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Quicktime Bug?
After creating a movie in FCP that’s just over 2 hours (2:01:02), I tried to compress it (for MPEG-2) using Sorenson Squeeze. The resulting file (8.52 GB) kept ending at 56:48.
When I contacted Sorenson about this, they recreated the problem and tracked it down to a bug in Quicktime (vsn 7.1.3 is what I’m using) that doesn’t seem to let it recognize anything larger than about 4 GB.
When I tried Compressor instead of Squeeze, the resulting .mpg file was 4.23 GB and its video (ONLY – not the audio) stops at about 1:55 (6 minutes short), so I seem to be able to verify it as a QT problem.
Anyone else seen this?
pvw
Phil Van West
Terra Nova Productions
Denver, CO
Video Production/Post-ProductionG5 DP 2.5GHz / 4.5 GB RAM / OS 10.4.8 / FCP 5.1.2 / QT 7.1.3
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might try the quicktime forum at apple.com
https://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=122Umm., I just dropped over there. Like the iTunes and iPod forums, it’s turned into a Windows-users bash fest. They just come to complain.
bogiesan
This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”
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Hi
Sorry I dont have a solution to the problem but wanted to say that the same thing happend to me twice but I thought it was something I did wrong.
I too would like to know if there is a fix for this bug.
Cheers
Zee.
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Maybe that is one reason that Quicktime updated to version 7.1.4… And now, 7.1.5…
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Schazam Productions
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Apparently there has been a 4GB size limit on MPEG-2 file recognition since the QT MPEG-2 Player component came out.
…makes absolutely NO sense to me.pvw
Phil Van West
Terra Nova Productions
Denver, CO
Video Production/Post-ProductionG5 DP 2.5GHz / 4.5 GB RAM / OS 10.4.8 / FCP 5.1.2 / QT 7.1.3
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[pvanwest] “…makes absolutely NO sense to me”
Well, if you notice VOB files on DVDs don’t go over 2 GBs, so a file that hits a 4GB limit makes a little sense. It’s a formatting constraint I’m sure.
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VLC plays these files (>4GB) just fine. Ever seen a 2 hour mpeg under 4 GB? I haven’t – it would look awful after that much compression.
pvw
Phil Van West
Terra Nova Productions
Denver, CO
Video Production/Post-ProductionG5 DP 2.5GHz / 4.5 GB RAM / OS 10.4.8 / FCP 5.1.2 / QT 7.1.3
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VLC plays a lot of things that QT doesn’t. If you segment your movie into two parts, you will be fine. Perhaps you should try innobits’ BitVice. They provide great results with smaller file sizes.
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