DVCPRO CODEC not recognized

Barton-Santello wrote on 2/4/2017, 10:37 PM

I have a brand-new high performance video editing computer with Vegas Pro 14 installed and am trying to import DVCPRO encoded video with the Quicktime (MOV) file extension (See specs below).  VEGAS won't recognize it.  I also have Quicktime installed on the computer and the DVCPRO CODEC called "Raylight Decoder" by www.dvfilm.com

Is there something I need to do to get VEGAS to recognize the CODEC?

Thanks, Bart

Complete name               : D:\APOLLO 11.mov
Format                      : MPEG-4
Commercial name             : DVCPRO HD
Formatprofile               : QuickTime
Codec Id                    : qt   2005.03 (qt  )
File size                   : 3.99 GB
Duration (ms)               : 4mn 58s
Overall bit rate mode       : Constant
Overall bit rate            : 115 Mbps
Encoded date                : UTC 2008-04-13 21:51:21
Tagged date                 : UTC 2008-04-13 22:01:33
Writing library             : Apple QuickTime

===================== Video =====================
Id                          : 1
Format                      : DV
Commercial name             : DVCPRO HD
Codec Id                    : dvh6
Duration (ms)               : 4mn 58s
Source duration             : 10mn 2s
Source_Duration_LastFrame   : 5mn 3s
Bit rate mode               : Constant
Bit rate                    : 48.9 Mbps
Encoded bit rate            : 57.6 Mbps
Width                       : 1 280 pixels
Clean aperture width        : 1 259 pixels
Height                      : 1 080 pixels
Clean aperture height       : 1 062 pixels
Display aspect ratio        : 16:9
Clean aperture display aspe : 16:9
Frame rate mode             : Constant
Frame rate                  : 29.970 (29970/1000) fps
Standard                    : NTSC
Color space                 : YUV
Chroma subsampling          : 4:2:2
Scan type                   : Interlaced
Scan type, store method     : Interleaved fields
Scan order                  : Top Field First
Compression mode            : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)          : 1.180
Time code of first frame    : 00:00:00:00
Time code source            : Subcode time code
Stream size                 : 3.99 GB (100%)
Source stream size          : 3.99 GB (100%)
Language                    : English
Encoded date                : UTC 2008-04-13 21:51:21
Tagged date                 : UTC 2008-04-13 22:01:33
Color primaries             : BT.709
Transfer characteristics    : BT.709
Matrix coefficients         : BT.709

Comments

astar wrote on 2/5/2017, 3:40 AM

From wiki:

"DVCPRO HD is codified as SMPTE 370M; the DVCPRO HD tape format is SMPTE 371M, and the MXF Op-Atom format used for DVCPRO HD on P2 cards is SMPTE 390M."

 

My guess is that Vegas is expecting .MXF to recognise the DVCPRO format, and use the native vegas .dll. FFMPEG can probably re-wrap the .MOV content with no re-encode. Converting to a straight DV stream might work too, but my guess is the .mov/quicktime format is blocking you.

NickHope wrote on 2/5/2017, 4:02 AM

I would try this simple FFmpeg command first:

ffmpeg -i input.mov -c:v copy -c:a copy output.avi

If that doesn't work, change .avi to .mxf.

If it works then you could convert a batch with a Windows batch file.

There are links to FFmpeg and FFmpeg GUIs in sections 6 and 7 of this post.

Barton-Santello wrote on 2/5/2017, 10:27 AM

Thanks guys...I also sent an email to DVFilm.net who's "Raylight DVCPRO Decoder" (CODEC) I purchased. I want to make sure I got it installed correctly. They mention VEGAS compatibility in their release notes, so between your input and the decoder, this should get worked-out. Thanks again for the input. Bart