Can’t import H.264

[Joe Bowden]

Which version of Encore are you using?

[Joe Bowden]

Which version of Encore are you using?

[Alex Kogan]

3.0.1.008

[Alex Kogan]

3.0.1.008

[Joe Bowden]

Please provide more detail about the file: its extension, encoding parameters, etc.

[Alex Kogan]

The file is an .h264. I’m on an apple and in the finder it says it’s a Unix Executable file. The paramaters I set in Procoder were pretty basic and I tried it as a raw H.264 and using an MPEG stream.

[Joe Bowden]

Try setting the extension to .mp4.

If it still doesn’t import, or has to be re-transcoded, I would suggest more details on encode settings from Procoder.

[Alex Kogan]

It didn’t open still, so here are the settings from Procoder:

Stream Type: I tried both MPEG 2 Stream and Raw H.264
Video PID 2064
Audio PID 2068

Profile High
Livel 4.1
Size of Coded Video 33
Number of B-Pict 2
1280×720
16:9
Non-Interlaced
CBR 1 Pass
Bitrate 8000 KBPS
Reference Frames: 4
Search Shape 8×8
Entropey Code CABAC
All Checked:
Uses Fast inter and intra decision
Uses Hadamard Transfer

Motion Estimation: Quarter Pixel

Checked:
Write Timestamp
Write Acces Unit Delimiters
Write Sequence end code

That’s all. Thanks a lot.

Alex

[Joe Bowden]

I assume you were able to select the file in the Import dialog, but it failed to import.

Was there an error dialog of any kind?

[Alex Kogan]

Actually, I can’t even get it to try and import. When I go to select it in import, either as an asset or timeline, it shows up as gray (unselectable). In the finder, it says it’s a unix executable file. Very, very weird to me.