Can't drag QuickTime files into timeline

Sugref wrote on 9/14/2011, 3:28 AM
I have a problem with Movie Studio 11 Plat HD.

I can't drag .mov files into the timeline unless they are H.264 encoded. This means I can't get most mov files without some sort of pre-processing, and I can't get ones with alpha channel.

The error I get reads: the Sony QuickTime plug-in was not able to initialise the QuickTime components on your system. It appears that QuickTime for Windows is not properly installed. QuickTime files cannot be read or written without a full installation of the QuickTime version 7.1.6 or greater components, including the authoring components.

It then directs me to the Apple QuickTime download site. However, QuickTime player has been installed and uninstalled repeatedly with no fix. I purchased the QuickTime pro version hoping its encoding capabilities would add the necessary authoring components to which the error message refers – but no joy.

This may be associated with an error message 1856 that occurred when I double clicked on a mov file in Windows folder. this can only be overcome by setting QuickTime player.exe to run as administrator. (Implying there is a compatibility issue between QuickTime 7.1.6 and Windows 7 64-bit.) However, this does not solve the error that occurred within Sony Vegas movie studio.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Windows 7 64-bit running on i5 CPU 760 @ 2.8GHz with 8GB RAM and nVidia graphics card GeForceGTX 460 SE.

Comments

Steve Grisetti wrote on 9/14/2011, 7:30 AM
You don't say where this MOV is coming from but, particularly if this video is coming from a smart phone or an iPhone, it usually doesn't make the best video for editing. Because it's so heavily compressed, it can be very difficult for programs like Vegas MS to digest.

But, since you've got Quicktime Pro, you should be able to open the MOVe files in it. Once it's in there, you can do some basic editing -- or you can export the file as DV-AVIs, the ideal format for editing in Vegas Movie Studio. (If the files are hi-def, you should output them as 1440x1080 HDV-quality MPEG files.)