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MJPEG avi’s
Hi All,
I have to edit together small clips one of our clients has shot with what I believe to have been a small digital stills camera and its video capture (in)capabilities.
It seems that MJPEG was used in the process and I am trying to find a decoder that will allow me to import the clips into Premier Pro AND preferrably is free as this is only a preproduction thing for a proposed project.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Nik C
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4 Replies
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Most digital camcorders can convert an analog signal (from the still cam) to digital video. Most can simply “pass thru” the conversion to your PC on the fly, others can only record to tape.
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Hi Mike,
I hve been sent the clips on a memory stick, so there is no analog signal available at all. While Windows Media player will paly the clips happily, Premier complains that it does not support the used compression format,. I have found codec now by LEAD, but this does cost extra, which I can’t do, as it is a preproduction rough that will or will not turn into a project.
So I am looking for a free versin of thsi codec I guess if it exists at all?
Nik C
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I would get Virtual Dub and try converting the clips to AVI. It is free.
Of course you will add a generation of file conversion, but people need to learn you can’t make a bag of apples out of apple sauce.
Mike
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Hey Thanks for that Mike.
The ‘people’ in my case will probably never learn – they are sales people selling and maintaining cleaning machinery in animal abbatoires that kill birds, pigs, cows, anything meaty we eat. And they need to provide training DVDs for their customers. They shoot them (or in this case, a preproduction version) on anything they can get their hands on, they’d be using their mobiles if they could… I was able to convince them to use a camcorder for thsi ne. Getting them to realise they might need a video light or two is my big project, never mind the actual editing ….
Thanks again,
Nik C
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