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1. Re: CS4: Issue importing Quicktime xdv4 videos
Kevin Schuster Jul 13, 2011 8:49 AM (in response to Kevin Schuster)More info ...
Filetype: .mov
Codec readout:
Mediasource readout:
General
Complete name : I:\Video Files\ICrave Freedom\2011 July Footage\Corey\Right\First\Good Shots\831_0892_01.MOV
Format : MPEG-4
Format_Commercial_IfAny : XDCAM EX 35
Format profile : QuickTime
Codec ID : qt
File size : 123 MiB
Duration : 29s 29ms
Overall bit rate : 35.6 Mbps
Encoded date : UTC 2011-07-08 16:06:08
Tagged date : UTC 2011-07-13 14:12:59
Video
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Video
Format_Commercial_IfAny : XDCAM EX 35
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@High
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Custom
Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=12
Codec ID : xdv4
Codec ID/Hint : XDCAM
Duration : 29s 29ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 34.0 Mbps
Maximum bit rate : 35.0 Mbps
Width : 1 248 pixels
Original width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 702 pixels
Original height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 1.619
Stream size : 118 MiB (96%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2011-07-08 16:06:08
Tagged date : UTC 2011-07-08 16:06:08
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2. Re: CS4: Issue importing Quicktime xdv4 videos
Bill Hunt Jul 13, 2011 8:55 AM (in response to Kevin Schuster)Thanks for that info.
I went looking for the XDV4 CODEC, and it seemed that every site that was on the first page of Google hits tried to upload a Trojan, or WORM to the computer, so they are bogus. Luckily, my defenses caught each one.
In the CS 5/5.5 thread, Colin indicated knowledge of a source for that CODEC. I would watch that thread, and wait for his input. I feel that if he says he has a source, he'll come forth with it. IIRC, he indicated that it was commercial, but I always suggest that one goes with a commercial CODEC, rather than a free one, when commercial is available. Usually, there are a lot fewer issues, and one also does not need to visit malicious sites.
Good luck,
Hunt
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3. Re: CS4: Issue importing Quicktime xdv4 videos
Kevin Schuster Jul 13, 2011 6:11 PM (in response to Bill Hunt)As I'm waiting for Colin to respond ... Bill have you downloaded this specific codec before?? I've found a few already but want confimation something works before I spend around $150 on it.
Kevin
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4. Re: CS4: Issue importing Quicktime xdv4 videos
Colin Brougham Jul 14, 2011 7:36 AM (in response to Kevin Schuster)If you're in a big rush and want a guaranteed solution, purchase Calibrated{Q} XD Decode. You'll get help and support with it.
You won't get help and support with the following, and I cannot guarantee it will work, but it's free:
- Download the 32-bit build of FFmbc found here.
- Extract the ffmbc.exe file from the archive into the folder with the MOVs.
- Create a text document with Notepad in the same folder with FFmbc and the MOVs, and save the file as "mov2mxf.bat". Note that you must change the .txt extension to .bat.
- Paste the following into the batch file:
- Save the batch file, and then double-click it. A command window will pop up and do some stuff. When done, you'll have a pile of MXF files in your folder named the same as the MOVs.
- Attempt to import the MXFs into CS4; the above will work, but this part may not. I cannot test as I don't have CS4 installed.
@ECHO OFF for %%a in (*.mov) do ffmbc -i "%%a" -vcodec copy -acodec pcm_s16le -f mxf -y "%%~na".mxf
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5. Re: CS4: Issue importing Quicktime xdv4 videos
Kevin Schuster Jul 14, 2011 7:56 AM (in response to Colin Brougham)Good news and bad news. The video now imports - good!! The audio sounds like it's been slowed down 800%. I may have a work around for it by going through after effects ... but any thoughts?
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6. Re: CS4: Issue importing Quicktime xdv4 videos
Colin Brougham Jul 14, 2011 8:02 AM (in response to Kevin Schuster)Hmm... try this:
@ECHO OFF for %%a in (*.mov) do ffmbc -i "%%a" -vcodec copy -acodec pcm_s16le -ac 1 -map_audio_channel 0:1:0:0:1:0 -f mxf -y "%%~na".mxf -acodec pcm_s16le -ac 1 -map_audio_channel 0:1:1:0:2:0 -newaudio
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7. Re: CS4: Issue importing Quicktime xdv4 videos
Kevin Schuster Jul 14, 2011 8:10 AM (in response to Colin Brougham)Fantastic!! Video and audio are now there in one file!!
I'm guessing with this being a free converter I'm stuck with the MainConcept watermark in the corner??
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8. Re: CS4: Issue importing Quicktime xdv4 videos
Colin Brougham Jul 14, 2011 8:13 AM (in response to Kevin Schuster)Huh? What's that all about? If you installed MainConcept, get rid of it. You shouldn't need it--or if you do, you'll have to license it. Premiere Pro--even CS4--should be able to handle these files natively.
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9. Re: CS4: Issue importing Quicktime xdv4 videos
Kevin Schuster Jul 14, 2011 8:36 AM (in response to Colin Brougham)Got it working. I had installed a demo of MainConcept trying to get stuff working ... and it was reading the file before Premiere could. Now it's working ... thank you for your help!!
Kevin




