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Andy Mees or anyone please help me
Need help here again.
I’ve tried the using avid dv meridian codec to compress my video to quicktime so that the avid mojo for protools can read and the vo booth can view it on the monitor. But it say general error. May i know what seems to be the problem.
Really need to get this codec working. I am trying to export quicktime to protools so that the movie file can work in protools through a avid mojo.
But everytime i set the settings, avid dv meridian, Least quality, 20:1 interlaced, millions of colors +, and when i click save there will be a general error that appears. SO need to know what is the problem. I downloaded it from a mac os version. And just place it in the library, quicktime. But it jus doesn’t work…
Please advise…
Thanks
Mervyn -
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shot in the dark:
>>Million of colors +…Why not use Millions of Colors, without the plus sign.
To have an alpha channel (the ‘+’) on a final video output seems not logical.Rienk
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it sound like you got the wrong codec!
its not the avid “meridian” codec you want, its the avid dv codec.go to this website:
https://www.avid.com/forms/freeDVRegDownload.aspregister for, and then download the Avid FreeDV application for Mac OSX
when you get it, you can unstuff it, then right click the installer and choose “Show Package Contents”
open the “Contents” folder then double click the “Archive.pax.gz” file
the file will unarchive itself twice; first to a file called “Archive.pax” and then to a folder called “Archive”
inside that folder you should see the folder structure Library > Quicktime (amongst others, of course)
and in the Quicktime folder you’ll see the codec called AvidAVdvCodec.component
take that one and drop it into your computers /Library/Quicktime/ directorythen try again with your export… now you see Avid DV as an option.
in this FreeDV release (v1.6.1) the Avid Meridian Compressed codec ( AvidAVDJCodec.component ) and Uncompressed codec ( AvidAVUICodec.component ) do not work with Apple’s Quicktime 7
they do have QT7 compatible codecs but these have not been freely released and are available only as a part of the latest Adrenaline and Xpress releases
free free to contact m off list if you have any more trouble with that Avid DV codec
andymees -at- startv -dot- com
good luck
Andy
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