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Over the years, Vegas Pro software has been a pioneer and true innovator while other NLE manufacturers play catch-up. Vegas Pro has always featured robust native file format support. From the beginning around 10 years ago, Vegas Pro users have enjoyed the ability to throw just about anything at their projects with the confidence that the application would simply accept it and enable them to get on with their work. What’s video format can import and edit in Vegas Pro 20, 19, 18, 17, etc? In this article I present the many of the major file formats as they can import and edit in Vegas Pro software.
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File Format Not Supported by Vegas Pro – Solved
The first group of file types comprise a surprisingly large number of formats. Well, surprising if you’re not already a Vegas Pro user anyway. These include old standby formats like DV (either AVI or MOV) and HDV as well as others which are less commonly used as source footage such as WMV, some types of MPEG-2 and MPEG-4, and others.
Note: Not all files are guaranteed to import and edit in Vegas Pro.
What is the best format for Vegas Pro? Have problem with importing footage from your camera into Vegas Pro for further editing? Or may you have some downloaded movies and want to use them on Vegas Pro? Then you’d better convert your videos to Vegas Pro accepted files at first. If you temporarily have no idea about what to do, you can take the video to Vegas Pro conversion into consideration which is introduced in the following paragraphs. The conversion is darn easy to be finished with only three clicks without loss of video quality. To do the video video to Vegas Pro conversion task, you are highly recommended to ask a professional video conversion software (Acrok Video Converter Ultimate and Video Converter Ultimate for Mac) for help.
If you plan to import and edit Blu-ray and DVD movies in Vegas Pro 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, etc. Acrok Video Converter Ultimate can help you rip and convert Blu-ray/DVD to Vegas Pro best editing video formats.
Free download Any Video To Vegas Pro Video Converter
Any Video to Vegas Pro Supported Formats Converter Interface
Best Codec and Foramt for editing in Vegas Pro: wmv3 .wmv, h.264 MOV, mpeg-2 MPG
Vegas Pro Supported File Formats – Import & Export
The following tablets shows you what formats are supported by by different versions of Vegas Pro. Some formats have been tested and some have not been tested. The content is based on official parameters. We cannot guarantee that all the formats listed can be imported or exported successfully. we will also update the content based on official information.
Vegas Pro 20 Supported Formats
| Import | Video | Apple ProRes, Blackmagic RAW, HEVC/H.265, AVC/H.264, MP4, MPEG-2, MPEG-1, AVI, WMV, M4V, Sony XAVC / XAVC-S / XDCAM EX / HD 422 / MXF / ProDisc / HDCAM SR, MPEG IMX, DV, HDV, AVCHD, Panasonic P2, RED RAW |
| Audio | AIFF, AAC, MP2, MP3, M4A, OGG Vorbis, WAV, WMA, FLAC | |
