[Tricia Stunden]

Hey there,
thanks for your help.

So I managed to get MPEGStreamclip to work on my computer. I had to uninstall QT and install QT Alternative.

MPEGStreamclip allows me to open the .MOD files without changing the .MOD to .MPG, but what would you suggest to be a good format to convert to that would not lose quality? I tried a few QT formats but I didn’t really like them.
I want something that keeps the quality.

Also, is this the only way to get the footage to work in Avid? I recently went on a 6 week long trip to Ghana and I collected an excessive amount of video footage, and it is going to take forever to convert it all using this method.

I have another question as well. I have another hard drive with footage on it, I haven’t gone through all of it, but there is one clip that I have found that wont open in Avid and it also wont open in MPEGStreamclip.

here is the MediaInfo on this file. If you have any advice I would really appreciate it. Thank you!

General
Complete name : C:UsersTriciaDesktopBoris’ Reel Project-HIRES FINAL-MPEG-2 6.4Mbps 2-pass 43.m2v
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
File size : 381 MiB
Duration : 9mn 50s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 5 421 Kbps

Video
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Custom
Format settings, GOP : Variable
Duration : 9mn 50s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 5 421 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 7 500 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Bottom Field First
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.523
Stream size : 381 MiB (100%)
Alignment : Apple MPEG-2 Encoder v481-20050412 [6400000 17692 R7500000 w3 e2s E2 s0x10002 I V0x0]
Title : Apple MPEG-2 Encoder v481-20050412 [6400000 17692 R7500000 w3 e2s E2 s0x10002 I V0x0]
Writing library : Apple MPEG-2 Encoder v481-20050412 [6400000 17692 R7500000 w3 e2s E2 s0x10002 I V0x0]
Color primaries : BT.601 NTSC
Transfer characteristics : BT.601
Matrix coefficients : BT.601