Can’t import QT file

[Tim Silva]

Thanks for all the responses. Unfortunately I have to run out for a meeting and will be out the rest of the day – hopefully can pick this up on Monday! Thanks again!

Tim

[Rafael Amador]

[Tim Silva] “I have not tried the conversion with MPGDStreamclip. Would that make a difference?”
Try it. Is one of our best resources, and if FC and QT are able to read the file, is very possible MPGStreamclip can do the conversion.
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Rick Williams]

Hi Tim,

Coincidentally, I have another post related to the AVC files from the Kodak Zi8, “HD AVC is not necessarily AVCHD “, where I am trying to explain this. But rather then getting into that…to start with, I have used the Zi8 and it works great in iMovie and does also work in Final Cut Express and Final Cut Pro (with some caveats). However, these are the latest versions of FCE and FCP, not 6.0.6.

However, you said that even as a ProRes it didn’t work, which is very odd. Certainly 6.0.6 should support Prores. I’m not surprised at all that the Log&Transfer does not work since they are not technically “AVCHD” video files. Yes they may be “hi-def”, and yes they are AVC (a.k.a H.264 or MPEG4-part10), but to be AVCHD there are other parameters and file structures that must be conformed to.

Have you tried the following ?

– Start a new project and sequence
– Under Sequence Settings > Video Processing, set the Render setting to “Render in 8-bit YUV”
– for now use one of the Apple Intermediate Codec settings for the Sequence
– use File > Import >Movies to import the Zi8 video

If this works, when you add the first clip to this new project sequence, you should get the dialog that says something about your Sequence and Clip settings not matching, and do you want to change the Sequence settings to match. Do what you want at this point, although if they don’t match, you’ll be seeing a lot of red video render bars.

–Good luck

[Tim Silva]

OK, so I converted the clip again to ProRes this time taking Rafael’s advice using MPGStreamclip. That worked. I don’t know why, but it worked. At least I can now pass the converted clip on to my client. Thanks to all for all the help and attention!

Tim

Tim Silva
Multimedia Coordinator
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution