Vegas6 x.264 Error: Selected codec does not support current render settings

[jack_eb]

I've looked through http://gabe.5000megs.com/guide/DeathTheSheep_x264_VfW_guide.html
I've searched for FAQs.
I've encoded DVDs using other codec before.

But ripping and encoding a DVD is not what I'm doing now. So every guide out there is only helpful to a certain extent.


I'm trying to render with a 264 encoder in Sony Vegas 6. My source footage is uncompressed AVIs, screen captures using Fraps. (840x516, 30fps)

I've successfully edited a sequence, and rendered it out using various codecs such as xvid and divx. Now I want to try a 264 codec.

I've installed x.264, and no matter what settings I use i keep getting the same error in Vegas.
"The Selected codec does not support the current render settings"
I have Quicktime7pro, which means access to their h.264 codec but AFAIK I can only use their 264 encoder from within QT7, correct?

I did find this post:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=100418&highlight=vegas+6+264
But it barely seems relevant to my issue.



Any idea why isn't this working?
Could someone point in the right direction here?

[foxyshadis]

I have no solution to this problem :( but I'm just wondering if perhaps zmbv or msu screen lossless would be a better option, if possible? (smaller, faster, lossless, etc.) They should have no problems through vegas afaik.

[DarkZell666]

Hint : quicktime's h264 implementation is poor and slow, forget about it if you can ;) And indeed it isn't available through the VFW interface (which vegas uses).

Dunno if x264vfw has been also fixed to handle mod-16 resolutions ... but your resolution isn't divideable by 16, and this isn't(wasn't?) allowed in x264vfw. 840/16 = 52.5 and 516/16 = 32.25 ...

Try 832x512 (resize to this resolution whenever you can, wether it's via a filter/plugin in vegas or even during capture)

Other thing : x264 only supports YV12 as input colorspace. If vegas outputs RGB24 or RGB32 it won't work ... you'll have to configure that somewhere if you can :)

[DarkZell666]

any luck with vegas & x264 ?

[jack_eb]

Thanks for the ideas.
I tried the MSU Screen codec, and it made a 10second test into 150mb and displaying at what looked like 0.5FPS. Couldn't find the ZMBV encoder.


I tried rendering out of Vegas with your suggested 832x512 and I still get the same error.

I also looked through every single menu in Vegas, and found no color settings or mention of YV12/RGB, nor any mention of YV12/color settings/RGB in the help files.



The goal is to encode something around 10-15minutes, under 300mb. The codec has got to be able to handle fast motion.
I assumed an h.264 codec would be my best option, unless theres something else you recommend. Or if anyone else has ideas as to why this isn't working, that'd be great ;D

cheers

[GodofaGap]

As work around you could render as uncompressed RGB (if you have the space) or with a lossless codec and then compress with VirtualDub.

[xyloy]

Couldn't find the ZMBV encoder.
The VFW ZMBV codec is embedded with DOSBox 0.65. Once DOSBox 0.65 is installed, go to start menu => Programs => DOSBox 0.65 => Video => Install movie codec (WinXP and Win2000 Only), and you'll be able to use it via the VFW interface. ;)