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Footage won’t import… but plays in VLC?
Hi there…
I just received 2 hours worth of captured dv footage (36 PAL avi files, 16:9). I now need to edit these with Premiere Pro 1.5 or 2.0.
But it seems like i’m missing some kind of codec, because the ONLY thing on my computer that plays it, is VLC Media Player. And even then VLC only plays the shorter clips. If filesize goes over 1Gb, it just does nothing.
When I try to import into Premiere Pro 1.5, it says ‘Unsupported compression in file.’
Premiere Pro 2.0 gives no error, but imports only audio.
After Effects (6.5) says: ‘After Effects error: no such AVI compressor.
Other players like Windows Media Player and Media Player Classic only play the sound, but not the video, and give error messages.
Media Player Classic gives the following error message:
https://www.desuperhelden.nl/TEMP/error_mpc.gifWindows Media Player just says ‘error downloading codec’
I even tried running it through virtual dub, just to see if maybe that would work. But it told me this:
https://www.desuperhelden.nl/TEMP/error_vd.gifIn a last, desperate attempt, I even renamed it to any movie extension i could think of (mpeg, mp4, mov, wmv). Sometimes this works, but not this time.
So, I’m at a loss. Obviously the files work, otherwise VLC wouldn’t be able to play them. So the data is there. But how do i get it into Adobe!?
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6 Replies
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There is a program called “G-spot” its a codec information tool you can search for and download to identify your videos, when you have the info post it and someone will be able to help, I think the latest version is v2.7 or higher.
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Maybe you need Canopus codec?, compression CDVC in your error_mpc.gif
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Hi Blast1 & Pena, thanks for your help! Sorry about the late response, but i didn’t get the notification in my e-mail that there was a reaction…
But anyway, thanks a lot! The problem was indeed the Canopus codec. Found it out with a little help from G-Spot :-).
Turns out it was captured using a canopus card. We managed to change the codec and the problem was fixed!
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Can you detail the steps needed to do this a little more? I’m having the same issue.
Thanks in Advance
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I didn’t do it myzelf, I went back to the guy who captured it for me and told him to use a different codec.
What he told me he used was FFDSHOW codec. Sonfig it so it will also decode DV. He changed it to MS-DV codec.
The stuff he came back with worked perfectly. Hope it helps!
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Thanks, appreciate the come back..
Regards
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