QT mov files stutter in PPro

I have several animation files that just came in as QT files for use in PPro 1.5. They play fine in QT Player,, but stutter when in PPro. None are larger than 450MB. I thought QT mov files were compatible with PPro. What am I missing here? I tried converting to MPG2 files, but that only made timeline playback worse (though they played fine in Preview Monitor).
JS

Do a forum search for animation - there are LOTS of past discussions about problems
Converting to MPG is exactly the WRONG thing to do... MPG is a compressed delivery format, not meant to be edited
Convert to DV AVI Type 2 with 48khz sound
Lots of info at Premiere Pro Wiki http://premierepro.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

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Can't Import Mov file into Ppro CS4

I have imported all sorts of mov files but one is from a SONY V1 and won't import. I get an error message saying there is a codec missing. In VLC player it takes along time to play and it says the codec is MPEG-1/2 video (mpgv), 1440x1080, 29.97. In QT player the video is black but the audio is fine. How can I import this into Ppro?

Do you have QT Player Pro (US$30 upgrade/unlock)? If so, load the file, and hit Ctrl+J for the properties panel. QT Player has a limited properties screen, but I do not recall the keystroke. Also, QT Player Pro, if it will play the file, can also Export to other formats/CODEC's, and I use it for that purpose often.
Also, the free MediaInfo might do better, than G-Spot.
Without knowing the exact CODEC, looking for it might prove difficult.
Also, VLC comes with a bunch of internal players and CODEC's, so it can play stuff, that will not work in other apps., which require the installed CODEC's. There are several Apple-only CODEC's, that do not have any PC counterpart. In that case, you'd need to Open that file on a Mac, with the proper CODEC, and then Export (basically converting) it to another format/CODEC.
Good luck,
Hunt
PS - here is an ARTICLE, that might offer a bit more background on CODEC's.

Some movie files will suddenly start to lag or stutter?

Any idea why some movie files will suddenly start to lag or stutter?
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Hi
Can you post more info for better understanding?
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I have PPro CS3 on Windows XP (the OS is more relevent to the question than the software version, I think). I have been buying some inexpensive stock footage, and the HD/SD libraries they have been offering lately come as MOV files with apple-flavored codecs, if you know what I mean. Fortunately PPro has been able to open everything I have tried so far, but of course they have to be rendered. And results in player software (for previewing clips) varies by frame size and whether the clip has audio (most don't, but a few do), and not being able to see thumbnails in Windows hampers my speed in selecting clips, especially since the files came named "1.mov", "2.mov", etc. (yeah, I'll eventually rename them to something useful). So I would like to just convert them all to AVIs with the Microsoft DV codec, so that they will play natively in PPro without rendering. I know I could use PPro to do the conversion (put them all on a timeline and do Export Movie one at a time), but I was hoping for a batch solution. I've downloaded and installed a number of free converter programs, but nothing seems to be able to output in the Microsoft DV codec.
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Any suggestions are welcome!

For my conversions, I use DigitalMedia Converter 2.7, and it does batch conversion very well. Now for the caveat (you knew one was coming, right?), Deskshare has introduced "new and improved" software, but I have not tried it yet. I do not know how it will handle your footage, so the trial might be in order.
Good luck,
Hunt

PPro CS4 - imported .mov file and video playback is jerky

Hi all.
I have imported a Quicktime .mov file into a standard sequence. The audio plays back fine but the video is very jerky.
I did an 'interpret footage' on the clip and see it's at a frame rate of 1.2480.
How can I get this file to play correctly in a PPro sequence at 29.97 FPS?
Help! My deadline is getting close.
Thanks.
Keith

