Quicktime Codec

Maybe your DP can just give you the files in a different, PC-friendly format?

Oh, and you should probably listen to Barry. You may not always agree with him, but you should definitely always hear him out. I mean, he is a robot, after all. :)
 
I do agree with him. I already called my DP.
Hey, Barry, can I have 'WhiteWood' back? I promise I'll behave under it :)
 
So I had my DP convert the .mov's to .avi's and they STILL don't work. Now, what happens is WMP will open up and play the sound, but not the video. So I GSpotted it and here are the results. Can someone please tell me what codec I should now download? Thank you:

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Good lord. Your DP has NO experience at ALL at this does he? This is why I tell people to just do DNxHD. It's impossible to screw it up.

Ok, so what has happened here is that he has put ProResHQ into an AVI container. Which of course won't work on the PC. So, I suggest the following:

1. Download the latest version of quicktime from Apple and install it.
2. Rename your .avi file to .mov
3. See if it opens in Quicktime.

If not, just have your DP make a regular old quicktime .mov file like he would for a Mac user. With the latest version of quicktime installed, the PC can read that file without issue and you'll be good to go. Mac people with no PC experience often mistakenly believe that PC users need .avi to work. They don't.

ProRes or ProResHQ in an .mov container will work equally well on the Mac or the PC.

Ok?
 
PerroneFord said:
Good lord. Your DP has NO experience at ALL at this does he? This is why I tell people to just do DNxHD. It's impossible to screw it up.

Ok, so what has happened here is that he has put ProResHQ into an AVI container. Which of course won't work on the PC. So, I suggest the following:

1. Download the latest version of quicktime from Apple and install it.
2. Rename your .avi file to .mov
3. See if it opens in Quicktime.

If not, just have your DP make a regular old quicktime .mov file like he would for a Mac user. With the latest version of quicktime installed, the PC can read that file without issue and you'll be good to go. Mac people with no PC experience often mistakenly believe that PC users need .avi to work. They don't.

ProRes or ProResHQ in an .mov container will work equally well on the Mac or the PC.

Ok?
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I changed the .avi to .mov and when I tried to open it, I got this error:

Error -2048: Couldn't open the file (File) because it is not a file that quicktime understands

:embarasse
 
Yep, when I changed one of my ProResHQ .mov files to .avi and opened it in GSpot, it didn't look like what you posted here, so I was afraid of that. Internally, the file is still set to be an AVI file.

So follow my other suggestion. Forget telling him to make you a PC file, and just have him make the plain old ProRes file.

Alternately, you can both install the Avid DNxHD codec and then it's impossible to screw up. Whatever he makes using that you'll be able to read and vice versa if you need to give him files back.
 
Of course you could always just GET THE HDV CAMERA AND CAPTURE THE TAPES AGAIN...
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Quit trying to reinvent the wheel guys.
 
TommieGreen said:
Okay, so we both downloaded the codec. Now what?
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Have him render the file using the new codec. Or with ProRes. Then have him give you that file just like he gave you the others.

Capturing the tapes again would work, by why go through that process when it's not necessary? It's just a render from the existing source files.

You can have him call me if you want. PM if you need my number. I'll talk him through what to do.
 
I can only assume that this issue has been resolved by now, but I thought I might bring it up again because I ran into the exact same problem.

Captured in FCP. Brought it home to a Win7 computer to mess with in After Effects and I couldn't get it to work.

I found that if you use HandBrake and the FFMPEG encoder. You will be able to view and edit you footage no problem
 
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