How to Fix mp4 Crashes in Sony Vegas

Have you ever been importing an MP4 file into Sony Vegas, only to see that white screen of death? As it turns out, the solution is very, very simple.
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[@intergigaming9103]

Thank you so much for posting this. Five years later and it's still relevant it seems.

[@iRedseven]

Thank you, mate! 2 years later and your solution worked. Liked and subbed!

[@schnup2000]

I cant even load the files in

[@seeker9124]

Black Zero download quicktime or

[@marcpTV]

QuickTime used Mac ;-;

[@chrissamsico1749]

Same

[@chrissamsico1749]

You got a fix?

[@schnup2000]

not yet

[@spirit9871]

6 years later and this still 100% works, thanks a ton man.

[@YEAHMAP]

thank you so much! it helped me fixing my crashing problem! i was looking for over 1 week to fix it!!

[@TylerShipleyYT]

You are a life saver, for years I had to convert videos to WMV to edit, now I don't. Your awesome my dude.

[@StreamerSchool]

This is the first video that took me to the correct compoundplugin folder. Copying the directory and pasting it really makes all the difference. My issue was the "so4compoundplug" folder. THANKS!

[@RNTV15]

holy crap it worked. thanks man i was about to back out of an ad deal because i was angry i couldn't edit their gameplay. you the man!

[@Rorius]

You're a life saver, was having this problem with a single video file from an elgato, immediately fixed

[@Twhhy]

This still works 5 years later thank you bro .

[@xNexiz]

Thank you so much. This works for Vegas 15 aswell. I have been looking for a fix all day and reinstalled Vegas. This is the only thing that worked thatnk you so much. :)

[@saikurowsawa75]

You are the man! I spent hour's on this problem thank you so much mate. Subscribed keep up the good work!

[@joshmigz7530]

Dude I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH. This issue has been driving me nuts and Magix is less than helpful since I'm using Vegas 11.
If I could tip you I would. I'm so happy right now.

[@dinokingfan1]

Such an odd fix, but helped me instantly. I was just having issues even getting an MP4 over an hour and half long loaded in. Thanks!

[@thinkingwithpotatoes8018]

God bless you. I was losing my mind today and was this close to giving up on a project that was very important to me.

[@jerrycarlson2325]

THANK YOU! All of a sudden I was running a mp4 file on Vegas 18 - and the program was acting very wierd playing it. This fixed it. Vegas 14 didnt need the fix!! Thanks!

[@Ethdawg]

Thank you! Been trying to fix this for hours. Great video

[@RCsGamingCorner]

Just built a new PC and was getting this error in Vegas. This fixed it no problem, thank you man.

[@theadriang]

Thank you a lot for this man, you saved a two weeks worth of filming!

[@analogcadet]

6 years later and it worked for me

[@WyzeWolfBR]

dude, you just saved my life. thank you SO MUCH!!!!!! (vegas 14 here, btw)

[@LynxArcane]

Thank you VERY much man. You saved me, i was starting to get really sad with everything

[@brambor4343]

Wow! I honestly didn't believe this would work. Thanks!

[@treybionegaming3096]

for anyone wondering, this definitely works. even if youre not having the EXACT same problem.. IT STILL WORKS THANK YOU

[@AustinJ]

thanks so much for this video I was having the same issue but with clips downloaded from twitch and this fixed it. Hugely helpful!

[@iFlekzz]

OMG thanks for this video!! It helped me so much

[@SMKurama]

bruh iflekzz :o

[@iFlekzz]

@@SMKurama Hi xD

[@Zachattack97]

this helped with a mp4 transcoding error on my end, thanks so much! still works 2022

[@sgmechanic4818]

This also works if your vegas pro crashes before you even load the video into the timeline. Thanks for the fix! Glad I tried it!

[@SuperSmith]

Very nice, worked instantly after doing this.

[@MrDillab]

Bro even in 2021 , you saved my life bro , i was fina rage quit on my edit too !
mad respect to you bro !

[@tomtaymccoll]

You are such a legend, thank you so much for helping with this fix :)

[@Unknown-yv9yb]

ma man just saved hours of hard work, much love!

[@hopelesslylazy]

This issue was making me crazy. Thank you so much!

[@jonas2151]

still helpful in 2019 with vegas 14 for me. thank you very much

[@randomedits3424]

Thanks alot. Exactly what I was looking for as it was solution to my problem.

[@Agroulinggrwaler1999]

I'm using Movie Studio Platinum and the problem I had was that the software crashed after playing the video for about 20 seconds, and this only happened when using MPEG-4 (I'm mostly using MOV or uncompressed AVI). Thanks alot for your help, it fixed all of my issues! :)

[@relaxado270]

Thank you so much man, my problem was i bit different, it crashes when you open pan crop, but your video solved, your a legend

[@Leadready]

Really appreciate this, thank you so much!

[@SucculentsandSpikes]

Hey thank you so much! Very easy! It did work. Amazing!

[@dengry7883]

2020 and actually works, you are a god!!

[@britmachine722]

Using Vegas Pro 14 but this still completely worked, cheers!

[@chelseybabyyy]

Holy shit, it worked! Dude, you're awesome! Definitely liking this so I can find it again when I need to. Thank you!!!

[@ariannalombardo2507]

Thank you very much, you fixed my problem. Vegas is kinda boring with all this errors. Thank you again.

