BenHughesStudios
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Alright I need some encoding experts for this. Right now I am doing an editing job for a music video that was shot on RED. The files were converted to smaller 1080p MOV files so they could be sent to me on a couple data DVDs.
The problem is, the files I received had an MPEG-1/2 Codec, with a MOV container!!! Who does that??? Why would someone convert files to Quicktime with MPEG freaking 2 as the codec? That doesn't even make sense.
The files wouldn't play in any media players other than VLC media player. In real player only the sound works.
The files won't open in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5, or Adobe After Effects CS5, or Sony Vegas 7.0, and all 3 of those programs support Quicktime files AND Mpeg 2 (I'm guessing they just don't support them together in one file? Seriously, who uses Mpeg 2 as a codec in a MOV file???).
I tried importing the clips into MPEG Streamclip to convert them to a normal editable codec like Apple ProRes, DnXHD, or Apple Photo-JPEG, but the resulting files had no video, only sound. I tried using VLC's converter, no luck, and adobe media encoder too, no luck.
I tried to change the file extension too since I figured maybe the .MOV extension was conflicting with the MPEG 2 codec. I tried changing the extension to .avi, .mpg, .mp4, .mkv, and it made no difference whatsoever.
What should I do? Does anyone know any program that I can use to convert these files that will actually work?
Or should I just contact the DP and ask him to just re-convert the original RED files into a different codec?
I feel like I've tried everything. If anyone knows anything, please let me know, thanks.
The problem is, the files I received had an MPEG-1/2 Codec, with a MOV container!!! Who does that??? Why would someone convert files to Quicktime with MPEG freaking 2 as the codec? That doesn't even make sense.
The files wouldn't play in any media players other than VLC media player. In real player only the sound works.
The files won't open in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5, or Adobe After Effects CS5, or Sony Vegas 7.0, and all 3 of those programs support Quicktime files AND Mpeg 2 (I'm guessing they just don't support them together in one file? Seriously, who uses Mpeg 2 as a codec in a MOV file???).
I tried importing the clips into MPEG Streamclip to convert them to a normal editable codec like Apple ProRes, DnXHD, or Apple Photo-JPEG, but the resulting files had no video, only sound. I tried using VLC's converter, no luck, and adobe media encoder too, no luck.
I tried to change the file extension too since I figured maybe the .MOV extension was conflicting with the MPEG 2 codec. I tried changing the extension to .avi, .mpg, .mp4, .mkv, and it made no difference whatsoever.
What should I do? Does anyone know any program that I can use to convert these files that will actually work?
Or should I just contact the DP and ask him to just re-convert the original RED files into a different codec?
I feel like I've tried everything. If anyone knows anything, please let me know, thanks.