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Strange video conversion issue, unable to view on my macs
I have a strange video file from a security camera system that I need to analyze in FCP for a court case. I want to slow-down the footage, speed-up, go frame by frame, etc. The file won’t play on my mac, and nothing seems to help me convert it.
It is a .avi file using the old video compression format Indeo video 5.
I tried playing it on my G5 with FCP 4.5 HD and QT 6.5.2, and I tried on my new iMac with FCP 5.1.2 and QT 7.1.3.
It plays using Microsoft Windows on my old Dell PC that my wife uses at home! I tried to play the video on her PC and use a screen capture program called SnagIt and tried another called ScreenRecorder to grab the video, but neither of those worked either.
Any suggestions?
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David,
Procoder (on the PC side) would most likely convert the file to a QT file. Contact me privately at drw at drwfilms dot com and I might be able to help you.
DRW
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Thanks. I’m willing to try it. But the info for ProCoder on the Canopus website lists many supported codecs, but doesn’t have Indeo listed.
Notowitz Productions
Videos that touch the heart.
https://www.notowitz.com -
One possibility if you have an old mac with OS 9:
https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60366
and
https://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macos/2181
My suggestion would be to use a PC to trancode this file, as was suggested above. A little research turned up the links below.
Here is a link to some discussion:
https://forums.devshed.com/development-software-93/indeo-video-5-help-please-374483.html
Here is a link to VirtualDub:
And here is a link to VirtualDubMod:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/virtualdubmod/
Please be advised that I haven’t tested these solutions. Proceed at your own risk!
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