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Read QT HDV files in Premiere?
I have some 50-60 hours of footage originally captured on Firestore drives in QT HDV for use in Final Cut. I now need to re-edit some of that footage in CS4. However, Premiere can’t import the files because a “codec is missing.” What codec am I looking for, or is there a way to bring the footage into Premiere without transcoding it all to something else?
Thanks.
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If you are on a PC you need to convert the material into something PC friendly like uncompressed. If you are on a Mac then you will need to have FCP installed also. If that’s not working you need to convert them for PPro as the QT HDV is a Mac FCP only format – Thanks Apple.
– Jon BarrieJon Barrie
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AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH! That’s a lot of footage to convert. Well, lesson learned. Next time, we’ll agree on a format we both can use.
Thanks very much for the info. I would have thought that if Apple makes ProRes available to the Windows world, they would the other codecs as well.
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Hi Warren,
Check out our Calibrated{Q} XD Decode – it should allow you to import the QT HDV MOV files in most applications.
https://www.calibratedsoftware.com/QXD.asp
there’s a demo with watermarks you can download to try out.
Cheers,
GregCalibrated Software
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Thanks, Greg.
Tested it and it works as advertised in CS4. Ordered it and am working with it now. Will save me a huge amount of time in not having to transcode the files to something else. -
You’re welcome Warren! Glad it could help!
Cheers,
GregCalibrated Software
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Greg… Saw this and downloaded QXD and the MXF Importer. I ran both, rebooted… to import QT HD files (shot on a Firestore) into PP3. Nothing changed. Am I missing something?
Ron
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