Overview Scanned in a U-Matic tape using Blackmagic Media Express. This created a AVI file with a UYVY codec and PCM 24bit codec for audio.

Sample:

General

Complete name : R:\Business RAW\U-matic\2016\16-04-20 Pereria Umatic tape\tape 02.avi

Format : AVI

Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave

Format profile : OpenDML

File size : 4.12 GiB

Duration : 3mn 26s

Overall bit rate : 171 Mbps

Video

ID : 0

Format : YUV

Codec ID : UYVY

Codec ID/Info : Uncompressed 16bpp. YUV 4:2:2 (Y sample at every pixel, U and V sampled at every second pixel horizontally on each line). A macropixel contains 2 pixels in 1 u_int32.

Duration : 3mn 26s

Bit rate : 168 Mbps

Width : 720 pixels

Height : 486 pixels

Display aspect ratio : 3:2

Frame rate : 29.970 fps

Standard : NTSC

Color space : YUV

Chroma subsampling : 4:2:2

Compression mode : Lossless

Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 16.000

Stream size : 4.03 GiB (98%)

Audio

ID : 1

Format : PCM

Format settings, Endianness : Little

Format settings, Sign : Signed

Codec ID : 00001000-0000-0100-8000-00AA00389B71

Duration : 3mn 26s

Bit rate mode : Constant

Bit rate : 2 304 Kbps

Channel(s) : 2 channels

Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz

Bit depth : 24 bits

Stream size : 56.7 MiB (1%)

Alignment : Aligned on interleaves

Interleave, duration : 1033 ms (30.94 video frames)

GeneralComplete name : R:\Business RAW\U-matic\2016\16-04-20 Pereria Umatic tape\tape 02.aviFormat : AVIFormat/Info : Audio Video InterleaveFormat profile : OpenDMLFile size : 4.12 GiBDuration : 3mn 26sOverall bit rate : 171 Mbps VideoID : 0Format : YUVCodec ID : UYVYCodec ID/Info : Uncompressed 16bpp. YUV 4:2:2 (Y sample at every pixel, U and V sampled at every second pixel horizontally on each line). A macropixel contains 2 pixels in 1 u_int32.Duration : 3mn 26sBit rate : 168 MbpsWidth : 720 pixelsHeight : 486 pixelsDisplay aspect ratio : 3:2Frame rate : 29.970 fpsStandard : NTSCColor space : YUVChroma subsampling : 4:2:2Compression mode : LosslessBits/(Pixel*Frame) : 16.000Stream size : 4.03 GiB (98%) AudioID : 1Format : PCMFormat settings, Endianness : LittleFormat settings, Sign : SignedCodec ID : 00001000-0000-0100-8000-00AA00389B71Duration : 3mn 26sBit rate mode : ConstantBit rate : 2 304 KbpsChannel(s) : 2 channelsSampling rate : 48.0 KHzBit depth : 24 bitsStream size : 56.7 MiB (1%)Alignment : Aligned on interleavesInterleave, duration : 1033 ms (30.94 video frames)

Problem:

When the AVI file is dropped onto the Vegas timeline there is no audio track.

Solution:

Use myFFmpeg to transfer the video and convert the audio to 16 bit PCM.

How:

Open up myFFmpeg and drop the file(s) onto the window.

Use the preset "AVI pass thru, PCM 16 bit" (on Apollo2).