These are the files:
http://gyazo.com/ab573c7a71d88015c38621e7c68b3a5d

This an example of what happens if I try to add a video:
http://gyazo.com/be3f546abbf7020503aead6e297554cd

Encoding settings:
http://gyazo.com/1fe826cccda21fbdecfcc5cefe834eb5

Video settings:
http://gyazo.com/4e8bc1d1a894443b9c30c0e2d458cd2d

Advanced settings:
http://gyazo.com/18930cb1acde8c6f118d75fb22cd3f6a

 

[Gamin Neko]

So nobody can help me fixing this problem?

 

[Gamin Neko]

Whatever, I guess I'll find something else to record with, since for some reason, I'm the only person in the world with this problem...

 

[dping]

Whatever, I guess I'll find something else to record with, since for some reason, I'm the only person in the world with this problem...

So you are unable to open video files from a corrupt laptop hard drive? have these files been moved to the new drive? what file format? also, thumbnail cache comes from the OS so if the OS can't read the file, that is probably the root of your issues.

I'm grasping at straws here because I don't think anything I can say here will help you to be able to edit your files.

 

[Gamin Neko]

No no no...
I have made new recordings on the new hard drive, but I can't open those files in Sony Vegas pro 13.
I can play them in VLC and such but not edit them.

 

[dping]

OBS by default exports FLV files so I think you would either have to have a plugin of some sorts into Sony Vegas or change your recording formal in OBS for AVI your local recordings. about your existing ones, you might have to convert them to AVI but I've heard some AV sync issues with this.

 

[Gamin Neko]

Hmm... I guess that is an option, it's just weird that it all worked on my old hard drive where the files even had thumbnails that wasn't the standard VLC cone logo.

 

[Selina]

I had a similar problem and here is my solution...

Video Encoding: Encoder x264; Use CBR YES; Quality Balance 8; Max Bitrate 9600; Enable CBR padding YES;
Audio Encoding: Codec AAC; Format 48; Bitrate 192; Channel stereo

Broadcast Settings: Mode File Output Only; File Path C:\XXXXXXXXX.mp4; Replay Buffer 1; Replay Buffer C:\XXXXXXX.flv (XXXXXXX signified the actual path you have chosen on your machine)

The final file is an .mp4 file which Vegas Pro 13 will open - but the video is just green all the way through and the audio plays fine.

TO GET VEGAS TO RECOGNISE THE VIDEO - I simply changed the file extension from .mp4 to .AVC and reimport them. All files play correctly with audio and video in synch.

Hope that helps.

 

[MagoPlayer]

I had a similar problem and here is my solution...

Video Encoding: Encoder x264; Use CBR YES; Quality Balance 8; Max Bitrate 9600; Enable CBR padding YES;
Audio Encoding: Codec AAC; Format 48; Bitrate 192; Channel stereo

Broadcast Settings: Mode File Output Only; File Path C:\XXXXXXXXX.mp4; Replay Buffer 1; Replay Buffer C:\XXXXXXX.flv (XXXXXXX signified the actual path you have chosen on your machine)

The final file is an .mp4 file which Vegas Pro 13 will open - but the video is just green all the way through and the audio plays fine.

TO GET VEGAS TO RECOGNISE THE VIDEO - I simply changed the file extension from .mp4 to .AVC and reimport them. All files play correctly with audio and video in synch.

Hope that helps.

How do I change de file extension?

 

[Boildown]

How do I change de file extension?

The same way you do most things on a computer you don't know how to do: Use Google.

http://www.mediacollege.com/microsoft/windows/extension-change.html

 

[dping]

How do I change de file extension?

Ideally you leave it at flv then do a quick convert yo mp4. mp4 isn't error resistant so if OBS or your PC crashes, your file is corrupt. FLV stores file info at the start which allows recovery.

https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/how-to-convert-flvs-to-mp4-fast-without-re-encoding.78/