QT/FCP/h.264 conflicts?

[Rafael Amador]

Hi Jimmy,
Are putting h264 in the FC time-line?
h264 is not an editing codec.
FC may do the job or may crash.
Nornmally people are transcoding h264 before to bring it to FC.
Rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Jimmy Brunger]

Thanks for replying Rafael,

No, I’m not editing with these h264 file sin FCP. They were exported out of FCP a few years back for use in After Effects (I know after effects and FCP don’t like h.264..but I didn’t do the original job!)

The annoying thing is – this frame duplication problem is also occurring when playing these clips DIRECTLY in Quicktime Player and is fixed with older versions of QT (on Tiger machines at least)

The reason I posted it on the FCP forum is because now I’m having to use QT 7.5 on Tiger I’m now having problems viewing/using some OTHER clips (I think they’re DV reference clips) I can’t see them in QT player/FCP or AE.

I was hoping someone else might have had the same problem!?

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[Rafael Amador]

Hi Jimmy,
It seems that you have some problems with QT.

[Jimmy Brunger] “I’m now having problems viewing/using some OTHER clips (I think they’re DV reference clips) I can’t see them in QT player/FCP or AE. “
If those are QT Ref movies, QT clearly would tell you so.

[Jimmy Brunger] “The annoying thing is – this frame duplication problem is also occurring when playing these clips DIRECTLY in Quicktime Player and is fixed with older versions of QT (on Tiger machines at least) “
Try to play it with MPGStreamclip.
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Jimmy Brunger]

You’re not kidding! I just don’t know how to remedy the problem! Unless I re-install my OS to an earlier version and taking the hole system back a year or so then I’ve either got unplayable h.264s OR unplayable ref QTs.

What will playing the clips in MPGStreamClip do Rafael?

AE7 Pro – Nucleo – Mocha v1.2.3 – PS CS3 – FCP 5.1.4
MacPro Quad 3GHz / ATI 1900XT / 8GB RAM / OSX 10.4.11
30″ ACD / Decklink SP / SONY PVM-20M4E/ Wacom Intuos 3 A4 / XServe / United Digital RAID
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Production Studio CS2 – Combustion 3 – Mocha v1.0.1
Win XP Pro 32 / Intel Core2Quad Q6600 / 2GB RAM / NVidia Quadro570 / DeckLink Pro / Roland DS-5s / Sony BVM-20G1E / 2 x Dell 2007FP / Wacom Intuos 3 A4 / 320GB boot/800GB RAID-0

[Rafael Amador]

The last QT version should play every kind of QT movie whatever the version with have been done.
The only thing you need is the codec.
You have the codec so you should be able to play your movies.
If you are able to read well the clips with MPGStreamclip, transcode your files.
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Jimmy Brunger]

I sorted it! (on Tiger at least..) It was my Blackmagic drivers going screwy after I downgraded Quicktime. Uninstalled BMD drivers then reinstalled and now FCP ref movies and my h.264’s are playing happily together now.

PHEW!

AE7 Pro – Nucleo – Mocha v1.2.3 – PS CS3 – FCP 5.1.4
MacPro Quad 3GHz / ATI 1900XT / 8GB RAM / OSX 10.4.11
30″ ACD / Decklink SP / SONY PVM-20M4E/ Wacom Intuos 3 A4 / XServe / United Digital RAID
———————————
Production Studio CS2 – Combustion 3 – Mocha v1.0.1
Win XP Pro 32 / Intel Core2Quad Q6600 / 2GB RAM / NVidia Quadro570 / DeckLink Pro / Roland DS-5s / Sony BVM-20G1E / 2 x Dell 2007FP / Wacom Intuos 3 A4 / 320GB boot/800GB RAID-0

[Jimmy Brunger]

Update for anyone who might come across a similar problem…

I fixed the problem on Leopard aswell – had to uninstall and reinstall Blackmagic software, then disable Perian – which obviously has a problem with Leopard – and now all is well.

I now have a fighting chance of delivering this job on time.

AE7 Pro – Nucleo – Mocha v1.2.3 – PS CS3 – FCP 5.1.4
MacPro Quad 3GHz / ATI 1900XT / 8GB RAM / OSX 10.4.11
30″ ACD / Decklink SP / SONY PVM-20M4E/ Wacom Intuos 3 A4 / XServe / United Digital RAID
———————————
Production Studio CS2 – Combustion 3 – Mocha v1.0.1
Win XP Pro 32 / Intel Core2Quad Q6600 / 2GB RAM / NVidia Quadro570 / DeckLink Pro / Roland DS-5s / Sony BVM-20G1E / 2 x Dell 2007FP / Wacom Intuos 3 A4 / 320GB boot/800GB RAID-0

[Aynsley Baldwin]

Hi Jim,

I know this was a while back but I’m having a similar problem to what you were having back in 2009 with FCP playing dupe frames on h264 clips. Only thing is the clips play fine in QT 7.6.6, QT X and Frame Cycler. I thought I might try my luck at downgrading quicktime anyway. How did you do your downgrade? I attempted it yesterday (from 7.6.6 to 7.4) with Pacifist with abysmal results. I’m on Snow Leopard now so I’m not sure your methods would necessarily even apply but I’m kinda desperate and thought I’d give it a shot.

Thanks!
Aynsley