File Conversion of Large Files

[Michael Phillips]

I usually render everything and export an QuickTime reference. From there I use a third party program as needed for the delivery.

Michael

[Jasmine Raphael]

what is a quicktime reference file exactly? i’ll try that and see if it works.

[Jasmine Raphael]

OK I’ve tried iskysoft, wondershare, avs, adobe encode and a couple other conversion software and none of them have worked.

There has to be a way to get a movie i created in Avid to the m4v format to be able to play it on a samsung tablet.

help! i need advice!

[Michael Phillips]

Were you able to export a QuickTime Reference Movie? Form Export option, select QuickTime reference, then “mastering”. Export entire sequence and you will have an audio track and a movie file that is only a few Kb in size. For quick encodes, I drop the .mov file (the video one, not the audio) into MPEG Streamsclip and encode from there.

Michael

[Jasmine Raphael]

I exported the QT Ref file and it’s 800KB instead of 27GB. But when i put it into conversion software it says

The following errors occurred while opening files: QTRefBambi.mov – The specified file contains no video data

What does that mean?

[Michael Phillips]

Can you open the reference movie in MoviePlayer and play it? If there is no video, check your settings again on export from Media Composer. If the clips are still AMA linked, it will not work. A refernce video references Avid media, so transcode sequence to DNxHD, then export the transcoded sequence as a reference.

Michael

[Jasmine Raphael]

OK when I do the following I get a pop up in Avid that says “Exception: UPDATE_MOVIE_RESOURCE_FAILED”. What does that mean and what am I doing wrong?

1) Open Avid
2) Open the project I’m working on
3) Go to File > Export
4) A box opens and says “Export As…” and I choose “Quicktime Reference File” and open Export Settings – QuickTime Reference which says:
Export As: Quick Reference (use marks and use enabled tracks are NOT checked)
Defaults: Digital Mastering
Flatten Video Tracks CHECKED
Fill Spaces with black CHECKED
Render All Video Effect CHECKED
Display Aspect Ratio NATIVE DIMENSIONS
Mixdown Audio Tracks CHECKED
Audio Format AIFF_C
Sample Rate 48 kHz
Bit Depth 16 Bit
Use Network Media References UNCHECKED
Use Avid Codecs UNCHECKED
Color Levels 601/709

[Michael Phillips]

Is your sequence DNxHD or AMA linked or some other codec other than DNxHD?

[Jasmine Raphael]

Im not sure. How do I check it to find out?

[Jasmine Raphael]

So here’s the thing:

I exported the project as a mov file sucessfully. the movie file plays great in QT player. The file is 27GB.

OK now, so I try to convert that to a m4v file and what happens is the audio is fine but in the beginning of the project it just deletes some of the video. It shows the png files that are laid on the tracks just fine, but the video is not there.

So what do i do with that?