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Playback issue
I am using premiere pro cs5. I recorded some footage a few years ago and I’m finally ready to edit it however…
My footage is in .mov files. When I try and import it an error message appears saying: Codec missing or unavailable.
I convert a file to an .mp4 file and I can now import it, however the preview screen doesn’t play back its just a still image. Audio works though, and if I pause the video and select the clip it updates the frame.
I tested the .mp4 file with windows movie maker and it seems to work fine.
Please help me figure this out!
Thanks!
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5 Replies
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Can you make a small sample (under 30-40MB), upload it to Google Drive, Dropbox or a similar service, and post a link here so it could be downloaded and tested?
Alex Gerulaitis
Systems Engineer
DV411 – Los Angeles, CA -
Alright thanks!
I will upload a video for you to have a look at.
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The .mov (QuicTime) file is encoded in a very exotic way. The codec shows “HDV 1080i50”, yet QT player shows actual res at 1888×1062 – and plays audio only. Neither Premiere Pro CS5 nor AME can load it: “bad codec”.
Converted to H.264 1080i50 (1440×1080) using Handbrake, Premiere Pro CS5 crashes importing it; AME reports “unknow error” trying to encode it.
Converted to WMV using Windows Movie Maker (WMM) into a 1080i29.97, the resulting file plays fine in Premiere Pro. Here it is.
I am mystified – and don’t have time to work more on it – maybe later. My guess – the file is encoded in an exotic way and even though Handbrake can see it, it encodes it with errors. WMM encodes it successfully, even if with a different frame rate.
Alex Gerulaitis
Systems Engineer
DV411 – Los Angeles, CA -
Thanks so much Alex!!
I will try concoverting the footage to .WMV files.
I’ll let you if it works for me.
Thanks again!
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