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Unable to import HDV into CS6 – “codec missing or unavailable”
I’m trying to import some HDV footage into Premiere CS6 on Windows 7 64-bit, but it says “codec missing or unavailable”. I’m fairly familiar with these issues, and can usually solve them without too much of a hassle, but this one has me puzzled.
Media Info says:
Format : MPEG-4
Commercial name : HDV 1080p
Format profile : QuickTime
Codec ID : qt
Writing library : Apple QuickTimeVideo
ID : 2
Format : MPEG Video
Commercial name : HDV 1080p
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@High 1440
Codec ID : hdv6I originally tried to import it into an existing timeline, but it failed. So I created a new project and specifically chose the HDV 1080 24p preset, and I was still unable to import it due to missing codec.
I then installed the latest version of Quicktime, but that didn’t work… and in fact, they don’t even open in Quicktime, it says “additional components are required to play this video” but doesn’t say what they are.
I can play them fine in Media Player Classic decoding them with FFDShow, but I can’t get them to open in Virtualdub so I can convert them into AVIs.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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10 Replies
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Where did this HDV footage come from? If this was captured in FCP, then the HDV codec is proprietary to FCP…you need FCP installed in order to see it. Apple did that with DVCPRO HD too. They are native, no loss….but the codec is tied to the pro app.
Shane
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I got it from another guy who was filming, and he does indeed use FCP. Googling around it looks like if you’re on a Mac and you don’t have FCP you can install “ProApps Quicktime Codecs”, but that doesn’t work for Windows. It sounds like you’re right.
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If it was an FCP Log and Capture re-wrap, it would be a .mov.
If it’s an MP4 file and still shows “HDV” it’s probably a 25 Mbit/s MPEG2 file from an XDcamHDEX camera, which wrapped its MPEG2 files as MP4s (yes, I know other XDcamHD is wrapped as MXF…no, I have no idea why they did it that way.)
Is this a Premiere Pro installation you’ve been using for some time, or a new installation?
TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,Adobe Certified Instructor
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Al, are these .mov files?
If so you will need to have someone transcode them to another pc friendly format.
I had to convert a few hundred HDV .mov clips for a client a month ago.
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It’s a .MOV file. I’ve been using this install of CS6 for a little over a year, but this is the first time I’ve tried to use his footage since he switched cameras. It never occurred to me it would be an issue 🙂
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Hi Al,
You can try the Calibrated{Q} XD Decode plug-in and work with those files on a PC: https://www.calibratedsoftware.com/products.aspThanks,
KevinKevin Monahan
Support Product Manager—DVA
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Premiere Pro
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[Al Jensen] “It’s a .MOV file. I’ve been using this install of CS6 for a little over a year, but this is the first time I’ve tried to use his footage since he switched cameras.”
It’s not his camera…it’s that he let FCP get a hold of the footage first and it re-wrapped it into one of Apple’s proprietary codecs.
If he had the original footage, you could handle that without a problem.
The Calibrated plugin that Kevin mentions is a pretty solid approach.
TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,Adobe Certified Instructor
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[Chris Borjis] “Al, are these .mov files?
If so you will need to have someone transcode them to another pc friendly format.
I had to convert a few hundred HDV .mov clips for a client a month ago.
They had me transcode them to pro res.”Yeah, they are. Okay, that pretty much makes it official then. I’ll contact him and see if he can send me them in a different format since I was unable to convert them using Virtualdub, even with AVISynth.
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Very interesting, thanks for the link.
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The TRICK THAT WORKED for me, on Mavericks 10.9.5 was to (force) instal the Mac ProAppsCodecs
REF 1: https://forums.adobe.com/message/4795554
REF 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSFIQSXJ4RE
REF 3: https://www.martin-thoburn.com/vj/install-apple-prores-codec-without-final-cut/Rebooted Adobe Premiere (CS6) and viola, importing and working with all my .mov files again 😉
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