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Importing Clips, transcoded from FCP
Hi all,
I’m working in:
Win 8.1
Adobe CC 2014 V8.1I was given a project that obviously isn’t working.My colleague that sent it has sort of left me in the dark as he isn’t much of an editor. He actually didn’t edit the original either.
When I try to link the media, I get the dreadful Codec not supported or missing. The clips are in a .mov container and will only open in MPC. I did some research on the codec, xd54 and it comes up as a pro-res codec…I could be wrong, but I’m thinking these were first trans coded in FCP (grrr, then the project was somehow reassembled in PP on a Mac. Does this make sense or am I out of my league?
Anyways, I spoke with the director and he said it was a tricaster shoot and he thinks it might’ve been done in Avid. But he doesn’t really know (grrrr).
Any hoot, I save the clips properties. they are posted below. Any expert help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Todd
Properties:
General
Complete name : F:\EASTER PLAY RESHOOT\PROGRAM RAW\720 24P TEMPLATE 54 (Camera 1).mov
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : QuickTime
Codec ID : qt
File size : 229 MiB
Duration : 53s 328ms
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 36.0 Mbps
Encoded date : UTC 2014-05-23 04:42:08
Tagged date : UTC 2014-06-24 03:00:27Video
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : High@High 1440
Format settings, BVOP : No
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Format settings, GOP : N=1
Codec ID : xd54
Duration : 53s 95ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 34.6 Mbps
Maximum bit rate : 61.0 Mbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:2
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 1.564
Time code of first frame : 21:41:14:23
Time code source : Group of pictures header
Stream size : 219 MiB (96%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2014-05-23 04:42:08
Tagged date : UTC 2014-05-23 04:42:08Audio
ID : 2
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Little
Format settings, Sign : Signed
Codec ID : sowt
Duration : 53s 328ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 536 Kbps
Channel count : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 9.76 MiB (4%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2014-05-23 04:42:08
Tagged date : UTC 2014-05-23 04:42:08 -
16 Replies
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I thinks that’s the XDCAM implementation from either Avid or FCP.
Download the trial of this product and see if it helps.
https://www.calibratedsoftware.com/Products/XDDecodeV2/QXD.php
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Thanks John,
You were right on the money. $149 per license. I’m wondering if there is any other options out there though? A tad bit cheaper haha!
Thanks!
Todd
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Unfortunately Apple decided to make a few FCP rewraps proprietary to their pro apps and not include them in standard QuickTime.
I don’t know of a way to use this post-FCP material on Windows outside of getting the Calibrated software product or similar.
TimK,
Director, Consultant
Video Producer at I-CAR -
The guy who shot this exported from a tricaster. He says that it works perfectly fine on his system in FCP, Premiere and Avid. But he’s on a Mac and I’m on Windows.
When I installed the trial of Calibrated (Q) XD Decode, it works with the of course the watermark. ALso, he says it’s pro res 4:2:2. Which it clearly shows the xd54. Not sure if that’s the same thing.
If I buy QT pro, do you think that might do the trick and install certain codecs I don’t get with my version of QT?
Thanks!
Todd -
No. QuickTime Pro doesn’t have the codec.
The reason why everything on his Mac recognized the media was because FCP was installed on it and the codec was available to all the applications on his system.
Even a Mac wouldn’t be able to run this material without FCP or Motion installed.
TimK,
Director, Consultant
Video Producer at I-CAR -
Thanks Tim,
I’ve called Adobe and they told me that the xd54 codec is available through QT for Windows, but for the life of me I can’t find it. They said it’s a prores codec. I’ve Googled my butt off trying to find it, not finding anything but the $149 decoder. I was told that the tricastor is Windows based and that I should have no problem, which I don’t believe.
I’m running out of options.
Todd
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Ok…weird. I think I figured this out. Well…I did but it’s odd. I changed the extension to an mpg and it works. It was originally a QT. So now I have to change a million clips to mpg and I’m golden. ODD!
Todd
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Now that I look at the specs you have, it looks like ProRes…no long GOP encoding.
If that is the case, you should be able to decode it with a current installation of QT for Windows. I handle (playback, not encode) ProRes on my Windows systems frequently enough.
TimK,
Director, Consultant
Video Producer at I-CAR -
[Todd Schmidt] “Ok…weird. I think I figured this out. Well…I did but it’s odd. I changed the extension to an mpg and it works. It was originally a QT. So now I have to change a million clips to mpg and I’m golden. ODD!”
Really? Wow…that IS wacky. An MPG extension shouldn’t allow playback of a ProRes file…
TimK,
Director, Consultant
Video Producer at I-CAR -
Hi Tim,
I have the latest QT for Windows 7.7.6 and have Pro which is up to date. I’m able to only get audio, no video after I installed the trial version of Sheervideo Pro. I’ve installed AvidCodecsLE234 and 2.3.8
When I open QT player and choose “open”, I’m getting a thumbnail.
The only things that works is changing them to an mpg.
Grrr!
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