HDV Mov files into Vegas?

farss wrote on 9/14/2006, 4:43 AM

Client has given me these 'HDV' QT files, supposedly the 'camera originals'. Now I think from memory that FCP doesn't edit native HDV, it rewraps it into a QT wrapper.
I've downloaded the latest QT player from Apple but it will not play them, dropping them onto the V6 T/L give me audio but no vision (stream unavailable from clip properties).
Anyone got any ideas as to how I might get these files into vegas?

Bob.

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craftech wrote on 9/14/2006, 5:04 AM

Bob,

Can you record them into your camcorder through the line input? You could then capture them via firewire.

Alternately, try SUPER.

John

farss wrote on 9/14/2006, 5:08 AM

John,
they're files, copied onto a DVD!

Vegas will not load the vision, QT Player will not go near them.

craftech wrote on 9/14/2006, 5:10 AM

How about SUPER (linked above)?

John

farss wrote on 9/14/2006, 6:24 AM

Sorry, missed that.

Downloaded and installed it.
Tried to play one of the files, same result, audio but no vision.
Try to transcode the same file, it gives up with an error. Tried several options but no joy. Tried using it to play a bog standard avi file, flashes a few frames into a player window and stops??

I suspect the mov wrapper contains the Apple Intermediate codec.
Reason I've got this dropped in my lap at the 11th hours. Well it's already been cut in FCP but the client wasn't too impressed with the visual quality, so Bob charges in ... and crashes and burns by the look of it.

Of course if I'm right about the codec used in the QT files most likely that's where the quality loss happened, either there or during the down convert to SD in FCP.

farss wrote on 9/14/2006, 6:33 AM

SUPER reports the following for the mov file:

Codec icod
101897 Kb/s
1440x1080
4:3
24 bit

Audio

16/48K

The audio not being mpeg 1 layer 2 is a bit of a giveaway that it's not native HDV in there.