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Panic over Mpeg Streamclip compatibility with High Sierrra
If I had another kid, I would name him or her “Mpeg Streamclip”, I love that software so much. I might even get the Squared 5 logo tattooed on me, somewhere. Use it every day, and recommend it to many people. Now I read in a Larry Jordan blog that it won’t work in High Sierra OS. What’s not clear to me yet is: is only the ability to rip mpeg2 DVD’s compromised, or is the entire app broken by the OS change? Will it still work for other file conversions and playback of files? And what can we expect with H.265 compatibility? Will Squared 5 create a new, compatible version?
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Out of curiosity, what do you use it for?
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Mostly fast and easy file format conversions that are compatible with our clients’ older, PC-based media viewing software, and to convert incoming, client-supplied non-standard media to an editable format. Though we do also do the occasional DVD rip from old shows we’ve made. It’s kind of a Swiss Army Knife around here. And I often recommend it to clients with no budget as a superior playback software than their old Windows Media Player, along with VLC and FlvCrunch.
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My guess is that MPEG StreamClip uses legacy Quicktime Frameworks and not AVFoundation and that’s the reason it’s not compatible with High Sierra. Development of StreamClip stoped around 2012 with beta 1.9.3. Release 1.9.2 was in 2008.
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I’m gonna miss it like I miss my dad’s ’68 Mustang. Any suggestions on replacements? The client base is locked into seven-year-old Windows Media Player, and for reasons I can’t get into here, getting the client side to modernize isn’t on the table, so I need to be able to make files they can view in high quality, with minimal bandwidth, and no IT support. Streamclip was my go-to for this, making MP4’s that worked well for the clients. For some reason, MP4’s rendered from FCPX always wound up with playability issues on their platforms.
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How about Handbrake?
For compatibility you may need to use Baseline Profile. I believe some point during the use of Windows Media Player 7, it became H.264 .mp4 compatible. -
Other options, but not free, would be Sorenson Squeeze or Adobe Media Encoder. That latter is my default for H.264 .MP4 files and they are rock solid. Telestream Switch is a good player and the more expensive version will do transcodes, but not in batches.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters – oliverpeters.com
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Apple Compressor costs all of $50.
I love Telestream Switch but mostly using it for QC work. -
I use Handbrake much the same way you appear to have used Streamclip.
But this big transition away from 32-bit apps is going to be a big thing going forward.
Without it, the industry is artificially held back.
Hopefully, there are new kids out there that will fill the shoes of those who created Streamclip, Handbrake, et al – for a new, more modern era of video processing.
So – if you have parental custody of one of the pre-teens out there hacking away in Swift or the like – keep them focused! This industry is going to NEED them before we know it!
Creator of XinTwo – https://www.xintwo.com
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Just to say that I’m happily using MPEG Streamclip on High Sierra. I’ve got both Quicktime Player (10.4) and Quicktime Player 7 installed but I couldn’t get Streamclip to open any MPEG2 components until I created an empty ~/Library/Quicktime folder.
I’d previously purchased the MPEG2 components but it won’t reinstall following the upgrade to High Sierra. The system itself is the result of a series of incremental upgrades that started with Snow Leopard; but it’s still working and ripping some old DVD’s that Handbrake and other modern programs were having trouble with. -
Hey Mark,
I’ve been using MPEG Streamclip on HS for a while now. No problems at all. I use it for all sorts of file conversions. I’ve never used it for ripping DVDs though. Hope this helps:)K
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