{"id":2785,"date":"2026-04-07T08:06:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T00:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tv-converter.com\/guide\/?p=2785"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:09:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T07:09:15","slug":"how-to-import-and-edit-mp4-video-in-vegas-pro-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.tv-converter.com\/guide\/how-to-import-and-edit-mp4-video-in-vegas-pro-23\/","title":{"rendered":"How to import and edit MP4 video in Vegas Pro 23?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Vegas Pro 23 won&#8217;t import MP4 files produced by iPhone, Canon, DJI or other devices\/programs? The best solution is convert MP4 to Vegas Pro 23 best editing format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Problems when editing MP4 videos in Vegas Pro 23<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>1. I use Bandicam to record a file in MP4 format, but I am unable to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acrok.com\/edit-mp4-in-vegas-pro\/\">import MP4 video into Vegas Pro 23<\/a>&nbsp;and can&#8217;t play on QuickTime<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. When I import the mp4 video into vegas pro 23, only audio shows up but no video at all. Any solutions towards issue would be appreciated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. I try to import a mp4 file i recorded with OBS (open broadcast software), when I import the video, it starts to like render, when I try to edit it, it just crash my Vegas Pro 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can Vegas Pro open MP4 videos?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As the a pioneer and true innovator while other NLE manufacturers play catch-up, Magix Vegas Pro 23 works with a variety of video file types, which include old standby formats like DV 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. As for MP4 (like MP4 files shot with XDCAM EX). From above information, we can see that Vegas Pro can only hand some types of MP4. However, It is well know that MP4 is a container file format, which may contain various different video and audio codec that Vegas Pro 23 doesn&#8217;t recognize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Convert MP4 for Vegas Pro 23 editing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To load incompatible MP4 files into Vegas Pro 23, you can use a third-party application to convert MP4 files to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acrok.com\/sony-vegas-pro-supported-formats\/\">Vegas Pro editable file formats<\/a>. To get the best editing formats for Vegas Pro 23, here, you are recommended to download&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acrok.com\/video-converter-ultimate\/\">Acrok Video Converter Ultimate<\/a><\/strong>, which enables you to directly output Vegas Pro 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, etc specially optimized file formats for direct editing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Edit MP4 files by trimming\/merging\/splitting\/cropping<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wish to do some simple video editing work before loading MP4 files into Vegas Pro 23? With the program&#8217;s built-in video editing functions, you can merge separate video into one, split large video files into small ones by file size, count or length, crop video to remove the black edges around the video frame, trim or cut video to leave only your unwanted parts, add video\/image\/ transparent text watermark to video, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Convert and Import MP4 Files into Vegas Pro 23?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1: Load MP4&nbsp;files to the program.<\/strong><br>Launch the program on your computer, add MP4&nbsp;files to the program by clicking the &#8220;Add Video&#8221; or &#8220;Add folder&#8221; button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acrok.com\/images\/blog\/acrok-video-converter-ultimate.png\" alt=\"Acrok Video Converter Ultimate - Best MP4 Converter for Vegas Pro\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2: Pick the output file format.<\/strong><br>From &#8220;Format&#8221; drop-down options, select Sony Vegas Pro&nbsp;specially optimized file format from &#8220;Adobe Premiere\/Son..&#8221; &gt; &#8220;MOAV (AVC)(*.mov)&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acrok.com\/images\/blog\/acrok-premiere.jpg\" alt=\"MP4 to Vegas Pro Converter - Profiles\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 3: Trim\/Split\/Merge\/Crop MP4 files.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trim<\/strong><br>Open &#8220;Video Editor&#8221;&nbsp;window and switch to the &#8220;Trim&#8221;&nbsp;tab, you can drag the slider bars to include the segment you want to remain, click the left square bracket to set start point, and click the right square bracket to set end point when previewing the video&nbsp;or directly input specific values to &#8220;Start&#8221; and &#8220;End&#8221; box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acrok.com\/images\/blog\/acrok-edit-video.jpg\" alt=\"Edit MP4 video with MP4 to Vegas Pro Converter\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Merge<\/strong><br>On the main interface, check &#8220;Merge into one file&#8221;&nbsp; option to combine all your separate video clips into one single file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Split<\/strong><br>Step 4: Split selected file into several small pieces:<br>Click the &#8220;Split&#8221; button under&nbsp;file list&nbsp;to&nbsp;launch the &#8220;Video Split&#8221; window. Checking &#8220;Enable&#8221; to enable it, and then you can split the file by file count, time length, or file size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Crop<\/strong><br>Click the &#8220;Crop&#8221;&nbsp;tab, drag the green dash line around the video to remove the black edges in the video frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 4: Start conversion.<\/strong><br>Hit right-bottom convert button to start&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acrok.com\/edit-mp4-in-vegas-pro\/\">encoding MP4&nbsp;to Vegas Pro 23<\/a>&nbsp;preset file formats conversion process immediately.<br>When the conversion is completed, feel free to import mp4&nbsp;files to Vegas Pro 23, 22, 21, 20, 19 for professional editing workflow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tags:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tv-converter.com\/guide\/how-to-import-and-edit-mp4-video-in-vegas-pro-23\/\">can&#8217;t open mp4 in vegas pro 23<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hdformatconverter.com\/import-mp4-to-vegas-pro-23\/\">conver mp4 to vegas pro 23 video format<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.anyhdconverter.com\/how-to-import-mp4-files-into-vegas-pro-23-successfully\/\">import mp4 to vegas pro 23<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.appleprores422converter.com\/import-mp4-files-to-vegas-pro-23\/\">edit mp4 file in vegas pro 23<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vegas Pro 23 won&#8217;t import MP4 files produced by iPhone, Canon, DJI or other devices\/programs? 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