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Video Clip plays audio in VLC, not in PPro — ??
I have a number of *.MOV files that will play in VLC, both audio and video, but not in PPro. So the audio is there, and the freeware can play it, but the commercial s/w does not.
Acting on a suggestion, I used MediaInfo to examine the file, but… not sure what to do with the info. Here’s the TEXT output from MediaInfo, thanks for any help:
General
Complete name : D:\Gigs & Projects\SonicBench2010\Footage\2009-Capture\SonicB_002.mov
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : QuickTime
Codec ID : qt 2005.03 (qt )
File size : 16.6 MiB
Duration : 6 s 473 ms
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 21.5 Mb/s
Encoded date : UTC 2009-12-30 04:14:52
Tagged date : UTC 2009-12-30 04:15:03
Writing library : Apple QuickTime
Video
ID : 1
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Advanced Simple@L3
Format settings : BVOP
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Codec ID : mp4v-20
Duration : 6 s 473 ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 21.5 Mb/s
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Original display aspect ratio : 3:2
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 29.970 (29970/1000) FPS
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 2.075
Stream size : 16.6 MiB (100%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2009-12-30 04:14:52
Tagged date : UTC 2009-12-30 04:15:03
Transfer characteristics : BT.601
Matrix coefficients : BT.601
Audio
ID : 2
Format : Qdesign 2
Codec ID : QDM2
Codec ID/Info : QDesign Music 2
Duration : 6 s 473 ms
Source duration : 7 s 552 ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 256 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel layout : L R
Sampling rate : 32.0 kHz
Stream size : 202 KiB (1%)
Source stream size : 236 KiB (1%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2009-12-30 04:14:52
Tagged date : UTC 2009-12-30 04:15:03
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4 Replies
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Likely the deprecated QT MPEG4 codec. I’m assuming you are on a Mac. PP simply doesn’t play everything. VLC does (almost). You’ll need to convert. Since VLC can play it, you can probably convert with anything that uses FFMPEG for core conversion. You can convert with VLC but it’s a PITA. Presuming you want to convert to a pro format, like ProRes, I suggest FFWorks. In short, it’s a matter of finding an app that can read the file and convert to the format you want. Worst case, you’ll need Windows, Linux, or an old Mac (pre-deprecation) but chances are FFMPEG can handle it.
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Thanks for your reply. I am >not< on a mac.
I believe “Shutter Encoder” will do the job: I tried to save from VLC, but the resulting file did not have the audio (which VLC will play from the original) attached. >:^(
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If Shutter Encoder does work, try handbrake set to Production preset.
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FFmpeg supports DM2 and QDMC, so you should be able to convert the music to a more common format such as AAC with the build-in conversion of VLC (VLC is FFmpeg-based).
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