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Codec for YUV/WMV HD video file
Hello all,
I used Windows Media Encoder to create an HD WMV video of some software training I’m developing. (It wasn’t my first choice, but it was the ONLY screen capture software that did not interfere with our software drag-n-drop.)
I saved the file onto my external hard drive and it plays fine from my PC. So, I move it over to my mac, and wanted to use it in FCP.
I know I should have tested it to make sure it played in QT before I copied, but too late. I already spent several hours (over the weekend) getting it copied over from my external HD to my mac. So, it doesn’t play, even in WMP (which I have on my mac).
I used MediaInfo, and it says:
*** MediaInfo Mac // Plain text file report
2010-02-22 09:48:41 -0600
Information for File: IS-SPX EUO- Layout.wmvGeneral / Container Stream # 1
Total Video Streams for this File -> 1
Total Audio Streams for this File -> 1
Video Codecs Used -> YUV
Audio Codecs Used -> PCM
File Format -> Windows Media
Play Time -> 10mn 24s
Total File Size -> 14.9 GiB
Total Stream BitRate -> 205 Mbps
Title (Tag) -> Inspired XPress End User Operation- System Layout
Copyright (Tag) -> 2010 AMX University. All rights reserved.
Video Stream # 1
Codec (Human Name) -> YUV
Codec (FourCC) -> IYUV
Frame Width -> 1 280 pixels
Frame Height -> 720 pixels
Frame Rate -> 29.970 fps
Total Frames -> 18731
Display Aspect Ratio -> 16/9
QF (like Gordian Knot) -> 12.000
Video Stream Length -> 10mn 24s 366ms
Video Stream BitRate -> 331 Mbps
Video Stream BitRate Mode -> CBR
Bit Depth -> 12 bits
Video Stream Size -> 24.1 GiB
Video Stream Language -> en-us
Audio Stream # 1
Codec -> PCM
Codec (FourCC) -> 1
Audio Stream Length -> 10mn 24s 999ms
Audio Stream BitRate -> 1 411.2 Kbps
Audio Stream BitRate Mode -> CBR
Number of Audio Channels -> 2
Sampling Rate -> 44.1 KHz
Bit Depth -> 16 bits
Audio Stream Size -> 105 MiB (1%)
Audio Stream Language -> en-usI’m hoping there is some sort of codec I can download or else a converter for Mac. I really, really, REALLY don’t want to transfer these files over USB again.
Thanks a LOT for your help,
Kyle
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8 Replies
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Hi Kile,
I don’t think you can open that in Mac OSX.
These are Windows files.
Is not a matter of codecs but computers and systems.
You need some cross-platform solution.
Rafael -
Ok, then can you tell me what format I should convert my HD video into? What’s good for use in FCP? I’ll need something I can create in windows and copy over, preferably a format that doesn’t take 3 years to do over USB, but I don’t want my video to look like crap after editing, etc.
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You can transcode to any of the free codecs that works in PC and Mac: The BlackMagic, AJA, or AVID.
Another solution is to convert to Still Sequence. PNG, TIFF or even JPEG works in both sides.
Once in FC you reexport them as QT movies.
Rafael -
That’s great, except these are all QT codecs, and I can open my wmv file in QT to convert.
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Whatever the way, you need to do the conversion in a PC or Mac with Windows.
I guess that any NLE in a PC will be able to ropen and transcode the files.
Rafael -
Any idea why the codec doesn’t seem to even work in windows for anything besides WMP (and perhaps Vegas Studio, which doesn’t export to HD in my version)?
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[Kyle Davis] “Any idea why the codec doesn’t seem to even work in windows for anything besides WMP (and perhaps Vegas Studio, which doesn’t export to HD in my version)?”
Because Microsoft is notorious for using proprietary formats to lock in dependence on Windows Media Player. Microsoft has a long history of abhorring open standards that challenge its dominance.
Some history:
https://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/RDM.Tech.Q1.07/5F0C866C-6DDF-4A9A-9515-531B0CA0C29C.html
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Have you tried downloading Flip for Mac? The reader is free but if you want to encode/transcode you have to pay for that (can’t remember how much it costs.
3.2GHz 8-core, FCP 6.0.4, 10.5.5
Blackmagic Multibridge Eclipse (6.8.1)
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