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  • Video: Stream attributes could not be determined

    Posted by Tom Edwards on March 6, 2016 at 6:14 pm

    Hi.

    I have been experimenting with a new workflow to include DaVinci Resolve.

    I’m shooting in RAW and then utilizing DaVinci to output/deliver the media, then I’d use SVP13 as my NLE. The final video from DaVinci plays fine in my VLC player.

    However, when I add the media to SVP 13 it shows up in the timeline on an audio track. And when I click on the video in the SVP13 Explorer tab, it shows “Video: tream attributes could not be determined”

    The two files I’m working with are described by MediaInfo below:

    Anyone have pointers? Are there some codecs that need to be installed in SVP 13?

    ///////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
    Complete name : C:\Users\tome\Videos\workbench\RAW\Uncompressed YUV 422 10-bit.mov
    Format : QuickTime
    Format/Info : Original Apple specifications
    File size : 5.61 GiB
    Duration : 45s 379ms
    Overall bit rate : 1 062 Mbps
    Encoded date : UTC 2016-03-06 18:01:19
    Tagged date : UTC 2016-03-06 18:03:30
    Writing library : Apple QuickTime

    Video
    ID : 1
    Format : YUV
    Codec ID : v210
    Codec ID/Hint : AJA Video Systems Xena
    Duration : 45s 379ms
    Bit rate mode : Constant
    Bit rate : 1 061 Mbps
    Width : 1 920 pixels
    Height : 1 080 pixels
    Display aspect ratio : 16:9
    Frame rate mode : Constant
    Frame rate : 23.976 fps
    Color space : YUV
    Chroma subsampling : 4:2:2
    Bit depth : 10 bits
    Compression mode : Lossless
    Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 21.333
    Stream size : 5.60 GiB (100%)
    Language : English
    Encoded date : UTC 2016-03-06 18:01:19
    Tagged date : UTC 2016-03-06 18:03:30

    //////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

    General
    Complete name : C:\Users\tome\Videos\workbench\RAW\DNxHD 1080p 444_.mov
    Format : QuickTime
    Format/Info : Original Apple specifications
    File size : 1.87 GiB
    Duration : 45s 379ms
    Overall bit rate : 354 Mbps
    Encoded date : UTC 2016-03-06 17:53:54
    Tagged date : UTC 2016-03-06 17:54:58
    Writing library : Apple QuickTime

    Video
    ID : 1
    Format : VC-3
    Codec ID : AVdn
    Codec ID/Info : Avid
    Codec ID/Hint : DNxHD
    Duration : 45s 379ms
    Bit rate mode : Constant
    Bit rate : 352 Mbps
    Width : 1 920 pixels
    Height : 1 080 pixels
    Display aspect ratio : 16:9
    Frame rate mode : Constant
    Frame rate : 23.976 fps
    Color space : YUV
    Chroma subsampling : 4:2:2
    Scan type : Progressive
    Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 7.080
    Stream size : 1.86 GiB (100%)
    Language : English
    Encoded date : UTC 2016-03-06 17:53:54
    Tagged date : UTC 2016-03-06 17:54:58

    John Rofrano replied 10 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
  • 3 Replies
  • John Rofrano

    March 6, 2016 at 6:24 pm

    I’m guessing that Vegas Pro doesn’t support the raw output from the AJA Xena in a QuickTime wrapper. I’m not sure why it can’t open Avid DNxHD files though. They should work.

    My advice, and you’re not going to like this… if you want to work with 10-bit 4:2:2 QuickTime files… buy a Mac. It would be so much easier. Seriously, Vegas Pro is the wrong NLE for this kind of workflow.

    Your only option is convert these files to something Vegas Pro can edit. Perhaps convert them to CineForm AVI coming out of DaVinci?

    ~jr

    http://www.johnrofrano.com
    http://www.vasstsoftware.com

  • Tom Edwards

    March 6, 2016 at 6:54 pm

    No Macs in my house – not gonna happen. I’m a Linux and Windows guy… Windows 10 and a lot of beef for my NLE workstation

    Anyway, I did output to AVI Uncompressed YUV 422 10-bit and it did come right in to SVP 13 – you were spot on!

    As to the other formats that Resolve outputs, do you know if any of these formats work?

    Cineon
    DPX
    EXR
    easyDCP
    MXF OP-Atom
    MXF OP1A

  • John Rofrano

    March 6, 2016 at 7:05 pm

    The only other format that Vegas Pro accepts from that list is MXF but I believe it’s looking for either MPEG2 or AVC/H.264 in an MXF container.

    AVI is the native format of Windows so I would just stick with that. If Resolve gives you codec options, you could download the free GoPro Studio to get the CineForm codec. That will be much smaller than uncompressed.

    ~jr

    http://www.johnrofrano.com
    http://www.vasstsoftware.com

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