| Other | Premiere/After Effects (*.prproj), Final Cut Pro 7/ DaVinci Resolve (*.xml), Final Cut Pro X (*.fcpxml), EDL Text File (*.txt), Broadcast Wave Format, Closed Captioning (SRT) | |
| Resolutions | SD, HD, 4K, 8K | |
| Export | Video | Apple ProRes, HEVC/H.265, AVC/H.264, MPEG-2, MPEG-1, MP4, AVI, WMV, Sony XAVC / XAVC-S / MXF / HDCAM SR, Panasonic P2, XDCAM EX |
| Audio | AIFF, AAC, MP3, OGG Vorbis, WAV, WMA, FLAC | |
| Other | VEGAS Project Archive (*.veg, *.vf), Premiere/After Effects (*.prproj), Final Cut Pro 7/DaVinci Resolve (*.xml), Final Cut Pro X (*.fcpxml), EDL Text File (*.txt), XDCAM Disc | |
| Resolutions | SD, HD, 4K, 8K |
Vegas Pro 19 Supported Formats
| Import | Video | Blackmagic RAW*, HEVC/H.265, AVC/H.264, MP4, MPEG-2, MPEG-1, AVI, WMV, M4V, Sony XAVC / XAVC-S / XDCAM EX / HD 422 / MXF / ProDisc / HDCAM SR, MPEG IMX, DV, HDV, AVCHD, Panasonic P2, RED RAW *Currently in BETA |
| Audio | AIFF, AAC, MP2, MP3, M4A, OGG Vorbis, WAV, WMA, FLAC | |
| Other | Premiere/After Effects (*.prproj), Final Cut Pro 7/ DaVinci Resolve (*.xml), Final Cut Pro X (*.fcpxml), EDL Text File (*.txt), Broadcast Wave Format, Closed Captioning (SRT) | |
| Resolutions | SD, HD, 4K, 8K | |
| Export | Video | HEVC/H.265, AVC/H.264, MPEG-2, MPEG-1, MP4, AVI, WMV, Sony XAVC / XAVC-S / MXF / HDCAM SR, Panasonic P2, XDCAM EX |
| Audio | AIFF, AAC, MP3, OGG Vorbis, WAV, WMA, FLAC | |
| Other | VEGAS Project Archive (*.veg, *.vf), Premiere/After Effects (*.prproj), Final Cut Pro 7/DaVinci Resolve (*.xml), Final Cut Pro X (*.fcpxml), EDL Text File (*.txt), XDCAM Disc | |
| Resolutions | SD, HD, 4K, 8K |
Vegas Pro 18 Supported Formats
| Import | Video | HEVC/H.265, AVC/H.264, MP4, MOV, MPEG-2, MPEG-1, AVI, WMV, M4V, Sony XAVC / XAVC-S / XDCAM EX / HD / HD 422 / MXF / ProDisc / HDCAM SR, MPEG IMX, DV, HDV, AVCHD, Panasonic P2, Red RAW |
| Audio | AIF, AAC, MP2, MP3, M4A, OGG Vorbis, WAV, WMA, FLAC | |
| Other | AAF, Premiere/After Effects (*.prproj), Final Cut Pro 7/ DaVinci Resolve (*.xml), Final Cut Pro X (*.fcpxml), EDL Text File (*.txt), Broadcast Wave Format, Closed Captioning | |
| Export | Video | HEVC/H.265, AVC/H.264, MPEG-2, MPEG-1, MP4, MOV, AVI, WMV, Sony XAVC / XAVC-S / MXF / HDCAM SR, Panasonic P2, XDCAM EX |
| Audio | AIF, AAC, MP3, OGG Vorbis, WAV, WMA, FLAC | |
| Other | VEGAS Project Archive (*.veg, *.vf), Premiere/After Effects (*.prproj), Final Cut Pro 7/DaVinci Resolve (*.xml), Final Cut Pro X (*.fcpxml), EDL Text File (*.txt), XDCAM Disc |
Vegas Pro 17 Supported Formats
| Import | Video | HEVC/H.265, AVC/H.264, MP4, MOV, MPEG-2, MPEG-1, AVI, WMV, XAVC-S, XAVC, XDCAM EX, XDCAM HD, XDCAM HD 422, XDCAM ProDisc, HDCAM SR, MPEG IMX, DV, HDV, AVCHD, Panasonic P2, Red RAW, Apple ProRes |
| Audio | AIF, AAC, MP2, MP3, M4A, Ogg Vorbis, WAV, WMA, FLAC | |
| Export | Video | HEVC/H.265, AVC/H.264, MPEG-2, MPEG-1, MP4, MOV, AVI, WMV, MAGIX Intermediate, Sony XAVC-S, Sony XAVC, Sony MXF, Sony HDCAM SR, Panasonic P2, XDCAM EX |
| Audio | AIF, AAC, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WAV, WMA, FLAC |
Vegas Pro 16 Supported file formats
| Import | Video | AAC, AA3, AVI, BMP, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, WMV, HEVC |
