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Compression settings for FCP?
Hello All, I am having trouble opening and playing a .mov file created in AE. It was created by my motion graphics designer and for some reason it is giving me a (code 36) when I try to dump it on to my desktop on my MAC. Also the file is only 325 mb but when I am able to play it it is really jumpy. is there a good compression setting for AE that will help out with this problem? I ultimately want to import it to FCP but it wont let me for some reason!!!????
Thanks Cows!
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you’d like to know what codec the file was encoded as… you can have an mov that is dv, mpeg, h.264, avid dnxhd, uncompressed, losslessly compressed, etc… if your designer used a codec that you don’t have, you won’t be able to veiw the file…. although you usually don’t get an error, you just get a white screen in the player. but it may help in troubleshooting your problem.
if you can open the file in quicktime, then choose window>movie inspector and it should say what the codec is. if you can’t, just ask the designer. most designers will use apple’s lossless animation codec… it creates large files, but it’s a high-quality, standard qt component and fcp should be able to convert it to a more useful working codec if necessary.
you mention the file is only 325mb, that is not an enormous file, but if the animation is only a few seconds, it may be that the file’s data rate is exceeding the data rate of your hard drive. that can produce jumpy or intermittent playback, like the footage pauses, then skips ahead as it tries to read the file…
Kevin Camp
Senior Designer
KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW -
Thanks Kevin, I am able to open in QT and open inspector though I do not see a codec unless under format is Apple Animation. The Data rate is 295.42 mbits/s. Hmm?
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apple animation is the codec, by the data rate i’d assume either a lossless or none (uncompressed) were the settings for the compression.
since you can open the file in qt, i would assume that fcp shouldn’t have any probelms opening it too. you may need fcp to ‘render’ it or convert it to a working codec to get realtime playback in fcp. maybe dave can chime back in about fcp, he’s a fcp user and can give better advice on that end…
the only thing that i can think of that fcp might not like, is if the file is not a standard video reslution or frame rate….
Kevin Camp
Senior Designer
KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW -
Thanks guys for your help!
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Also, if the file is buggy in FCP but is fine in QT, I’ve found that exporting straight out of QT as whatever codec you are editing in in FCP can solve the problem.
Joey
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