Kodak Zi8 to Sony Vegas

 

June 22, 2011 1:11 pm / Posted by Bill Smith to Camcorder Tips
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How to convert/import Kodak Zi8 video to Sony Vegas?

Kodak's Zi8 is a pocket High-Definition video camera for the consumer on a budget. It offers record resolutions of 1080p, 720p @ 30 or 60 fps, or WVGA (848x480), a built-in mono microphone with input for a stereo mic, and A/V and HDMI outputs.

Kodak video to Sony Vegas converter is an excellent conversion tool that enables you to convert Kodak video (Kodak Zi8, Kodak Zi6, Kodak Zx1, Kodak PLAYSPORT) to AVI, MP4, WMV for importing/editing Kodak video into Sony Vegas, using Kodak video with Sony Vegas on windows. Kodak video camcorder family consists of Kodak Zi8, Kodak Zi6, Kodak Zx1, Kodak PLAYSPORT.

So, I have a Kodak zi8 camera. For me, the biggest problem is that the Zi8 camera captures in H264 (read: Quicktime's .MOV format), which works seamlessly with Apple's iMovie editing suite, but causes a complete horror show for most Windows users.

Fixing the issue of importing Kodak Kodak zi8 video into Sony Vegas Pro 9

Question1: Boy, oh boy, do I really like the Kodak zi8 camera... - the best thing is the external audio input that I can use. With the AudioTechnica ATR 3350 lavalier mike to get better recordings. HOWEVER....The Zi8 video file output is MOV files (a proprietary Apple format),and the MOV files don't work well in Sony Vegas.

Question2: Alright so not to long ago i got a video HD camcorder called "Kodak zi8" its a good camera and has fantastic quality. The only problem is it that when i put it in my editing software (Sony vegas) it wont read it (its a MOV file). im really getting mad. So any answers?

I have used sony vegas pro 9 on my PC for awhile now, but the raw files from the Zi8 wouldn't work with Vegas unless they were converted first to AVI or MP4. This problem went on for a few weeks until recently I found a software called Kodak video to Sony Vegas converter which can convert my Kodak Zi8 videos easily with super quality and am happy to report that Sony Vegas works well with .AVI files. It's very easy to use-just Add, Convert and start editing in sony vegas(completely solves the audio and video stutter or out of sync issues).

Kodak zi8 video to Sony Vegas converter allows you to transcode/convert between general video formats like avi, wmv, mpeg4, dv, mpeg-2, mpg/mpeg, mkv, vob, flv, swf, etc.

Features of Kodak zi8 video to Sony Vegas converter

1: Adjust Aspect ratio
Original, full screen, 4:3 or 16:9
2: Select various output formats
Select AVI for edit Kodak video in windows movie maker,premiere cs4/elements
Select FLV for upload Kodak video to YouTube
Select SWF for embedding to website, blog
Select MP4 for putting onto iTunes, iPod, iPhone
Select DV for iMovie, Final Cut Pro

How to import/convert/edit/transcode Kodak zi8 video to Sony Vegas on windows with Kodak to Sony Vegas Converter?

Step1: Free download Kodak Video to Sony Vegas Converter on your PC.

Step2: Click "Add files" to add Kodak .MOV video.

Step 3: Choose "AVI" for output format and set output folder.

Step 4: Click "Start" to convert Kodak .MOV video to AVI that can be played natively on Sony Vegas.