Codec Missing or Unavailable...

Hi,

was wondering if anyone has any input on this issue I am having.

I transfered 1080 25p footage (1440x1080) that was captured on FCP from a Sony Z7 off HDV tape onto my pen drive then onto my Mac and am trying to import it into Premiere Pro CS4. Upon importing I receive the error 'Codec Missing or Unavailable.'

I know that the footage has not been compressed while being captured in FCP.

I am using the original uncompressed files form FCP's scratch disk, all of which are .MOV.

Incase there was a codec hidden amongst it I have used both MediaInfo and Video Spec to give me feedback, both of which report the hdv7 codec.

Some mention has been made of hdv7 being part of PC encoding of HD video or Canon but the footage has been captured on FCP and worked on the Mac which it was captured on.

Any ideas?

Is hdv7 something FCP encodes HDV to?

No google search can find information on hdv7.

etc etc etc...

Codec Missing or Unavailable...

Doesn't FCP use ProRes as an intermediate codec?

Codec Missing or Unavailable...

Yes FCP does use ProRes. ProRes does not seem to be the problem. I have ProRes support on my Mac as it is available.

The message seems clear. ProRes is obviously not recognized in PR.

If you stick to a PC you would not have those problems and save lots of $$$.

I think the best solution is to just recapture using Premiere.

Until recently, QT's ProRez was not available for the PC. IIRC, there is now a version that does work on the PC. There are a few threads on this forum on version #'s, etc. I'd research this. As I have not needed this, I cannot comment directly. I ask for, and receive .MOV's with the Animation CODEC, and have had no issues. If my recollection is wrong, then I would definitely take Jim's advice.

Good luck,

Hunt

The OP isn't on a PC, Bill.?He just wants to capture in FCP and edit in Premiere.?I recommend everything be done in the same program.

Jim,

Got you. It was a Mac w/ FCP to a Mac w/ PrPro. The references to PC's later on threw me. With a Mac, then the ProRez should be a snap on the Mac.

Still, doing the edit in FCP would certainly make a lot of sense.

Good luck,

Hunt

Haha, I must sound like I am being purposefully difficult. I have acquired footage I shot from the director to put in my d.o.p showreel.

So they captured on FCP, I use Premiere Pro.

I am a recent convert to Macs. In comparison PCs look so damn ugly.

So it seems Premiere Pro can't handle ProRes? Has this ever been talked of before? By Adobe even?

I am a recent convert to Macs. In comparison PCs look so damn ugly.

I thought it went without mention that Mac is superior performance wise to PC?

PCs are only good for Windows Vista, porn and online gambling.

I thought it went without mention that Mac is superior performance wise to PC?

Let's stop the Mac/PC debate right now.?Focus on getting the OP's issue solved.?Assume that switching platforms isn't an option, and assume that even if it was, it's not necessary in this case.

-Jeff

BTW - Apple's FCP imports AVCHD video and automatically converts it to the Apple Intermediate Codec, or AIC.?You have to export it to get into a QuickTime format using ProRes 422.?Premiere Pro does not support AIC.

-Jeff

Then, as Jim suggested, recapture without FCP/Prores is the only sensible solution or just use FCP from start to end.

It seems that it might have been Colin Broughman, who pointed out the Apple ProRez on the PC. The threads are not THAT old, say a full month, or so. I do not recall all of the details, but there did not seem to be an issue with the use of that CODEC in PrPro (and this was on a PC, IIRC).

Good luck, and please report what you find out - my memory is not much better than my reading comprehension...

Hunt

Try this:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1591736%26amp;tstart=30

I did not try to sort out whether it will help you, but found it trying get more information on the ''hdv7'' that is reported consistently by codec analyzers, but not found in trying to identify it as a FourCC registered type.