large ProRes files don´t play on Windows?

[Michael Gossen]

Does the windows machine have the QT ProRes Decoder installed?

https://support.apple.com/kb/DL2

Michael Gossen
Helium Digital Media

[Mark Wagner]

i have quicktime 7.6 installed but the exporting Mac is running FCP Studio 3 on Snow Leopard with Qt10.
Guess i have to try the latest decoder then if there is any Qt10 for Win already.

[Zane Barker]

I don’t think you understand. The ProRes codec is NOT part of QuickTime you have it on your computer because you installed FCS. A Mac with Snow Leopard but not FCS cannot even play a ProRes video file. Check out the link that was previusly posted.

There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
Don’t let technology get in the way of your creativity!

[Mark Wagner]

i installed the prores decoder on the PC but got a message, that a newer version already exists.
still couldn´t open the movie. will try again tomorrow…maybe reinstall quicktime again and see what happens.

[Rafael Amador]

With the last QT for Window you don’t need the Free Reader any more.
It should read Proress.
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Craig Russillroy]

Does the file have the .mov on it in pc land – also read write permissions ? What pro res flavour – hq 4444 ?

MINTedit

Editing – VFX -Digital Signage – Digital Pipeline Solutions

MACproo – All the bits and bobs

[Neil Sadwelkar]

10 sec exports work fine you say. I think this is because of the 2 GB or 4 GB limit to file size on Windows FAT32 drives.

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Neil Sadwelkar
neilsadwelkar.blogspot.com
twitter: fcpguru
FCP Editor, Edit systems consultant
Mumbai India

[Tim Kolb]

[Neil Sadwelkar] “10 sec exports work fine you say. I think this is because of the 2 GB or 4 GB limit to file size on Windows FAT32 drives.”

If that were true, the file wouldn’t transfer onto the PC drive at all. If you’re using MacDrive on the PC side, you can use a Mac-formtted drive without issue.

I’ve played 720p30 ProRes files that were 90 minutes long and 80+ GBs in size on a PC without issue, so I’d have trouble believing that it’s some sort of QT limitation/problem.

Can you describe what you’re doing in a very detailed way? (file exported from what, format, framerate, harddrive used for transfer, format of harddrive-Mac/PC…are you using MacDrive?, etc, etc.)

TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,

[Mark Wagner]

here´s my workflow:

– Video captured in FCP as ProRes422 (SD) from DV tape with a framerate of 25
– edited and then exported with same codec as self-contained quicktime which is playing fine on the Mac side
– these files then copied onto a LAcieBigDisk Raid (4TB) which i mounted on the PC side via FW400 and accessed with MacDrive
– then copied onto local storage (although i can´t even play the files directly from the LaCie Raid either)

any tips?

[Mark Wagner]

I think i found a solution 🙂

I needed to set the codec to ProRes422 when exporting instead of leaving it to “Sequence setting”.
Also forgot to mention that i´m doing this on OSX 10.6 with the latest FCP version.

so problem solved, hours wasted, back to work…

thanks for all the help!