FCP .mov in Vegas?

Arthur.S wrote on 1/12/2012, 11:58 AM

I've been sent some .mov files created in FCP. Vegas 9.0 will only open the audio stream, and QT too will only play audio. Searching for previous problems with this here, there seems to be a lot of confusion about how to solve it. Any 'latest' ideas?

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musicvid10 wrote on 1/12/2012, 12:20 PM

MOV is a container. FCP can wrap any number of codecs in that container. Some of them can be opened in Windows, and some are proprietary Apple codecs that require conversion.

So post your complete file details as reported by MediaInfo and we'll go from there.

Laurence wrote on 1/12/2012, 12:36 PM

You can get MediaInfo here:

http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en

Arthur.S wrote on 1/12/2012, 1:16 PM

The relevent bits are (I think)

Mpeg-4 (Quicktime)
Video stream hdv7
Writing library: Apple Quicktime

Any other info needed?

rs170a wrote on 1/12/2012, 1:29 PM

A search on "hd7" looks like it's an oddball Mac codec that PC users can't recognize.
Try to get whoever gave you the original file to give it to you in another more compatible format such as ProRes which can be read by Vegas.

Mike

Arthur.S wrote on 1/12/2012, 1:46 PM

Not possible...he's on his way to China! There must be some way to convert it - hopefully.
I do have access to a mac book, if that's any use?

[r]Evolution wrote on 1/12/2012, 4:09 PM

What happens when it's played on the MacBook?

As previously stated: you have to have the audio & video codec(s) used to create the file to view the file. If it's a wonky proprietary mac codec, use the MacBook, install the codec, and export from QT with a codec you can use.

If it is some crazy off the wall codec that the guy on his way to China gave you then you need to use this as a learning lesson and ask for the type of files/codecs your system needs.

Mac's & PC's exchange media well once you get your flow down.

Arthur.S wrote on 1/13/2012, 6:54 AM

Thanks for the info guys. He's sent AVCHD copies of each part too, so I can render those to a 'whole' if necessary. Would have been easier to just drop the originals into DVDA though. A codec, that only works on a Mac sounds kinda stooopid to me. Surely the more popular a codec is, the more profit??