video codecs/ffdshow tryouts settings???

[crassislame]

I have been trying to edit on sony vegas for several weeks now...and everytime I open a video file, I only get audio and no video.

I have used various programs to help like g spot and ffdshow-tryouts.

the vfw setting in ffdshow seems to be somewhat helpful...it is because of setting h264 to libavcodec, on the vfw component, that I am able to drag and drop the files on the video section of sony vegas...but they still show a black screen.

The files I am trying to watch are avi files.

Someone on tech support forums said that someone here may be able to help me tweak the vfw settings to help get things working. I am also open to any other suggestions.

thanks

[St Devious]

please post info of the file with this software- MediaInfo http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en

[crassislame]

General
Complete name : J:\DCIM\200MOVIE\CLIP0007.AVI
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 20.6 MiB
Duration : 1mn 29s
Overall bit rate : 1 940 Kbps

Video
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L3.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Codec ID : H264
Duration : 1mn 29s
Bit rate : 1 844 Kbps
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4/3
Frame rate : 30.000 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.200
Stream size : 19.6 MiB (95%)

Audio
Format : ADPCM
Codec ID : 2
Codec ID/Info : Microsoft ADPCM
Duration : 1mn 29s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 88.2 Kbps
Channel(s) : 1 channel
Sampling rate : 22.05 KHz
Resolution : 4 bits
Stream size : 967 KiB (5%)
Interleave, duration : 92 ms (2.77 video frames)


http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k366/aggroafroimblack/lsdkhfslkdf.jpg

[St Devious]

have you checked H.264 to libavcodec under ffdshow video decoder settings ?

[Keiyakusha]

crassislame
Are you sure that Vegas allows using 3rd party decoders/splitters for decoding? If no, try to remux your h264 video to mp4.

[crassislame]

st devious
Yea, H.264 is set to libavcodec, would it be possible that adjusting other settings besides H.264 would make a difference?

Keiyakusha
How exactly would I remux my h264 video to mp4? Isn't that just like converting files?