[size="4"][b]Sony Vegas Pro crash editing H.264 files? Just follow the below simple guide to fix the problems with H.264 mov, H.264 mp4 and Sony Vegas Pro 13/12/11.[/b][/size]
Got some camera footage in the H.264 codec(a .mov container) and I have tried to edit these H.264 files in Sony Vegas. While, the process is painfully slow. A bit of Googling, it showed that H.264 needs a lot of processing power to decode, so it is difficult to decode on the fly. So now my biggest question is how to get around this? How can I import [b]H.264 into Sony Vegas Pro[/b] smoothly?
Finally, I would think that I would convert the H.264 files to a lossless format that is easier to edit for Sony Vegas Pro. I used [b]Brorsoft Video Converter[/b] to encode all of my H.264 videos to MPEG-2 for using in Sony Vegas.
Overall, it is one of the best H.264 file converter tool for us. The program comes with several optimized format for Sony Vegas, which enable you to transcode H.264 to MPEG-2 for editing with Sony Vegas Pro directly without any rendering or codec problems. Plus, it also allows you to convert H.264 to DNxHD for Avid Media Composer, etc with best results. Download it and follow the tutorial below to convert H.264 files to Sony Vegas Pro effortlessly.
[b]Step 1: Add H.264 files[/b]
Install and launch the H.264 Video Converter, and then click “Add Files” button to import your H.264 MP4/MOV/AVI files to the software.
[b]Tip:[/b] If you wanna combine H.264 video clips into one file, you can click the “Merge into one” box.
[b]Step 2: Select output format[/b]
Click “Format” bar to determine output format. Follow “Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas” and select “MPEG-2(*.mpg)” as the output format. Besides, you can also choose WMV (VC-1) (*.wmv) if you want to get a relatively smaller output file.
[b]Step 3: Convert H.264 to Sony Vegas Pro[/b]
Click the convert button under the preview window, the converter will start encoding H.264 clips for importing to Sony Vegas Pro.