9 Replies Latest reply: Jul 14, 2011 8:36 AM by Kevin Schuster RSS

    CS4: Issue importing Quicktime xdv4 videos

    Kevin Schuster Community Member

      Hey All,

       

      I'm having issues importing footage.  It's encoded with the MPEG-1/2 Video (xdv4) codec.  I'm running CS4 on Windows 7.  Footage was captured with a JVC GY-HM700 camera.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

       

      Kevin

        • 1. Re: CS4: Issue importing Quicktime xdv4 videos
          Kevin Schuster Community Member

          More info ...

           

          Filetype: .mov

          Codec readout:

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          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

          • 2. Re: CS4: Issue importing Quicktime xdv4 videos
            Bill Hunt CommunityMVP

            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

            • 3. Re: CS4: Issue importing Quicktime xdv4 videos
              Kevin Schuster Community Member

              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

              • 4. Re: CS4: Issue importing Quicktime xdv4 videos
                Colin Brougham Community Member

                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:

                 

                1. Download the 32-bit build of FFmbc found here.
                2. Extract the ffmbc.exe file from the archive into the folder with the MOVs.
                3. 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.
                4. Paste the following into the batch file:
                5.  

                  @ECHO OFF
                  for %%a in (*.mov) do ffmbc -i "%%a" -vcodec copy -acodec pcm_s16le -f mxf -y "%%~na".mxf
                  

                   

                6. 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.
                7. 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.
                • 5. Re: CS4: Issue importing Quicktime xdv4 videos
                  Kevin Schuster Community Member

                  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?

                  • 6. Re: CS4: Issue importing Quicktime xdv4 videos
                    Colin Brougham Community Member

                    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
                    
                    • 7. Re: CS4: Issue importing Quicktime xdv4 videos
                      Kevin Schuster Community Member

                      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??

                      • 8. Re: CS4: Issue importing Quicktime xdv4 videos
                        Colin Brougham Community Member

                        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.

                        • 9. Re: CS4: Issue importing Quicktime xdv4 videos
                          Kevin Schuster Community Member

                          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