VEditor and Canon AVI video

Geo · Post by **Geo** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:26 am

I'm testing the MediaStudio Trial V8 .
When I load and play a video created on my Canon S1IS (.avi) in the VEditor I heard only the sound and there is no video (but garbage) displayed. When I play this video with QT I don't have this problem. Do I something wrong or sis I miss something?
Any help is welcome
Geo

Devil · Post by **Devil** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 9:07 am

Your cam is not a real video device. It records in 640 x 480 format at 30 fps. You must set your project settings accordingly, using a compatible codec. It is NOT DV!

Geo · Post by **Geo** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:00 pm

Do you have any idea about the codec that I need and where to find it?
many thanks.

Devil · Post by **Devil** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 7:01 am

Sorry, you wil have to look in the cam manual to find details of how they put the video into an avi wrapper, or contact the manufacturer.

You may also get a clue by right-clicking, Properties|Summary|Advanced.

You see, an avi file is meaningless. It is just like brown paper used to wrap a parcel, which may contain the Hope diamond or dog s**t. There is no way of knowing what is in it until you open it.

Uryel · Post by **Uryel** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 6:55 pm

Get GSpot utility from <http://gspot.headbands.com> (I recommend 2.52 Beta 1 release). It will tell you what codec your AVI file needs. Then you'll know what video codec to search for.

Alternatively, your cam manual should tell you.