VS 10 and Kodak *.MOV files

davemac · Post by **davemac** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 2:29 am

Can anyone tell me whether the new VS10 will handle Kodak .MOV files and convert them for use for DVD production.

Kinf Regards,
David

michaeltee · Post by **michaeltee** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 5:10 am

.MOV is actually the "Quicktime Movie" codec and yes, it IS supported as an input format with VS10 and VS10 Plus. Before answering your post I dropped a few .mov test clips in my VS10 Plus timeline and they worked perfectly.

davemac · Post by **davemac** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 5:54 am

Thanks for replying. I have the Kodak Easy Share V550 & would like to use it in DVD's since it is so easy to carry around. I'm not in a position to tell what the latest format of the MOV file would be. I assume VS10 would deal with the latest. Thanks again for your help.
Regards,
David

Vercada · Post by **Vercada** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:53 am

davemac wrote:. I have the Kodak Easy Share V550 & would like to use it in DVD's since it is so easy to carry around. I'm not in a position to tell what the latest format of the MOV file would be.

I recently purchases a Panasonic camera and it also produces .mov files. Ulead converts them just fine.

michaeltee · Post by **michaeltee** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 2:01 pm

davemac wrote:Thanks for replying. I have the Kodak Easy Share V550 & would like to use it in DVD's since it is so easy to carry around. I'm not in a position to tell what the latest format of the MOV file would be. I assume VS10 would deal with the latest. Thanks again for your help.
Regards,
David

You should be fine David. Kodak and Ulead are licensed by Apple to use the Quicktime codec. I would be very surprized if Kodak's .mov encoder was non-standard.

davemac · Post by **davemac** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:33 am

Unfortunately, I have discovered that whilst they will "play" in the timeline, they will not be converted to MPG. I downloaded the trial version of VS10. Actually, when playing the file the timer races through quickly to the end of the clip while the clip itself keeps playing through to the end.

I'm disappointed as I have been waiting to upgrade hoping that this problem would be rectified.
Regards,
David

michaeltee · Post by **michaeltee** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 2:04 am

davemac wrote:Unfortunately, I have discovered that whilst they will "play" in the timeline, they will not be converted to MPG. I downloaded the trial version of VS10. Actually, when playing the file the timer races through quickly to the end of the clip while the clip itself keeps playing through to the end.

I'm disappointed as I have been waiting to upgrade hoping that this problem would be rectified.
Regards,
David

David,

Do you have any other .MOV files to experiment with? My test files played normally on the time line (timer ran at proper rate) and converting to MPEG wasn't a problem. I'm just wondering if your issue is somehow specific to Kodak .MOV clips or perhaps a bug within your VS10 installation.

maddrummer3301 · Post by **maddrummer3301** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 2:24 pm

MOV files are containers just like avi files.

Use VS to CREATE a MOV file and look at all the different codecs along with
audio codecs you can use for the video that gets held in the container MOV.

Depending on the codec some will convert and some will not using VS.

I've gotten the probmatic ones to convert but it's not an easy process.

MOV files using the Photo-jPEG codec along with the Ulaw2.1 audio 16bit can tbe converted.
The earlier easyshare cameras use Ulaw 2.1 8bit audio and H.263 @ 15fps.

The Kodak cameras use a few different formats for video and they all have the
extension .MOV

After you importing the MOV file and look at the properties if the video codec is H.263 then that is a problem to convert in VS.

MD

michaeltee · Post by **michaeltee** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 3:04 pm

maddrummer3301 wrote:After you importing the MOV file and look at the properties if the video codec is H.263 then that is a problem to convert in VS.

MD

Hi MD,

In that case perhaps he could create compliant MPEG files using a standalone converter such as AVS Video Tools which supports H.263, H.264, 3GPP, 3G2 and MOV QuickTime.

davemac · Post by **davemac** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 8:18 am

Thanks heaps guys. I check out your recommendations.
Regards,
David