".MOV" video format

knockatoone schrieb am 06.04.2011 um 15:52 Uhr
New Nikon coolpix camera does "HD video" (actually not too bad) but output is in file format ".mov" which I have not seen before -It seems to be compatible with VMS10 ( will play on the time line) but all I can find out is it is a "quick time Movie" format.

1. Any idea where I can learn more about this format? - or should I care? - Properites say it is 1920 x 1080 at 29fps.

2..Any known problem with VNS10 or DVDarch5 ??

Appears to be the only format availalbe for HD on the camera...
Thanks, K

Kommentare

Steve Grisetti schrieb am 06.04.2011 um 16:37 Uhr
MOVs are Quicktime files, of course. But like AVIs, they can be made up of any of hundreds of possible codecs, so there is no one "MOV" video file format.

Video from non-DSLR still cameras usually uses a codec called MJPEG, which can give indigestion to many video editing applications. So it may or may not work with Vegas Movie Studio -- or, if it does, it may or may not produce good results.

You can try starting a new project and using the Match Source Video tool to set up this project for this video file format.

A much better solution would be to buy Quicktime Pro from Apple.com ($29). It can read virtually all MOV videos and can convert them to more traditional PC video editing formats.

In any event, I would definitely not recommend using it directly in a DVD Architect Studio project. You'll be much wiser to use Vegas Movie Studio to output a DVD or BluRay-ready file from it for DVD Architect.
Eugenia schrieb am 06.04.2011 um 17:34 Uhr
The new Nikons, and most new cameras, are now using h.264, not MJPEG, inside the MOV container. Platinum 10 is able to deal with them, for the most part. There are crashes sometimes, but overall Platinum 10 does the best job with these kinds of files compared to old Movie Studio versions.

For even better support for these files you'd need PRO 10 I'm afraid, since PRO 10 uses a newer codebase than Platinum 10.
knockatoone schrieb am 07.04.2011 um 13:32 Uhr
Thanks, GuysI
Guess I should try doing a short video and carry it thru rendering and see what happens - if a problem will try the conversion software and see where that takes me. I have asked nikon to give me more info on their "mov" -maybe that will help..
Thanks again
K
Steve Grisetti schrieb am 07.04.2011 um 14:15 Uhr
Download a program called G-spot from here:
http://www.headbands.com/gspot/

If you open your video file in G-Spot, it will show you its format, codec, frame rate, etc. Which could be helpful as we contemplate our next step.
musicvid10 schrieb am 07.04.2011 um 15:05 Uhr
GSpot hasn't been updated in over four years, and doesn't report several codecs.
I suggest the OP use MediaInfo instead, as it is updated frequently.
knockatoone schrieb am 08.04.2011 um 14:52 Uhr
Tried to install "Mediainfo" w/o luck - down loaded and extracted but ".exe" produces a splash and then nothing - this not the place to sort that out ---

Nikon says their ".mov" is a standard H264/MPEG-4 AVC video with AAC encoded stereo audio... so should be good to go in VNS10.

Thanks again for all the help and the (continuing) education.

K
musicvid10 schrieb am 08.04.2011 um 15:46 Uhr
"Tried to install "Mediainfo" w/o luck - down loaded and extracted but ".exe" produces a splash and then nothing"

You want to download the Windows GUI. (Not the CLI or DLL)
It comes as an EXE. It is not a zip archive.
Just updated mine and it works perfectly.
You get Mediainfo from Sourceforge.
http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en/Download/Windows
knockatoone schrieb am 08.04.2011 um 21:45 Uhr
You were right - I was able to get Mediainfo installed -thanks for the follow up.. it will be helpful..
I have been working with AVCHD until now and this is my first test run of a .mov. video thru VNS10 and DVDArch 5. I was succesful-sort of. - It rendered, loaded in DVDach and put out an " iso" file and a Disc ( =DVD burned as a BD - plenty of room) But (always has to be a butt) when played in this PC I got only the sound -no picture - in my Sony Blu Ray/TV player it played just fine ??
My PC BD player software is Cyberlink Powe DVD 9 which has been great - ?? MediaInfo [ :-) ] says I have a MPEG video with PCM audio steam PCM -as expected... any thoughts?? K
knockatoone schrieb am 10.04.2011 um 02:29 Uhr
Please disregard my last about no video on playback of BD - did some more trials and this has to be a problem with the playback software -everything plays audio only on PC except commerical BD's that play video and audio.
knockatoone schrieb am 11.04.2011 um 17:12 Uhr
Steve,
After sorting thru some probably "non-problems" with my Cyberlink BD reader software and doing some other test BDs(burned on DVD) I am still not getting video when playing the BD's on the pc - I get only the audio - is this possiblly one of the things that would tell me to convert these ".mov" files to something that might work better with VMS?? What file type would you recommend I convert to ??? I will get the Quyick time Pro ..
Thanks, K

VMS Book in 4 days ???
knockatoone schrieb am 19.04.2011 um 23:09 Uhr
The P500 .mov file is a mpeg-4(Quicktime) file according to "Mediainfo" untility. Nikon says it is a "standard H264/Mpeg-4 AVC video with AAC encoded audio. Steve or some one please help me understand what I would accomplish by converting it in the Quick Time Pro to a 1920x1080 MPEG file .. ? what changes? -they all sound the same to my ignorant ears.....

Thanks, John