Campark ActionCam 4K footage - flickering on crossfades

Adrian_ wrote on 7/18/2017, 2:35 PM

Hi All,

This is my first post on the forum.

I am an amateur video editor. I have recently bought a 4K Action Cam - Campark. Footage from this camera in standard 1920x1080 edits in Vegas Pro without any problems. The 4K footage (it is actually 3840x2160) can't be edited. On Vegas pro I get strange flickering on crossfades. Video below:

I have also downloaded the latest trial edition of Adobe Premiere Pro to see if the problem is with Vegas or my footage. And I have issues in APP too. After adding videos to the timeline, video repeats frames or certain few seconds fragments randomly, which leads me to thinking that my 4K footage is in some strange format. Info from MediaInfo below. I thought of converting them to something else to be able to edit in Vegas, but Handbrake doesn't open my footage. I get this message:

"Handbrake will not be able to encode the selected source as it did not find the valid source with titles to encode. This is due to the following reasons:
- The source file is not a valid video file or is a format that HandBrake does not support
- The source may be copy protected or include DRM"

Would you be able to suggest anything? Do I need a certain codec to be able to process this footage in Vegas Pro? These videos play OK in Windows though.

MediaInfo:

Format                      : MPEG-4
Format profile              : Base Media
Codec ID                    : isom (isom/iso2/mp41)
File size                   : 722 MiB
Duration                    : 4 min 21 s
Overall bit rate mode       : Variable
Overall bit rate            : 23.1 Mb/s
Tagged date                 : UTC 2017-06-18 15:41:14

Video
ID                          : 1
Format                      : AVC
Format/Info                 : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile              : Main@L5.1
Format settings, CABAC      : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames   : 1 frame
Codec ID                    : avc1
Codec ID/Info               : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                    : 4 min 21 s
Source duration             : 4 min 21 s
Bit rate                    : 23.1 Mb/s
Width                       : 3 840 pixels
Height                      : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio        : 16:9
Frame rate                  : 30.000 FPS
Color space                 : YUV
Chroma subsampling          : 4:2:0
Bit depth                   : 8 bits
Scan type                   : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)          : 0.093
Stream size                 : 720 MiB (100%)
Source stream size          : 720 MiB (100%)
Language                    : English
Color range                 : Limited
Color primaries             : BT.601 PAL
Transfer characteristics    : BT.601
Matrix coefficients         : BT.601
mdhd_Duration               : 261797

Audio
ID                          : 2
Format                      : AAC
Format/Info                 : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile              : LC
Codec ID                    : 40
Duration                    : 4 min 21 s
Source duration             : 4 min 21 s
Bit rate mode               : Variable
Channel(s)                  : 1 channel
Channel positions           : Front: C
Sampling rate               : 8 000 Hz
Frame rate                  : 7.813 FPS (1024 spf)
Compression mode            : Lossy
Source stream size          : 555 KiB (0%)
Language                    : English
mdhd_Duration               : 261797

Vegas File Properties:

General
  Type: AVC
  Size: 107,06 MB (109 628 461 bytes)
  Attributes: Archive

Streams
  Video: 00:00:37,499, 30,027 fps progressive, 3840x2160x12, AVC
  Audio: 00:00:37,532, 8 000 Hz; Mono, AAC

ACID information
  ACID chunk: no
  Stretch chunk: no
  Stretch list: no
  Stretch info2: no
  Beat markers: no
  Detected beats: no

Other metadata
  Regions/markers: no
  Command markers: no

Media manager
  Media tags: no

Plug-In
  Name: compoundplug.dll
  Folder: C:\Program Files\VEGAS\VEGAS Pro 14.0\FileIO Plug-Ins\compoundplug
  Format: AVC
  Version: Version 14.0 (Build 244) 64-bit
  Company: MAGIX Computer Products Intl. Co.

 

Hardware info:
i7-6500U
8GB RAM
Intel HD Graphics 520 - integrated
500GB HDD

Comments

Musicvid wrote on 7/18/2017, 3:56 PM

Try the ffmpeg Rewrap method described in the video FAQ.

I have a feeling AVIDemux might do the trick too

Your camera seems to be using an older mp41 encoder with L5.1

Seems strange

Adrian_ wrote on 7/23/2017, 6:04 AM

Try the ffmpeg Rewrap method described in the video FAQ.

I have a feeling AVIDemux might do the trick too

Your camera seems to be using an older mp41 encoder with L5.1

Seems strange


Re-wrapping by ffmpeg did help. I've got smooth cross-fades and no flickering now. Many thanks.