• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  File Conversion Question

  Posted by Chris Babbitt on October 25, 2012 at 7:29 pm

  I have a short MP4 file that a client wants me to edit. I’m trying to convert to Pro-Res, but nothing works. The file opens and plays in Quicktime, but when I export to a Pro-Res .mov, I just get a white frame (no video). It opens and plays in MPeg Streamclip as well, but when I export, I get an error message that says “Can’t prepare the movie.” If I try Compressor, it tells me that it’s going to take 4 hours for a 1 minute clip, and that the resulting file size will be 23 GB. Something’s screwy. Here are the stats for the file:

  Format: AVC Coding, 1280 x 720, Millions
  AAC, Stereo (L R), 48.000 kHz

  24 fps

  1280 x 720

  Chris Babbitt replied 13 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Joseph Owens

  October 25, 2012 at 11:13 pm

  Do you know anyone who has Adobe Media Encoder? Might be an option as it is fairly agnostic.

  jPo

  “I always pass on free advice — its never of any use to me” Oscar Wilde.
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  Ted Hyman

  October 25, 2012 at 11:34 pm

  Have you tried using “save as” in quicktime pro and saving as a .mov? Then putting it into compressor to convert to pro res…
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  Chris Babbitt

  October 26, 2012 at 12:02 am

  That doesn’t work either. It gives me a message saying that it has an incorrect time value.

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