Quicktime files created recently are now corrupted

[John Christie]

Hi All

Not really an FCP issue, but I’m looking for the brightest minds out there. I exported a bunch of QT files from After Effects and edited them together in Premiere a few months ago.

Now when I go to open them again I get: “The movie could not be opened. The file is not a movie file”

All the files are stored on a Promise Raid connected via Thunderbolt to my iMac. No major software upgrades done recently.

I’ve seen similar things happen when I copy files from one drive to another but these file have never been moved.

Any thoughts?

[David Roth Weiss]

You probably exported QT reference files out of FCP, in which case you are SOL.

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist & Workflow Consultant
David Weiss Productions
Los Angeles

David is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.

[John Christie]

Thanks David

But no, they’re all standalone QT files. I’ve been burned over the years many times with QT REF files and I avoid them like the plague ☺

Cheers

John

[Shane Ross]

What codec?

Shane
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[John Christie]

Hi Shane

Good old Prores, generated out of After Effects.

Cheers

John