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.MOV file with Animation codec “unknown” to FCP
I have created a sports show open in Adobe After Effects, and exported it out as a MOV file with an Animation codec. There is an alpha channel at the beginning of the comp, hence the animation.
However, when I go to import this MOV into FCP 6, it gives me this
“File error: 1 file(s) recognized, 0 access denied, 1 unknown”
What did I do wrong here? Is it the animation codec that is throwing FCP off? Strange thing is, only the 30 FPS version won’t import. The previous 24 FPS version worked just fine, it imported into FCP but it wouldn’t work because the rest of the footage was 30 FPS and the 24 looked jerky… which is why I switched it, but then I run into this problem.
Solutions? Is there any other codec out there that supports alpha channel that FCP won’t fight with?
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Did you export as straight 30 fps, or 29.976? FCP prefers the latter.
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Bump if anyone is still searching for the answer for this, I’ve figured it out a way to get your renders and exports complete…
I created an animation in AE and exported as an Animation, then converted to Apple ProRes 422 to drop into my 422 ProRes sequence. It kept saying CODEC NOT FOUND, when I tried to render and export.
I ended up converting the original animation to h.264 via MPEG Streamclip, then reconnected the media in FCP. I’m sure there are other formats to convert to, and h.264 can be a bit buggy when editing, but this happened to work for me.
Hope this helps!
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