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Trouble with Huffyuv Lossless Codec
A family member asked me to convert some Digital8 tapes to DVD for him. Online I purchased a cheap USB capture device (EasyCap – https://www.amazon.com/EasyCAP-DC60-Creator-Capture-High-quality/dp/B002H3BSCM), and then used VirtualDub 1.9.11 64 Bit to rip the videos.
While the videos play in VLC perfectly, there is video but no audio in Windows Media Player. When I try to import them into Adobe Premiere CS5 / Adobe Encore CS5, there is audio and no video.
After looking through assorted forums, I figured that it was some kind of codec problem. When I brought the file into GSpot v2.70a, it informed me that the “HFYU – Huffy Lossless Codec – Codec(s) are NOT installed.”
However, even though I was sure I had installed this in the past (“Huffy AVI lossless video codec” listed in control panel), I uninstalled, follow the instructions to the letter, (https://neuron2.net/www.math.berkeley.edu/benrg/huffyuv.html) and installed it a second time to no avail.
Is there something I’m missing? Any help anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks internet!
– Phil Fleisher
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4 Replies
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I Haven’t worked at all with the huffyuv codec (probably because I’m mostly on macs), but in general if a codec is giving you problems, you transcode to a different codec. Lately I’ve been impressed with Avid’s DNxHD, which is free and cross-platform.
Ben Unguren
Motion Graphics & Editing
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Digital8 recordings are IDENTICAL to miniDV, simply using a different tape stock. Digital8 cameras have Firewire 1394 outputs, therefore skip the “capture device” and capture as DV using 1394 for best results.
Jeff Pulera
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Ben – Do you have any recommendations on what codec I should transcode to, or a system or piece of software I can sue to do the transcoding? I tried dropping the footage into “Squared 5 – MPEG Streamclip,” but it could not play the original video very well. Avid’s DNxHD sounds like a option I certainly haven’t tried. Do you have any suggestions on how I should move forward?
Jeff – I’m sorry, I misspoke. These are not “Digital8” tapes, they are “Video8” tapes. I have used the Firewire port on Digital8 cameras in the past. Unfortunately, I had to find alternative means for this instance — thus the use of the USB box. Now knowing that they are Video8, do you have any other recommendations?
Thanks for your help.
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The Amazon link to your device no longer works, but you get what you pay for. USB is not generally considered a video capture interface, so the video must be very highly compressed to allow transfer that way.
A Grass Valley (Canopus) ADVC converter, or similar, that takes analog to 1394 would be much preferable for both quality and ease of use, using the DV standard. Can’t help with the Huffy codec, but being “lossless”, I’m going to guess much larger file sizes than DV.
Jeff Pulera
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