| Audio | AAC, AIFF, FLAC, LPEC, MP3, OGG, PCA, W64, WAV, WMA | |
| Export | Video | AVC/AAC, AVCHD, AVI, HEVC, MOV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MVC, RM, WMV, XAVC S |
| Audio | AAC, AIFF, FLAC, LPEC, MP3, OGG, PCA, W64, WAV, WMA |
Vegas Pro 15 Supported file formats
ImportAAC, AA3, AVI, BMP, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, WMV, HEVC, ProRes, AAC, AIFF, FLAC, LPEC, MP3, OGG, PCA, W64, WAV, WMA, BMP, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, WDP, WMPhoto, DDS, DPX, EX, AAF, Premiere/After Effects (*.prproj), Final Cut Pro 7/ DaVinci Resolve (*.xml), Final Cut Pro X (*.fcpxml), EDL Text File (*.txt), Broadcast Wave Format, DVD Camcorder Disc, Closed Captioning
ExportAAC, AA3, AVI, BMP, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, WMV, HEVC, ProRes, AAC, AIFF, FLAC, LPEC, MP3, OGG, PCA, W64, WAV, WMA, BMP, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, WDP, WMPhoto, DDS, DPX, EXR, VEGAS Project Archive (*.veg), Pro Tools AAF File (*.aaf), Media Composer AAF File (*.aaf), Premiere/After Effects (*.prproj), Final Cut Pro 7/DaVinci Resolve (*.xml), Final Cut Pro X (*.fcpxml), EDL Text File (*.txt), XDCAM Disc
Vegas Pro 14 Supported file formats
Import4K XAVC S, 4K XAVC, XDCAM EX, XDCAM Optical, DV, HDV, AVCHD, NXCAM, MOV, MP4, WMV, MPEG-1/2/4, H.264/AVC, WAV, FLAC, AAC, MP3, OGG, WMA, Surround Sound/5.1, BMP, PNG, JPEG, TIFF, OpenEXR-, DPX- and WDP image sequences
ExportDVD, Blu-ray Disc, AVCHD Disc, (DV-)AVI, MJPEG, MXF, MOV, WMV, XAVC, XAVC S, MPEG-1/2/4, H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, WAV, MP3, BMP, PNG, JPEG, TIFF, OpenEXR- , DPX- and WDP image sequences
Vegas Pro 13 Supported file formats
Opens:MOV, WMV, H.264, AA3, AAF, AIF, ASF, AU, AVC, AVI, BMP, BWF, CDA, DIG, DLX, DPX, DV, EXR, FLAC, GIF, HDP, IVC, JPEG, AVCHD, M2T, M2TS, MVC, Sony MXF (XDCAM and HDCAM SR), MP3, MP4, M4A, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video, OGG, MPO, OMA, Panasonic MXF (DVCPRO, AVC-Intra) PCA, PSD, QT, R3D, PNG, SFA, SND, TIFF, TGA, W64, WAV, VOX, WDP, WMA, XAVC Intra MXF, XAVC S
Saves:H.264, AA3, FLAC, AC3, AIF, ATRAC, AVC, AVCHD, AVI, DPX, EXR, HDP, MOV, MP4, WMV, MP3, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video, M2T, Sony MXF (XDCAM and HDCAM SR), MVC, OGG, Panasonic MXF (AVC-Intra), PCA, W64, WAV, WMA, XAVC S, XAVC Intra MXF
DVD Encoding: Video: NTSC 4:3, NTSC Widescreen, PAL 4:3, PAL Widescreen
Audio: AC-3 5.1 or stereo, PCM
Video: MPEG-2 or AVC, 1080-60i, 1080-50i and 1080-24p
Audio: AC-3 5.1 or stereo, PCM
Format I/O and Hardware Support
Sony Vegas Pro 12 Supported file formats
OpensAA3, AAF, AIF, ASF, AU, AVI, BMP, BWF, CDA, DIG, DLX, DPX, DV, EXR, FLAC, GIF, HDP, IVC, JPG, M2T, M2TS, MOV, Sony MXF (XDCAM and HDCAM SR), MP3, MP4, M4A, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video, OGG, OMA, Panasonic MXF (DVCPRO 25, 50, 100, AVC-Intra 50, 100), PCA, PNG, PSD, QT, R3D, SFA, SND, TIFF, TGA, VOX, W64, WAV, WDP, WMA, WMV
SavesAA3, AC3, AIF, ATRAC, AVC, AVI, DPX, EXR, FLAC, HDP, MOV, MP3, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video, MP4, M2T, Sony MXF (XDCAM and HDCAM SR), OGG, PCA, W64, WAV, WMA, WMV