[Kevin Perreira]

Hello Mike, I think I’m experiencing the very same problem (not because of a Mac between the card and my PC, but because of how the files come from my new lumixGH4)
I’m very curious (anxious?) to know if you have found the solution last december. (Actually I’m really in trouble concerning my project so any feedback would be great)

For the first time I’m importing .mov clips from my GH4, by dragging clips from the card to the folder.
They’re supposed to be at variable bitrate (approx 100Mbps)
Media Info utility says codec ID is “avc1”
I can read them perfectly using Media Player Classic (64bits)

ON AFTER EFFECTS
Some clips imported show the green symptomatic thumbnail
Sometimes such clips can be previewed or sent as a new comp but then few images may be replaced by uniform green, or mixed in a odd way (like if for 2 seconds, images of the clip were not in the right order)
Often clicking on a “green thumbnail clip” in the project panel makes AE show an error message (I forgot which one but basically it says it cannot read the file correctly), and often AE crashes or need to be closed with task manager.
When if I restart After Effects, problematic clips are not the same than before!

ON PREMIERE
Some clips imported show a green symptomatic thumbnail
Usually such clip can put in the timeline and read like any other clip. Exporting the part of the timeline containing the “green thumbnails” clip works also.
Often Premiere don’t read nothing (the software do not freeze, just the “play” function), often it crashes (and Windows error message says Adobe Mediacor crashed because of Adobe QT32 Server.exe)
When if I restart Premiere, problematic clips are not the same than before.
The problematic clips have a “footage interpretation” than the others: the field order is not set (it should be set as “progressive”), if I correct it, then the thumbnail shows a picture again (in the project panel, not in the timeline). If I close and open Premiere again, some other clips become “green thumbnail” with “field order” which is not set”.
Please if you have any clue..!!!

My Configuration:
Windows 7 Premium 64bits
Adobe CS5.5, Quicktime updated
16Go RAM
Nvidia Gforce 670
Intel i7 4770K
Separate drives (ssd for OS, hdd for project+footage, hdd for media cache, ssd for previews)

[Kevin Perreira]

Hi Ed,
Even if we discussed by email,
I’d like to thank you very much in the official thread, and say to users of french PPRO that: Yes! Your script works very well now!
It’s absolutely amazing!

kev

[Kevin Perreira]

Now I understand that moving to a menu entry by using “Alt” key is different that using a shortcut, and it seems there is no parameter for that, and no way to do it with the French version.
I must admit that was already visible in the PDF you sent me, where I can see by instance: that “Effects” has one shortcut which is “Shift+7” AND ALSO one “move to menu entry-shortcut” which is “Alt+f” , right?
So I switched my keyboard to QWERTY (instead of AZERTY), restarted Premiere, but still: “Alt+W” doesn’t gave me the “Window” menu. Also I read that changing CS langage supposse to buy another licence.
These “Alt+” shortcuts for moving in the menus are not in my other french Adobe softwares, but I can use them without problems in other programs like thunderbird or firefox.

I don’t see any way to have these “Alt+” shortcuts in my french CS 5.5 , and I guess the only way to procede is to compile your script in a exe file and find a PC user who has PPRO cs5.5 in english with the default shortcuts.

What’s your opinion Ed?
Thanks a lot for you help.

Kev

[Kevin Perreira]

Hi Ed,
Thanks a lot for your help and disponibility, I wish I could be as quick as you are. Seriously I really appreciate your hand with that issue, and that’s very kind of you that you wrote your message twice.
I just read the PDF which is certainly very helpful:
Actually the French version is very different

(1) “Marker @” is replaced by “Marqueur à”
I will try replace it automaticaly in the script but “à” may not be an authorised sign for the script, is it?

(2) and (a) I just checked Menus and Keyboard shotcuts on my french version: there’s nothing like in your PDF. Obviously “Windows” is called “Fenêtre” but without underligned “F” / without “Alt+F” shortcut.So I think I will create US keybord shortcuts, and save them especially for running the script. Otherwise I wonder if I might find quickly a .kys file with the US shortcuts. Maybe you hcan create it for me by simply making a copy of the defaut shortcuts? (that should be in C:Users/YOURNAMEHERE/AppData/Roaming/AdobePremiere Pro/5.5)

(b)I don’t get very well the “class issue”: besides my poor english, I’m not familiar with writing scripts, but anyway I can assure you that there was no popup at all after lunching the script.

So now I do some tests, and I keep you in touch
Thanx again Ed, you’re great!

Kev

[Kevin Perreira]

Hi there!

I tried your method but AutoHotKey doesn’t seems to lunch the script.
(something flickers in the task tray, but to fast for being indentified)
Also AutoHotKey seems to work properly with other script (with an icon in the tasktray as long as the script is in use)

Do you see what could be the problem?
Is there a way you can help?
Maybe by sending me the .exe compiled with AutoHotKey?

Thanx for helping, and excuse my english (I’m french)

kevin