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Can’t view HDV quicktime files on an older imac
Have a question. I loaded HDV 1080i60 footage in FCP and gave the quicktimes to my client who says he can’t view them.. he only hears the audio. He has a three year old imac with the latest quicktime. Is there a way so he can view these or do I have to make reference files for him? I can view the files with no problem on my new imac, my macbook pro and my 7 year old G4.
Thanks in advance
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Your client needs to have FCP installed. I think that HDV codecs first appeared in FCP v 5.0 or 5.1.
Arnie
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#48 – Cannot view DVCPRO HD or HDV or ProRes on my computer.
Shane’s Stock Answer #48 – Cannot view DVCPRO HD, HDV or ProRes QT files on your computer.
The DVCPRO HD, HDV and ProRes codecs only comes with FCP. If your computer does not have FCP installed, it cannot view these quicktime files. It doesn’t matter if it is a Mac or PC, without FCP installed, you cannot view these files.
If you need to view ProRes material, you can download the ProRes decoder (mac and windows compatible) for ProRes
https://support.apple.com/downloads/Apple_ProRes_QuickTime_Decoder_1_0_for_Windows.
https://support.apple.com/downloads/Apple_ProRes_QuickTime_Decoder_1_0_for_Mac
If your footage was captured as DVCRO HD you can buy the Calibrated DVCPRO HD decoder:
https://www.calibratedsoftware.com/QDVCProHD.asp
HDV, XDCAM? Calibrated has you covered too:
https://www.calibratedsoftware.com/QXD.asp
If you have MXF files from a P2 camera and you need to view the footage on a computer without FCP, you can download P2CMS from Panasonic:
https://www.panasonic.com/business/provideo/p2-hd/downloads-and-updates.asp
Or you need the other party to compress the footage into a format your computer can play, like H.264.
Shane
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Shane thanks for the info. I did figure out a way to play the HDV files on a mac without FCP.
I did find a link and downloaded a codec and dragged it into the QT library and Bam it came up.
Now if they could only lower the Calibrated software price. Thanks again.
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