[Truls Huseboe]

I haven´t tried converting the movie clip, and although it might work I´m gonna try to reach a solution instead of creating a workaround. I want AE to work properly.

I´ll check what codec the file has and report.

[Truls Huseboe]

Actually I don´t know what the original footage was shot with, the file I have is compressed, but it´s most probably a DV camera of some sort.

That being said, I´m not talking about pixelation and small quality artifacts, it´s a lot worse. In the beginning of the clip the whole left side is distorted and with different colors, and a couple of seconds in the half of the image is being distorted from the top down. Another thing to note is that the artifacts are static, meaning they never change, which led me to believe it was the footage, but like i said, it looks fine in VLC.