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FCP not recognizing MPEG Files
Recently a project was imported into Adobe Premiere on a PC using a HDV 1080 capture file preset. These files were captured as .MPEG files and I’ve tried opening the files on my Quicktime Player (7.6), FCP, and even Imovie. FCP gives me a black screen with no audio attached, Quicktime gives me a white screen with no audio playback and Imovie crashes. I do have MPEG Streamclip and the files open in there just fine. I do not have the time to convert these files as it’s hours of footage. The last option is to recapture this footage through FCP, but we are trying to figure out a better solution before doing so.
Is this a codec issue? If so, can anyone recommend a codec to install for these files to be recognized in FCP?
Thanks for any information or help you may provide!
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6 Replies
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[Josh Woll] “I do not have the time to convert these files as it’s hours of footage.”
Well, that is what you will have to do if you want to use those files. MPEG files are not editable in FCP.
[Josh Woll] “The last option is to recapture this footage through FCP, but we are trying to figure out a better solution before doing so.”
Then there you go. Either recapture or convert. Converting might be faster. What were the originals? What format? HDV? Why were they captured as MPEG? That was the big mistake right there.
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Hi Josh,
FC works just with some kind of MPGs.
Try changing the extension to .mov.
Rafael -
No go, error message saying “This file is not a movie file”
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Then there you go. Either recapture or convert. Converting might be faster. What were the originals? What format? HDV? Why were they captured as MPEG? That was the big mistake right there.
Originals were shot as 1080i Mini-DV HDV format, they were captured using a standard HDV preset for 1080i in Premiere Pro.
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That’s a big ten four guys. Thank you very much for taking the time to respond to my post. I really appreciate your feedback!
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