[@TibiaLevelUp]

Thank you so much for this video, I had issues when trying to "edit" this MP4 file in Vegas, everytime got stuck and took centuries to load wathever I wanted to do, now with this video It doesn't stuck anymore

[@PixzelByPixzelDONTBEASZIBORK]

Well, 1+ sub because the whole time I followed this tutorial I was like yeah mhm like it's gonna work for me but then it worked. I also had a different problem I have 2 audio channels but it worked so thank you.

[@echavezsy]

This helped me a lot bro... Got you Vegas... Big Thanks bro..

[@thiswas6681]

IT WORKED!!! thank you so much

[@PimplyPete]

2020 still works, thanks mate.

[@losam3]

thanks you a lot bro, I was starting to get frustrated, you are the best

[@Buzro]

This worked for me, thank you so much.

[@DodgeShotz]

Thank you so much the only video that worked ❤

[@mxlevenom116]

OMG Thank you Bro you just help me so much

[@worthedits9175]

Okay this really helped a lot thanks 😭😭😭

[@Reberu]

THIS WORKED! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[@doktorm8223]

finally someone that dont disable multi core rendering and shit
i love you bro it works :D

[@DezGamez]

My hero, thank you! :D

[@hardikgujral7100]

Thanks Bro You saved my vegas 🥰 Love from India

[@eallblack6889]

you're a savior TAT

[@chrismadagames]

THIS VIDEO IS A BLESSING! THANKYOU! **LIKED**

[@Caliboyjosh10]

you just saved my project, thanks bro

[@lexify8012]

Thanks so much! This srsly saved me! This problem annoyed me so much, i was sitting in front of my monitor searching for fixes for hours and it never worked! Thanks! Like/Sub for you :)

[@coinflipcutification]

Thank you so much, you saved me from frustration! :-)

[@burify]

Dude thank you so much it fixed my problem!

[@dbruck]

You are a genius, my sir. Thank you!

[@nanatech]

thank you so much!

[@ct2clutch646]

That helped so much, thanks man!

[@F4Spencer]

Thank you for this! I can also confirm it works for Vegas 17 as well.

[@JasonAllenUK]

Thanks. This solved the problem.

[@weekenddangler4490]

My dood I have Vegas studio 16 and cannot add any go pro footage it will just immediately crash and will not let me add it to the time line would this be they way to fix my problem.

[@urusovgaming3566]

*THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO! YOU ARE AWESOME DUDE*

[@zednem_]

You rock my man! Thank you a lot

[@adstudio9995]

THANKS MAN IT JUST WORKED SMOOTH AFTER THIS FIX

[@deloke323]

it worked bro thx you saved my life

[@cappu7121]

holy shit that really worked. thank you so much man you made my day :D

[@Dowan44]

THANK YOU SO MUCH MAN!

[@sufyansiddiqi4467]

Man LOVE YOU IT HELPED ME ALOT ARIGATO

[@maeprice8745]

When I try this I have the same problem as you had in the end: The previous problems and lags and whatever were fixed. But the Video itself looked weird and liney... How do I fix that tho

[@JECMotovlogs]

thank you sir, it really works!

[@avtuh-com]

Thanks, you've saved my nervosa

[@monkeywithocd]

Thank you! Got Vegas Pro 14 Edit from the recent Humble Bundle and it would just crash immediately when importing mp4 files, but removing that plugin worked! Any idea on what that plugin is supposed to do?

[@user-zi5qo8up4b]

LOVE YOU DUDE!!! THANKS

[@ChapterMasterValrak]

Amazing!

[@KidsWreckMovies]

thx bro ur a lifesaver

[@StippGuitar]

Thank you VERY MUCH!!!!

[@andizagmusic8608]

OMG I'm all tears. Joy tears... THANKS so SO much!!! True heros don't wear capes... There it goes my like. Cheers.

[@UmbertoRonco]

In my vegas Pro17 didn't work keep crushing indicating the same problem in the same file you fixed bu in my case still not working

[@TheEmirsch]

Worked, thanks man!

[@Hrach0r]

Thanks man, it works like a charm! :-)

[@ashdavis8667]

It worked thanks for the help!

[@Quimerateck]

been out for a while, so i tried to get some editing done and this problem poped out, but thx to you know im back on the tracks
the editing tracks (bad pun tss)

[@cozygushy]

i owe my entire life to you

[@youngmoneyfan123]

I can’t even load mine in as soon I go to import I click on where it is it says not responding and I have to wait a couple minutes and when I click play on the video it’s super laggy (or it just shutdown my Vegas pro)

[@mega3291]

late comment but, did you find how to fix it?

[@TheJoeshExperience]

worked perfect. Thank you.

[@yahoomlody]

man. i love you. really.

[@fleur8609]

Dude you saved me! Thanks a lot

[@PoupaKG]

it works!! thank you. but it makes the programme so slow? :(( any solution for this? mine is SV11

[@MetalMatt2510]

having this problem recently on pro 15 lately. I think i need to check Nvidia drivers, i notice when i drag in game footage i recorded with Windows 10 own screen (windows key + G) recorder in mp4 format Vegas will crash. I imported a video i download and it worked no problem. Strange.

[@user-dr8hq2vy5d]

2022 It' work Thx very much bro!

[@Reckzo]

THANK YOU

[@bennyiphone4]

Thank you very much 😊 i dont no why, but it works perfect on my Laptop.