blackgto57,
I wish I could say that there was a codec that you could download, however, from what I know (and have used personally) with Sony Vegas is that it runs off of plug-ins. The software doesn't use directdraw at all.
Now that's what I know about Vegas 8.0. I don't know that for sure with 9.0, but if it's the same, it's a plug-in that would have to be issued by the developers.
I have imported via USB and made movies via USB, however, not with the HMX20C-HD native file.
If you'd like, I could pass this question to our Camcorder specialist to get his take on it... ???
Let me know if you'd like me to do that.
--HDTech
Hi
I have Vegas Movie Studio 9 Platinum Edition (version 9b)with the bundled Sound Forge Music Studio updated to 9d. I have purchased a Samsung VP-HMX20C HD camcorder and have found some issues with Vegas and the video format of the Samsung.
Vegas will import the video files from the Samsung and play them back without any problems provided the files are smaller than 2GB otherwise they will simply fail to load. This is not a big issue as I have used the on board editing of the Samsung camcorder to cut the files up to ensure they are less than 2GB.
The second issue is a more serious problem. The native Vegas sound editor and bundled Sound Forge will not open the audio stream of the Samsung video file without crashing. The moment any attempt is made to edit the audio stream both Vegas and Sound Forge fail.
I did try the Samsung and Vegas together before purchase but only with a small video file and I stupidly neglected to try and edit audio in the demo version of Vegas.
Has anyone else had similar problems?
BTW the Samsung camcorder is actually quite good, I was surprised by the image quality from such an inexpensive HD camcorder.
Steve

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