“Codec not found. You may be using a compression type without the corresponding hardware card.”

[Joe Rigby]

I had the same warning when trying to export a sequence I had previously been able to export. I was all down to a CMKY image I had dropped in at the end. After it was replaced everything was fine.

Thanks,
Joe

[Bernardo Alvarez]

just had this problem as well….could not render or export my sequence. i found a CMYK based jpeg in my sequence that was the culprit. who knew.

[Noelle Melody]

The CMYK thing has been a problem for me in the past as well and today it happened again all because I accidentally imported footage that was sized at 852×480 instead of a standard frame size. Maybe this has happened to some of you working with many clips of various sizes. It’s always those silly little mistakes that get you!

Noelle

[Tim Franklin]

nope dont buy that at all, it is not a mistake unless you count that apple provided a 1.01 GB update to 10.6.3 and screwed up FCP in the process, this is directly related to Quick time 10

[Dana Thomas]

I have found that something changed regarding the ProRes codec early 2009.
Odd frames sizes resulted in the error message on the timeline.
To get around this we ideally digitize the video file with the animation codec. Then FCP seems to render without the error message.
I would sure love a clarification from someone with deeper knowledge.
Dana

[Gary Adcock]

Then ask a more direct question, rather than posting in a old thread. There have been 2 major updates to ProRes and I think 3 minor ones since it was released as part of FCS2
The original IO line of products did not support prores until the IoHD was released in 2007

gary adcock
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Post and Production Workflow Consultant
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Technology Development
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Chicago, IL

https://blogs.creativecow.net/24640

[Dana Thomas]

Thank you for your suggestion. Since posting today , I found the white paper on Apple ProRes on the Apple site which provided the answer:

The Apple ProRes family also supports the 720p HD
format at its full width (1280 x 720). In addition to full-width HD formats, Apple ProRes
codecs support three different “partial-width” HD video formats used as the recording
resolutions in a number of popular HD camcorders: 1280 x 1080, 1440 x 1080, and
960 x 720. While Apple ProRes formats can encode image frames of any dimensions,
only the SD, partial-width HD, full-width HD, and 2K frame sizes are supported for
real-time editing in Final Cut Pro.
Thanks
Dana Thomas

[Yakira Cang]

I would like to know how to solve the final appearing in "codec not found. You may be using a compression type without corresponding hardware card "problem, I edited a video of yourself after the first, not to lead them, and I feel terrible, I hope I can get a solution let me know !

[Cinnamon Kennedy]

Hi – just a note that I got this error message after importing some footage from “submerge”, a subtitle-embedding program. Although I’m sure the answer is buried in some library-transfer stuff as noted above, rendering as “graphics” (also noted above) worked ok in a temporary way, for those in a pinch.

[Mel Dupont]

When I ran into this error message while using Final Cut Express 4, I scrambled to get a fix in place to meet a deadline. The solution for me turned out to be installing the (not free) DivX for Mac.

I posted the full story here:

https://meldupont.com/2010/05/tech-tips-hard-drives-time-machine-divx-for-mac/

Hope it helps!

+ Mel