VSP 2018 and certain .mov files

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plasmavideo
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VSP 2018 and certain .mov files

Post by plasmavideo »

Anyone else having problems importing certain .mov files into VSP 2018? I haven't checked all flavors, but .mov files from my Nikon camera that open fine in earlier versions lock up 2018 when I try to import them.

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=1, N=30
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 1mn 36s
Bit rate : 17.1 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 59.940 fps
Original frame rate : 29.970 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.137
Stream size : 196 MiB (92%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2017-10-14 09:46:00
Tagged date : UTC 2017-10-14 09:46:00
Color range : Full
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709

Audio
ID : 2
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Little
Format settings, Sign : Signed
Codec ID : sowt
Duration : 1mn 36s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 536 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 17.6 MiB (8%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2017-10-14 09:46:00
Tagged date : UTC 2017-10-14 09:46:00
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Re: VSP 2018 and certain .mov files

Post by Charlie Wilkes »

Someone else had this problem recently. The mix of AVC and PCM in a MOV container seems to be a problem.

With the sample file she uploaded, I used FFmpeg to repack the streams in an MKV container I could then open in VS. It seemed to work, but I was using x9 and x10 and I didn't spend much time testing it.

Here's the thread:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=63620

I outlined my FFmpeg procedure on page 3. It repacks the stream without transcoding so as to avoid quality loss. If you are processing a large number of files, it would ultimately be faster than transcoding.

A variation of this would be to pass through the AVC video stream while transcoding the audio stream to AAC, so the streams could be muxed into an MP4 container. I gave the string for that too.

She ended up using Prism to transcode her files. It's simpler.
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