When is Sony Vegas Pro going to support H.265/HEVC?


When is Sony Vegas Pro going to support H.265/HEVC? If you came upon issues editing H.265/HEVC files in Sony Vegas, you may have interest in this post. It presents a workaround to transcode H.265/HEVC files for use in Vegas with optimum performance.
Sony Vegas Pro going to support H.265/HEVC
How can I work with H.265/HEVC media in Vegas Pro?
“Hi, fellows, I have a new Samsung NX1 4K camera which records footage using the new H.265 codec. Now I have an issue, the most recent version of Sony Vegas Pro 13 won’t open H.265 files created by this camera. Does anyone have a suggestion on editing H.265/HEVC content in Vegas? Thanks.”

HEVC, also known as H.265, is a new video codec that doesn’t be supported by major video editing programs, such as Sony Vegas, Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro X, iMovie, DaVinci Resolve and Edius. To be able to edit H.265/HEVC files in Vegas Pro fluidly without incompatibility issues, currently you have to convert H.265/HEVC files to an intermediate format that is fully compatible with Sony Vegas, such as MPEG2 because it works great in Vegas. To process format conversion, third party software is required. Considering the ease of use and well support for H.265/HEVC UHD 4K footage, we would recommend Video Converter app, which recognizes and handles H.265 media well.
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[Guide] How to convert H.265/HEVC video files to MPEG-2 for Vegas editing?

Follow these steps:
Step 1: Start up Video Converter as a professional H.265/HEVC Converter for Vegas. When its main interface pops up, click ‘Import’ to input your source media.
work with H.265/HEVC media in Vegas Pro

Step 2: Select MPEG-2 as output format for Sony Vegas
From ‘Profile’ list, choose ‘MPEG-2 (*.mpg)’ as output format under ‘Application’ column.

convert H.265/HEVC video files to MPEG-2 for Vegas

Step 3: Custom video and audio settings
If necessary, you can click ‘Settings’ button and go to ‘Profiles Settings’ panel to modify video and audio settings like video encoder, resolution, video bit rate, frame rate, aspect ratio, audio encoder, sample rate, audio bit rate, and audio channels.

Step 4: Start H.265/HEVC files to MPEG2 Conversion
When ready, click ‘Start’ to begin format conversion. As soon as the conversion is complete, you can click ‘Open Folder’ button to get the exported MPEG2 .mpg files for use in Sony Vegas Pro with optimum performance.

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