Video Import in Sonar X1 Studio. Please help

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quique07
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2012/04/20 12:23:26 (permalink)

Video Import in Sonar X1 Studio. Please help

Hi, I´m trying yo import video into sonar x1 studio and haven´t had luck yet.I´ve tried mov,mp4 and avi files with no succes.A sign shows up saying that the file format is invalid. The funny thing is that I have installed in another computer sonar x1 le and there I can import all the file formats. Thanks for your help
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    Jimbo 88
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    Re:Video Import in Sonar X1 Studio. Please help 2012/04/20 12:38:21 (permalink)
    Rerender your file to be Mpeg1 or AVI.  Those seem to be the only sure fire formats that work with sonar. 
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    Re:Video Import in Sonar X1 Studio. Please help 2012/04/20 13:42:09 (permalink)
    A lot of times what Sonar (and any other program for that matter) can and cannot import is regulated by codecs you have installed on your machine that have nothing directly to do with Sonar.  Installing a massive codec pack will probably increase the number of possible files you can import, but will also increase your likelihood of getting a virus.  Your other computer probably has more codecs installed.  Try wmv.  That seems to work  consistently.
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    Re:Video Import in Sonar X1 Studio. Please help 2012/04/20 14:36:04 (permalink)
    Are you using 32 or 64-bit Sonar? If 32-bit, then you need to have Quicktime installed in order to load .mp4 files. If 64-bit, then there is no Quicktime so Sonar can't load .mp4 files.

    Video files consist of a container which is reflected in the extension: .avi, .mp4, .wmv, etc. And they consist of a codec, which is how the video is stored inside the container. Just saying "render your file to .avi" isn't very useful advice, since it all depends on the codec inside the .avi file.

    In my tests, a .avi file with the mjpeg codec works best in either 32 or 64 bit Sonar. Followed by .avi with mpeg-4 part 2 codec aka mpeg4, aka xvid and a few other names. .avi with DV codec works well. And .wmv of any Windows Media codec works pretty well.

    -Steve Corey
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    quique07
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    Re:Video Import in Sonar X1 Studio. Please help 2012/04/20 17:15:59 (permalink)
    Yes. After several tests the wmv was the only one that worked.

    Thank You for your time and advices.
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