daly29
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Video Input
Hi I am looking at making a music video using my Sonar X1 Producer latest updates installed. I use the 64 bit version but dont seem to be able to input any video keep getting format not supported errors.
Coulod anyone please which format would be best to get my video into Sonar.
Thank you
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dubdisciple
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Re:Video Input
2012/03/13 13:15:48
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Re:Video Input
2012/03/13 14:33:54
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SCorey
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Re:Video Input
2012/03/13 14:34:34
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Yes, wmv should work. The problem with 64 bit Sonar is that it requires Windows to have 64 bit direct show codecs for videos. And those are fairly rare.
An avi file with the mpeg4 codec (that's MPEG-4 part 2, AKA ISO/IEC 14496-2, and NOT MPEG-4 part 10, AKA h.264, AKA ISO/IEC 14496-10 for you sticklers out there...) or the motion jpeg codec will work well. As does mpeg1 but not mpeg2.
There are also 64 bit codec packs out there and I've tried them but ultimately uninstalled them since they were more trouble that they were worth. For my video work, I actually stick with quicktime and 32-bit Sonar.
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dubdisciple
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Re:Video Input
2012/03/13 15:25:22
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i agree that codec packs are typically mnore trouble than they are worth. I simply accept Sonar's limitations with video and use only file formats that i know work
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Dave_Ro
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Re:Video Input
2012/03/13 19:04:33
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Cakewalk Tech Support told me to use .AVI - but no other details even after much prodding. They said .AVI is the prefered format...but listen to the voices of experiance here who are in the trenches day to day!!
For me I have had trouble getting video to play nice with SONAR. I do most of my stem creation in Sony Vegas. I'll take pieces of the video and score to them in SONAR but then transfer to Vegas to complete (with sound design, etc.)
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daly29
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Re:Video Input
2012/03/13 19:55:02
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Thanks Guys I have tried converting the Files to wmv same issue file format not supported (bummer) The original file is in a .mov format.
I will keep plodding away till I have had enough but really appreciate the responses
Thank you
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dubdisciple
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Re:Video Input
2012/03/13 20:31:13
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Dave, that is a good workflow. Vegas is not a bad way to do some one-stop shopping in the video world if your audio is all audio stems. The built-in audio features are superior to any other video editor and rival many D.A.W.s in some areas. The effects are pretty much the effects from Sound Forge and it allows expansion via VST and possibly Direct X.
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fitzj
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Re:Video Input
2012/03/13 21:27:10
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If you want to make movies then Sonar whatever version is of no use. Even windows movie maker is better. Audio by all means but not Video.
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Re:Video Input
2012/03/13 22:47:10
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fitzj
If you want to make movies then Sonar whatever version is of no use. Even windows movie maker is better. Audio by all means but not Video.
Sonar is not a video editing application. But if you want to use Sonar to score music to video, then Sonar is fine - you just need to have a suitable format to import video into Sonar so you can score to hit points on the video. There's nothing wrong with Sonar for creating music to video. If you have problems due to 64bit and Quicktime, you need to convert it to a suported format, or do what SCorey said - just use 32bit Sonar. Cheers - Cliff
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SCorey
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Re:Video Input
2012/03/14 10:28:35
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Cakewalk Tech Support told me to use .AVI - but no other details even after much prodding. They said .AVI is the prefered format...
Wow. That is a remarkably incomplete answer. Just saying "avi" is virtually useless since it's the codec inside the avi file that is the real issue/solution. Very disappointing that tech support wouldn't give any more detail on that. At the very least, they should have a KB page that lists the video formats and codecs that work with 64 bit Sonar. I'm kinda surprised .wmv didn't work. What program was used to encode it? And, yeah, I do a lot of soundtrack work. 32 bit Sonar results in far fewer headaches for that.
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