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1. Re: I edited my movie with an iMac. Now I have a Win but I can't open the project
I will GUESS that your Mac project has a file with a codec that may not be edited on a Windows computer... or may not be edited until you install the codec
What is the codec of the video file you are trying to edit?
Will that video file open in a new Windows project?
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2. Re: I edited my movie with an iMac. Now I have a Win but I can't open the project
Hi John,
Thank you very much for your interest and will to help, I truly appreciate it.
I also guess there must be some kind of conflic with the codecs.
The codec of the output video from that project file is H264 - MPEG-4 AVC(audio: MPEG AAC, mp4a)
When I try to open it in a new Windows projec, it gives me the exactly same error message.
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3. Re: I edited my movie with an iMac. Now I have a Win but I can't open the project
OK, not being able to open a video file would SEEM to mean that something is being created on your Mac that is missing a codec on your Win
On either, please find the video file details and post back
A screen shot works well to SHOW people what you are doing http://forums.adobe.com/thread/592070?tstart=30
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For PC http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en or http://www.headbands.com/gspot/
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4. Re: I edited my movie with an iMac. Now I have a Win but I can't open the project
Thanks a lot John.
The problem is that this specific project has a timeline of around 10 hours long. I produced two features out of it. I used many different kind of videos, pictures and even some After Effects compositions.
I've checked all videos I imported in the project and they all have same codecs: H264 - MPEG-4 AVC.
(audio: MPEG AAC, mp4a in some of the videos, in others: PCM S16 LE)
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5. Re: I edited my movie with an iMac. Now I have a Win but I can't open the project
The codec of the output video
That part isn't relevant. He was asking about the codecs of the videos used in the project, not what you exported out of it.
But perhaps even more important might be the preview codec you had set for the sequence when on the Mac. If it was ProRes, you might be hosed and have to complete the project on a Mac. If it wasn't ProRes, then give this a try.
FAQ: Why are some codecs and sequence presets missing from my installation of Premiere Pro?
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6. Re: I edited my movie with an iMac. Now I have a Win but I can't open the project
Hi Jim,
Thank you very much for your assistance.
I realized what he was asking then and in my last message I wrote the codecs of the video I used in the project.
About the preview codec set for the sequence, do I have any way to know about it?
Could I open my project in an iMac and change that preview codec so I could work on it in my Win station?
The Mac I used to work is in other country and I have no way to get there.Thanks !!
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7. Re: I edited my movie with an iMac. Now I have a Win but I can't open the project
About the preview codec set for the sequence, do I have any way to know about it?
Only by opening the project and checking.
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8. Re: I edited my movie with an iMac. Now I have a Win but I can't open the project
Have you tried creating a New Project, and importing the old one into it?
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9. Re: I edited my movie with an iMac. Now I have a Win but I can't open the project
Jim Simon,
Could I open my project in an iMac and change that preview codec so I could work on it in my Win station?
Jim Curtis,
Yes I have, the result was exactly the same error message.
Thanks both for your help, I really appreciate it!
I hope we can find the way to solve this, im sure there must be one! -
10. Re: I edited my movie with an iMac. Now I have a Win but I can't open the project
I've got a wild idea. You can open a Pr Project in a text editor app. Dupe your sequence and open it there. And dupe and open another project that will open. Look in the Project that won't open, and see how its header differs from the one that will. Maybe you can copy the info from the Project that will open, paste it into the copy of the one that won't, save it, and... see if it will open in Pr. Worth a shot, maybe.
I have a line that says this:
<VideoPreviewCompileSettings ObjectRef="4379"/>
Maybe if it IS a preview issue, chagning the number to something known that works will help.
I'm just guessing here. But, sounds like you're desperate. Maybe somebody with better programming skills can help. Good luck.
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11. Re: I edited my movie with an iMac. Now I have a Win but I can't open the project
Hey Jim, I think that sounds like a good idea.
These are snapshots of the codes. I'm gonna try to work something out, although it seems difficult to understand the numbers of the codes.
- Project file that opens in my computer:
- Project that does not open (the one I need to work with):
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12. Re: I edited my movie with an iMac. Now I have a Win but I can't open the project
Again, this is guesswork, but I'd try copying line 7 from the "good" file, and replace the line 7 in the "bad" one.
Or, maybe try lines 1 to 15.
Does the Windows version of Pr have XML export? If so, you could try exporting from your older project and import into the new version.
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13. Re: I edited my movie with an iMac. Now I have a Win but I can't open the project
Jim,
I've tried, but no luck. In other project files I have in this computer ("good files"), they have different values on those lines. The only one that is common in all is:
<Project ObjectID="1" ClassID="62ad66dd-0dcd-42da-a660-6d8fbde94876" Version="23">
and in the "bad file" the Version is "25".
I tried to changing it...but no luck.
I'm sure in this code there is the explanation/solution for all this, but there are thousands of code lines, and the word sequence appears too many times.
It's first time I heard about XML export and I haven't been able to find any XML file.
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14. Re: I edited my movie with an iMac. Now I have a Win but I can't open the project
Could I open my project in an iMac and change that preview codec so I could work on it in my Win station?
I would guess that should work, but I've never actually tried it.
