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Major Import problems
I’m trying to recreate a FCP project in Avid Media Cmposer 5. I began by transcoding/importing all the media. After 40 hours of importing completed, I played back my clips and 90% of them …. white screen, that’s it.
The files are in 3 different formats, all with a Quicktime wrapper.
HDV30p 1920×1080 – came out with only white video
DVCPRO HD 720p – came out with only white video
Pro Res 422 – came out correctlyI’m pretty sure that it’s a codec issue, that I might not have the correct codecs for quicktime to play back the HDV and DVCPRO HD footage and therefore it came out with the blank white video. Or is there another issue?
anyone have this problem before and know where I can obtain these?
thank you
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5 Replies
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Any HDV or DVCProHD Quicktime files created by FCP cannot be read natively on a system without FCP installed. You can buy a DVCProHD decoder for the DVCProHD files from Raylight. Not sure about HDV though.
https://dvfilm.com/raylight/decoder/index.htm
The bad news is, once you install the decoder you’re still going to have to reimport the files. Avid imported them and created MXF media from the undecoded files – that white screen is baked into the Avid media.
However, if you’re on MC5.x, you can AMA the Quicktime clips and consolidate/transcode them. It may faster than a straight import, and you can preview the files first then consolidate/transcode only the files you need.
EDIT: Download the trial of the HDV Decoder from Calibrated and open an HDV Quicktime in Quicktime. If the white screen is gone, buy the decoder and reimport them into Avid.
https://www.calibratedsoftware.com/QXD.asp
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Michael Hancock
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I assume that the machine that you’re importing to isn’t the same as the machine where these came from. Can you open the files in Quicktime Player? Do they play? Likely also white screen. Indicates (as you guessed) that your importer machine is missing the proper codecs to play these. The DVCProHD and HDV codecs are installed with Final Cut. Your solutions are one of the following:
1) Install FCS on this machine
2) Install codec packages like Calibrated Q’s XD Decode and DVCProHD Decode
3) Transcode on original machine to ProRes -
you are correct in assuming that it is not on the same machine.
FCP is on my MAC
AVID Media Composer 5, I have on a windows system.
I am going back to the beginning and transcoding them into Pro Res files. hate losing the time but I know it will work.
thank you very much
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i assume that you are using AutoDuck for the export. If you export the timeline you will get an option where in you can choose in which format you want to export the media, an AAF with MXF format should work on MC 5. Recently I have transfered some HD proj from FCP to AVID and this works for me.
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Hi Michael,
How do you do this? :
“However, if you’re on MC5.x, you can AMA the Quicktime clips and consolidate/transcode them”
Thanks!
Timothy
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