[Adam China]

Hiya, thanks for reply. This worked but couldn’t get ctrl + alt + / to open the import dialogue. This would be a neat replacement to ctrl + i if it automatically places the footage in the timeline.

[Adam China]

Thanks Shahan, this worked as a replacement to drag & drop from project to timeline. ‘Create layers at composition start time’ must be unchecked in ‘preferences > general’ to place at current time.

I couldn’t get ctrl + / to actually open the import dialogue though. This would be a neat replacement to ctrl + i if it automatically places the footage in the timeline.

[Adam China]

Thanks Shahan, this worked as a replacement to drag & drop from project to timeline. ‘Create layers at composition start time’ must be unchecked in ‘preferences > general’ to place at current time.

I couldn’t get ctrl + / to actually open the import dialogue though. This would be a neat replacement to ctrl + i if it automatically places the footage in the timeline.

[Adam China]

It’s set to 30 so hopefully it should be fixed to that. The bitrate is CBR. Which I think should make it fixed bitrate too? But not sure. I’ve just learnt that the file is corrupted at 1:31 and that is the only point in the video that fails on playback through windows media player. This is seemingly stopping it from being converted, transferred or edited. Is this a lost file do you think? Scrap it and re shoot? I’m unaware of any way of reviving it. Just a split second of the video is causing the issue. : |

[Adam China]

I don’t seem to be able to convert it to any other format it seems. The file plays fine but it can’t be edited or converted – so it’s partially corrupted? Or perhaps you know of a workaround? I tried another online converter but it failed too. I may have to use another editing program like kinemaster perhaps to get this edited.

[Adam China]

Unfortunately it crashed during export to ProRes. So some h264 clips are dodgy then? ah, good to know. Shame about that though. Here’s my OBS encoding options… attached. Which would you use for AE import?

Thanks so much!

Adam

[Adam China]

Thanks for your response. I think the hardware is ok, I’ve been using a GTX 1080 and a fairly decent SSD for a while with no issues.

I’m thinking it might be the format of some clips I’m using. All of my stock clips work fine, it’s just the vlog clips I’m using via livestream software OBS, they’re the problem I think. Even though they’re all H.264 I’ve been using this workflow fine for weeks, so I’m surprised! Any ideas do let me know! Very much appreciated.

Thanks,

Adam

[Adam China]

Thanks for this. The codec of the imported clip is H.264. I have many other clips using this codec but no issues with those. What other clip parameters could be problematic?

Strangely I was having no issues with my workflow of importing footage from my phone via livestream app (obs) but suddenly it stopped working. Which led me to believe it must be my PC. But perhaps I need to take a closer look at the details of these vlog clips – as all other stock footage with same codec don’t pose a problem. Any ideas?

Thanks a lot for your considerations on this,

Adam

[Adam China]

Hi Dave. Which codec would you recommend converting to and how best to do it? Can it be done with Adobe Media Converter?

Thanks,
Adam

[Adam China]

Great thanks a lot.

Yes it’s bizarre isn’t it, it’s an old canon 500d, it can shoot 720p@30fps or 1080p@20fps. Decided to reduce to 720p.