VP 16 crashes frequently with MOV/JPEG files

CadErik wrote on 2/22/2019, 8:30 AM

I have a project that uses a lot of stock videos and they all are in MOV format. I checked the format with MediaInfo and it says the format for these files is Video stream: JPEG / QuickTime TC

These files are causing lately frequent crashes of VP 16. Uninstalling the stupid quicktime does resolve the crashes but the VP built-in MOV decoder cannot handle this format (so my clips do not open). Is there any alternative to the antique Apple quicktime codec for these files? Or what equivalent format should I try to transcode my files that would be more VP friendly?

Erik.

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Marco. wrote on 2/22/2019, 8:39 AM

Transcdoding to XDCAM HD/EX (MXF or MP4) or AVC (MP4) before importing these clips into Vegas Pro are ways to go. XDCAM HD/EX works pretty fine fine Vegas Pro in regards of performance, AVC is very efficiently compressed. Lots of other choices though.

rraud wrote on 2/22/2019, 8:43 AM

Can you post the Media info? Otherwise convert them to a VP friendly format in another app.

NickHope wrote on 2/22/2019, 9:19 AM

If they're 4k Motion JPEG MOV files such as those from the Canon 5D mk4 then you may be limited to about 40 files before getting problems. Recent discussion in this thread. For transcoding, I would consider XAVC-Intra (near lossless) and MagicYUV (lossless in it's RGB variant). If those are too large or still don't play smoothly then AVC.

CadErik wrote on 2/22/2019, 9:35 AM

Transcdoding to XDCAM HD/EX (MXF or MP4) or AVC (MP4) before importing these clips into Vegas Pro are ways to go. XDCAM HD/EX works pretty fine fine Vegas Pro in regards of performance, AVC is very efficiently compressed. Lots of other choices though.

Thanks - any recommendations for transcoding tools?

Marco. wrote on 2/22/2019, 9:45 AM

Meanwhile my first choice is FFmpeg. Which size is your source footage? 1920x1080?

CadErik wrote on 2/22/2019, 9:53 AM

Meanwhile my first choice is FFmpeg. Which size is your source footage? 1920x1080?


Yes I think it is all 1920x1080 - any particular FFmpeg frontend you would recommend?

john_dennis wrote on 2/22/2019, 10:02 AM

"...any particular FFmpeg frontend you would recommend?"

Try Happy Otter Scripts Import Assist. 

Even if you don't master it this week, it will handle the work of installing FFMPEG.

Marco. wrote on 2/22/2019, 10:34 AM

Happy Otter Scripts is a good choice for a front end to be used from inside Vegas Pro.

You could also try using this batch script, which assumes you already have FFmpeg installed. Copy this script, paste it into an editor and save as "AVC_Encoder.bat". Now you can simply drag & drop your Quicktime clips onto that batch file and it will transcode them into the clip's source folder (with appendix "_new").

@echo off
:next
if "%~1"=="" goto done
ffmpeg.exe -i "%~1" -c:v libx264 -preset medium -crf 20 -c:a aac -b:a 320k "%~1_new.mp4"
shift
goto next
:done
exit