xdcam hd 1080i 30 (60i) – what’s the codec?

[Brian Barkley]

With the info you’ve given us, there should be no problems. You’ve imported via Clip Browser I asssume? Codec is MP4. Have you gotten as far as getting your clips on the hard drive?

[Dan Mcguire]

Thanks for writing back. I’m losing hair over here…

I produced a shoot that was shot on xdcam. My cameraman got the files to a mac formatted disc, along with a folder of “proxy” files. He gave those files to me on a mac format drive.

I brought all the proxies over to the PC and a few of the high res clips.

My copy of premiere would not import the large files – “missing codec” – but it would open the proxies. Nor would my PC, with either windows media player or quicktime, open the hi-res clips. (in QT it opened the clips as black – sound would be there but no image.)

I edited the piece with proxy files, assuming that I could delete the proxies and export the project sequences to avid PC, FCP (mac) or a newer version of premiere on PC.

A friend with FCP and a Mac was able to import the edl but not link the files to the full-res files.

They could also easily open the high res files with their version of QT.

So Perhaps my first goal should be to merely VIEW the hi-res files on my PC. I have QT 7 – not qt pro, which for some reason refuses to upgrade.

Do the Mpeg 4 files need qt pro to be viewed?

Thanks for the help. I downloaded clip viewer from sony but can’t find any literature on it – and it won’t import the proxy files or the hi res files.

I appreciate any insight you may have into my situation.

Yours
DAN MCGUIRE

[Brian Barkley]

There is a long list of supported file formats for CS4, both video and audio. You could always use the capture window, and import that way.

Sorry I cannot be of more help. You may need to get someone to come to your edit suite personally, and check your situation out.