Editing footage captured in FCP on a Windows machine.

[Michael Gissing]

If you captured from tape, then the most likely guess is the codec is HDV. Without that codec, all you can do is hear the audio which is plain old mpeg2. Do you remember anything about the camera and tape format?

There have been many previous posts about installing the HDV codecs on windows machines but I don’t know if Premiere can edit with HDV .mov files, even with the correct quicktime codec installed.

Perhaps someone on the Premier Pro forum will have better advice, but search both forums first as I am sure this has been answered comprehensively many times before.

[Rafael Amador]

[Jonathan Alsop] ”
The captured files have been encoded as a MOV file. It is worth noting the footage is HD but I cant remember what codec was used for the encoding. “
So go and have a look to which codec are the files.
Rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Jonathan Alsop]

Cheers Captain Obvious. The properties does not reveal the codec used, and as I explained on my post I cant get back onto the Mac to check it.

[Jonathan Alsop]

Thanks for your reply.

The camera is a Sony Z1 and it was recorded onto a DV tape.

I have already read the various posts on the issue (in both forums), but all I could find was the 2 codecs I already installed, but it didnt work. SO i was hoping someone might have an alternative solution.

[Dennis Radeke]

The Apple HDV codec is unique and not included in Quicktime. You couldn’t edit Apple HDV on PC without converting it to something else.

[Bj Ahlen]

Try this free utility:

https://www.headbands.com/gspot/index.htm

[Zane Barker]

I have got footage for a client that I have captured from a tape deck that was connected to FCP at my university

Why are you using a univeritys equipment to do work for a client. To me that just seems unprofessional. The clients are paying you not the university. If you don’t have the means to get a project done then ether don’t take the project or rent the needed equipment to get it done and work that rental fee into the price you bill your client.

Hindsight is always 1080p

[Jonathan Alsop]

Maybe its because I’m a student on a Film and Media course that I spend £3500 a year to go on, which leaves very little prospects for when I graduate and I cant afford to spend £5000+ on equipment that I can use in term time anyway.

Call me unprofessional if you like, but everyone has to start somewhere, and this client is the key to any success I may have in the future. I’m attempting to get my foot in the door early because I know from my own research that its difficult to break into this industry upon graduation next year.

Besides, I havent actually made any money from this yet.

[Jonathan Alsop]

OK guys, heres the craic, I’ve found a way to import it into Premiere.

I use a program called tsMuxer (https://www.smlabs.net/tsmuxer_en.html)
and save the file as a M2ts. Premiere does support this format, and the program does read these files. Further, I have discovered that the videos I encoded use the HDV3 codec, which is why this is such a palaver.

I’ve been forced to compromise on the quality a little by converting to M2ts, but its better than waiting 3 months to get back onto a Mac and have the client annoyed. Some of the footage is still usable which is reassuring.

The problem now is that this TsMuxer program is a little bit unstable, and so some of my clips are able to be converted and others arent, it all depends whether TSMuxer can read it.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to software that is more stable but can convert HDV3 encoded MOV files to a Mgts file or something else that is compatible with Premiere.

Thanks to those who have helped me so far.

[Bj Ahlen]

Could the last post in this thread help you?

https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/3/896566