Vegas HD Platinum 11 Help

[neek-love.livejournal.com]

My ever-helpful vidders,

Help a sister out?

I recently sent my PC in for repairs after it went mental (aka corrupted software stuffed the whole thing). My files were all a-ok and I've moved them from the backup folder back to their original positions, but when I open my vid file in Vegas it won't connect two of the files (that a significant number of my clips are sourced from :\). I don't really know wtf I'm doing, but I downloaded quicktime and divx as I had them before...still no joy, even when I manually connect the vids. I get this:






Any advice?

TIA!

Comments

[amnisias.livejournal.com]

Two observations. In the clip window, all the clips are .mpg whereas the Indistructable that you seem to want ot import has a Quick time logo, so I think that makes it a .mov? That difference might be part of the explantion.

The file you tried to open manually is actually a different file anyway, it has a .vf extension, which apperantly is a SV project file extension (http://www.file-extensions.org/vf-file-extension). Project files don't normally include any clips, just project information. Can you actually see the clip you want when you try to open manually? I vid in SV Pro, and everytime I pull a clip onto the timeline the programme creates a .sf file in the same folder with the same name. This is not a clip, it's just project information. These files are very small, and depending on the settings of your computer you can't see them unless you specifically 'unhide' them. I'm wondering whether this is a similar thing?

[neek-love.livejournal.com]

Thankyou so much for your response! It actually somehow magically fixed itself. But thanks!

[winchesterjo.livejournal.com]

I'm not 100%, but it does sound like you've got separated files. Like amnisias mentioned, when you start using a clip and drag it to the timeline, it creates a SV file in that same folder.

I'm thinking that at some point the two files have been separated or that the SV file has gotten lost/deleted? If that's the case, then i would suggest looking for the SV file and putting it into the same folder that your source video is in, to get back all your clips, or if you can't find it, then re-clip your source file.

[neek-love.livejournal.com]

Thankyou so much for your response! It actually somehow magically fixed itself. But thanks!