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FCP can’t play imported avi/mov files
What’s up everybody?
I want to re-edit some parts from the classic blaxploitation flick “Coffy” for a university project in Final Cut Pro. I ripped the movie as a H264 .avi video and can import into into Final Cut but can’t make it play properly. When playing it in the viewer there’s a white screen and when trying to play it from the timeline both the viewer and the canvas says ‘Codec could not be opened”. I tried to convert the video to a Quicktime movie file, and after importing it and trying to play it, the viewer is flickering between red and black.
Does anyone know how I can get this god damn video to play properly?:)
I appreciate any help I can get. Thanks!
//Aron
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11 Replies
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Use Mpeg Stream Clip to rip the DVD into a Mov file.
FCP does NOT edit AVI’s.
Make sure your Video clip and sequence settings match.Chris Tompkins
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To be precise…rip it to a DV/NTSC or DV50 file. Not just “mov.” That’s like saying “I’d like a can of drink.” What KIND of drink.
The codec is VERY important. FCP only works with a short list. Well, it’s a LONG list, but it isn’t just any old thing.
Shane
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Relax Shane – He was ripping to AVI for Cheese Sake!
Chris Tompkins
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I think perhaps flip for mac might help. The convert in mpegstreamclip is a good one.
Steven Gladstone
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Alright, thanks a lot for the wizdom. Gonna rip that shizzle again in mpeg streamclip with the correct settings.
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How large should a DV-PAL QuickTime version of the movie be? The movie’s about 1 and a half hours. Cause I have about 15 GB available on the hard drive and I just wanted to try to convert the avi file to a QuickTime video with DV-PAL compression (I’m in the UK) in MPEG Streamclip. The conversion goes on for a while and then it stops, saying there’s no more available space.
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DV is 25GB/hr I think.
Chris Tompkins
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Nope. It’s just about half that–12.6GB per hour.
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I converted some .avi files to ProRes 422 with MPEG Streamclip. They work fine in FCP. One weird detail: if I load a clip into the viewer, it shows up as a white screen UNTIL I play it. It plays normally. But then, if I pause, it goes back to a white screen. Any idea why this might be?
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