Photoshop wont open video frames to layers

Basically I have just downloaded a trial copy of photoshop and it will not open a MP4 video file, as I would like to make some gifs, however an error pops up and it does not allow me to do so can anyone help?

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I'm running CS5 and have quicktime installed on a windows system, however quicktime wont load videos either (suspect this might be the issue). They're both updated to the latest edition and have been reinstalled with no luck. I've downloaded DivX too. When I select a video it just loads a white layer. I'm trying to load an avi file to make a gif.

If QT doesn't load it, it's not a QT file and quite possibly it will never load into PS. You may need to convert it using specific tools. What fiel is it exactly? Where is it coming from?
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"Could not complete the Video Frames to Layers command because the movie file could not be opened."

I'm using Photoshop CS5 extended.
I've been using that to make gifs. It was fine when I import video frams into layers with the video formats of .mov or .avi. But After I installed OSX 10.6.8, this message comes up everytime I want to import videos: "Could not complete the Video Frames to Layers command because the movie file could not be opened."
So I installed my old OS back which is 10.6.3 but the problem is still there.
May I know what to do to solve this problem because all along I've been fine with making gifs and importing videos until now.
Please help, thank you.

Adnicej- wrote:
...I've been using that to make gifs...
The computer deities may be trying to say something to you. GIF is not a video format.
Are you opening video with the same codec that was successfully opened before?

Could not complete the video frames to layers command because the file could not be opened

I recently learned to make gif images using KMPlayer and my Photoshop CS6, but today I hit a snag that I can't seem to get around. Normally I capture a scene from a show DVD I have in KMPlayer and then import the video frames into layers/frames in photoshop with no problem. Well today I went to do that, and captured the scene with what seemed like no problem (the small captured scene saved with no problem) but when I went to CS6 to import the video into layers, I got the error message "Could not complete the video frames to layers command because the file could not be opened". At first I thought it was the KMPlayer saving the files wrong, so I retried and got the same error message. Irestored the players settings back to a default and the file still wouldn't open in photoshop, and then I even tried uninstalling/reinstalling the player trying to get it to work, and then I thought it must be photoshop, because even scenes I had captured at an earlier day that worked perfectly fine when importing would not open.
What could possibly be causing this problem to occur. Should I uninstall/reinstall photoshop and see if that works, or am I doing something wrong?
The files I'm trying to import are AVIs as always, I even tried to capture scenes in other formats to no avail. What could be causing the problem?

I uninstalled an reinstalled photoshop totally and it didn't fix the problem either. I made a post on the KMPlayer's forum hoping for an answer but I haven't recieved one yet. I'm starting to think it's the kmplayer having a problem capturing, since I've started getting the error "could not import the file to layers because the file has no layers" sometimes in photoshop, but I'm still trying to work around in photoshop to see if the problem came from there.

Error Importing Video Frames to Layers in Photoshop CC

I'm trying to import video frames to layers in Photoshop CC, the most recent edition. I'm using a Mac OS X Maverick version 10.9.2.
The video I'm working with is a .mov file with the following codecs: Timecode, Linear PCM, CEA 708, Apple ProRes 422 (HQ).
When I import frames to layers, the window is black. *Note: The audio works here, picture does not appear.
When I select OK, the layers are transparent.
This issue is specific to Photoshop CC. I tested the same .mov file with the same codecs in the most recent edition of Photoshop CS6, and import video frames to layers worked successfully.
I also tested the same .mov file using another user's computer and their edition of Photoshop CC, and experienced the same issue - black screen, transparent frames.
This leads me to believe it is an issue specific to the Photoshop CC software.
Is there a fix for this, or do you have recommendations on ways to convert the .mov file so it's viewable in Photoshop CC?
Thank you for your help.

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I'm trying to make gifs, and I was able to do this last night. Photoshop was converting the video frames to layers just fine. However, I think I might have accidentally done something to photoshop because right after, I could convert my video frames to layers anymore. The video clips were all screen recording from quicktime, by the way. I waited until the next day and decided to see if it would work (it didn't). So then I did a software update, thinking that maybe quicktime needed to update. But that didn't work either. When I force quit photoshop and re-open it, it "converts" the video frames to layer, but only one frame actually appears and the rest are blank. When I delete that and try to re-convert the video frames to layers, this pops up:
I tried converting the video to an mp4, and the above message still popped up. How do I fix this back to the way it was when it was working!?

