I use Action! Mirillis to record (and have for a long time now) and have never had any issues with Movie Studio opening these recordings before. Then I guess something updated and boom, it says "unknown" as the file type for these even though they're clearly .mp4. And yes, I know .mp4 can mean many things, but why would it randomly not open them?! Is there a way around this without buying a converter? (because I have never found a good free one before)
File info that it will NOT open:
General Complete name : C:\Users\monol\Videos\Action!\Wow-64 3-20-2017 2-04-45 AM.mp4 Format : MPEG-4 Format profile : Base Media / Version 1 Codec ID : mp41 (mp41/isom) File size : 24.4 GiB Duration : 1 h 4 min Overall bit rate : 54.1 Mb/s Encoded date : UTC 2017-03-20 07:09:16 Tagged date : UTC 2017-03-20 07:09:16 Video ID : 1 Format : HEVC Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding Format profile : Main@L5@High Codec ID : hvc1 Codec ID/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding Duration : 1 h 4 min Duration_FirstFrame : -10 ms Bit rate : 53.7 Mb/s Width : 1 920 pixels Height : 1 080 pixels Display aspect ratio : 16:9 Frame rate mode : Constant Frame rate : 60.000 FPS Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.431 Stream size : 24.2 GiB (99%) Language : English Encoded date : UTC 2017-03-20 07:09:16 Tagged date : UTC 2017-03-20 07:09:16 Audio ID : 2 Format : AAC Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Format profile : LC Codec ID : 40 Duration : 1 h 4 min Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 384 kb/s Channel(s) : 6 channels Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE Sampling rate : 44.1 kHz Frame rate : 43.066 FPS (1024 spf) Compression mode : Lossy Stream size : 177 MiB (1%) Language : English Encoded date : UTC 2017-03-20 07:09:16 Tagged date : UTC 2017-03-20 07:09:16
Movie Studio 13 file info:
General Name: heroic spellblade.mp4 Folder: C:\Users\monol\Videos\Action! Type: Sony AVC Size: 291.96 MB (298,963,281 bytes) Created: Thursday, March 23, 2017, 8:27:06 PM Modified: Thursday, March 23, 2017, 8:42:22 PM Accessed: Thursday, March 23, 2017, 8:27:06 PM Attributes: Archive Streams Video: 00:15:15.567, 60.000 fps progressive, 1280x720x12, AVC Audio: 00:15:15.515, 44,100 Hz, Stereo, 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\Sony\Movie Studio 13.0\FileIO Plug-Ins\compoundplug Format: Sony AVC Version: Version 13.0 (Build 155) 64-bit Company: Sony Creative Software Inc.