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I'm not exactly sure what happened. I remember I clicked reset motion and then I clicked the essentials button. I don't know what went wrong after that/
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Ok I really need help - my laptop hard drive died yesterday and I had to get a new one. I've just booted up Photoshop on my new hard drive and it's saying it doesn't support importing video frames to layers on this version of Windows. It's Windows 7 - the same version I had yesterday (as far as I know). Does anyone know how to fix this?? I don't want to pay for someting I can't even use!!

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see this post:
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I just bought a Macbook Pro, OS X 10.8.4 and installed Photoshop CS4 on it, but when I select import video frames to layers and search for a video, they appear but I can't select any videos. I have the latest version of Quicktime and the videos play fine. I can still use photoshop with photos so it seems like it's just this one function that isn't working. It works on my sister's older Macbook pro though (she hasn't got Mountain Lion though, it's snow leopard OS X 10.6.8), and the only time it didn't work was when there wasn't enough space on the computer but I have over 670GB of available space.

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Photoshop CS3 crashes when importing video frames to layers.

This is perhaps not the correct place to post this, but I am new to the forums, as you can see.
I saw that there was a post about this sometime last year, and I tried all the methods offered to fix the problem, but none helped.
Each time I make an attempt to import video frames to layers, I get as far as the "select range to import" screen, and then when I select the range and click ok, it says "Adobe Photoshop has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly." And then it closes.
My operating system is Windows XP, the photoshop type I use is CS3 as I mentioned before, and I have installed Quicktime 7.3.5.
I checked one of the files I tried to use with the Mediainfo program as suggested, and got the following:
Format: MPEG-4
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File size: 176 MiB
Duration: 18mn 33s
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Writing application: Lavf53.24.2
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Convert the file in ffmpeg/ MPEGStreamclip or another tool or export it from Quicktime Pro using anotehr CoDec. PS just sucks at dealing with these compressed files and using such an old version doesn't help with contemporary digital video from a camera...
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Photoshop Video Frames to Layers Cripples Premiere

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I've been using Premiere and AE with dynamic link for some time now to make my videos. Up until this past week, the playback of Linked Comps from AE in Premiere was buttery smooth. I could playback on my Mac 2013 Retina (With CS6) at full quality without stuttering. Rendering was also extremely quick even when linked comps had lots of effects applied to them.
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Photoshop crashes when importing video frames to layers

Every time I try to import video frames to layers on photoshop, I get as far as the "select range to import" screen, and then when I select the range and click ok, it says "Adobe Photoshop has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly." And then it closes.
This is what comes up in the windows logs:
Faulting application Photoshop.exe, version 10.0.0.0, time stamp 0x4601eae8, faulting module QuickTime.qts, version 7.70.80.34, time stamp 0x4e13ba08, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x0021a43d, process id 0x1500, application start time 0x01cc5c3312be2340.
I uninstalled and reinstalled quicktime but it did not solve the problem. Any ideas?

Two things to try:
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Update photoshop to 10.01 by using the Help>Updates from
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How to import video frames as layers in Photoshop?

How to import video as layers in PhotoshopCS3. When I press "Import Video Frames To Layers", an error message pops up: Could not complete the Video Frames to Layers command because the QuickTime version 7.1 or later is required." I've already installed and updated QuickTime Player, but this message persists. I'm currently running QuickTime version 7.7.5. Thank you for your help.

Thank you R_Kelky for your reply.
I'm running Windows 8.1. I do see the QuickTimeGlue.dll file as you stated.
I have actually found a solution to my question. Since QuickTime 7.7.5 might be too new, I tried installing QuickTime 7.1 and the message went away. But now I run into a new problem: only .avi and a few .mov files can be uploaded correctly. When I try to upload other common video formats like .mp4, .m4v, etc, then the layers just come out as black, white, and sometimes green layers. The preview window where I drag the range length of video I want to import as layers is also blank as black, white, or sometimes green. You have any ideas what's causing this? At times, I cant even see the preview, I just get a new error message: "Could not complete the Video Frames to Layers command because the file name was not valid."
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