Thanks Bill.
Here's what I could find... I hope it means more to you that to me!!! I see that the average frame rate is 13.58. If I interpret footage and use that rate, 30 second commercial plays in about 5 seconds.
Thanks for the help.
KB
Computer is:
AMD Pnenom 9500 Quad-core Processor 2.20GHz
8 GB RAM
Windows Vista 64-bit SP1
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 1 GB
Type: QuickTime Movie
File Size: 536.3 MB
Image Size: 720 x 486
Pixel Depth: 24
Frame Rate: 1.25
Source Audio Format: 48000 Hz - 16 bit - Stereo
Project Audio Format: 48000 Hz - 32 bit floating point - Stereo
Total Duration: 00;01;19;09
Average Data Rate: 6.8 MB / second
Pixel Aspect Ratio: 0.9091
QuickTime Details:
Movie contains 1 video track(s), 1 audio track(s) and 1 timecode track(s).
Video:
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There are 887 frames with a duration of 25/749ths.
There is 1 frame with a duration of 982/14985ths.
There are 140 frames with a duration of 50/749ths.
There is 1 frame with a duration of 275/749ths.
There is 1 frame with a duration of 325/749ths.
There is 1 frame with a duration of 400/749ths.
There is 1 frame with a duration of 575/749ths.
There are 48 frames with a duration of 600/749ths.
Video track 1:
Duration is 0;01;19;18
Average frame rate is 13.58 fps
Video track 1 contains 1 type(s) of video data:
Video data block #1:
Frame Size = 720 x 486
Compressor = Animation
Quality = Most (5.00)
Temporal = Most (5.00)
Audio:
Audio track 1 contains 1 type(s) of audio data:
Audio data block #1:
Format = 16 bit - Stereo
Rate = 48000.0000 Hz
Compressor = 16-bit Big Endian (uncompressed)
Timecode:
Timecode track 1 contains 1 type(s) of data:
Timecode data block #1:
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Why does iMovie file stutter after QuickTime upgrade from 6.5.2 to 7.1.3?

I have a fifteen minute iMovie project that played fine with
QT 6.5.2. About a year ago I upgraded to the, then, current QuickTime version - I think it was 7.0.1, or something - and this particular movie file began to playback erratically. A search of Discussions turned up the possibility that QT Version 7 did not work well with Panther. I deinstalled that version of QT and went back to 6.5.2 and the project again played back correctly and I have been happy until recently upgrading to the current version of QT (in order that songs and videos downloaded from iTunes Store will play, for one thing) hoping that the previous glitch might have been fixed. The same movie file that experienced the previous problem is again having fits. At this point in time it is difficult to re-install 6.5.2, nor do I really want to. Anybody have any suggestions on how to get this file to play correctly? Strangely, no other video files have been affected. They all play back correctly using QT 7.1.3 - the current version. What is it about that particular iMovie project?

Erratic playback — sometimes called stutter — can occur in iMovie projects. It tends to be caused by the number of audio clips. But sometimes it's caused by a particular song.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2597033#2597033
When it occurs because of a particular song, re-importing that song as described in that thread will usually fix the problem. Essentially, the fix involves using iTunes to burn the song onto a CD, then importing the CD AIFF file to the project.
Karl

Hi apple users, I am in need of your expertise. I have a mov file and mp4 file which I need converted to DVD. However IDVD quality is terrible and wondering if anyone can help!?

Hi apple users, I am in need of your expertise. I have a mov file and mp4 file which I need converted to DVD. However IDVD quality is terrible and wondering if anyone can help!?
I created project in iMovie then exported it to MP4 and also MOV file at highest definition possible + I added it to iDVD and had a number issues about encoding errors regarding the mp4 file. MOV worked but the quality was terrible.....
MOV file is as follows:
4.08GB
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Colour Profile: HD (1-1-1)
Dimensions: 1920 x 1080
Duration: 12:33
Audio Channels: 2
MP4 File is as follows:
3.02GB
Codecs: H.264, ACC
Colour Profile: HD (1-1-1)
Dimensions: 1280 x 720
Duration: 12:33
Audio Channels: 6
I have a MacBook Pro using the Yosemite system upgrade.
I have updated iDVD and iMovie.
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PLEASE HELP i am getting desperate and about to launch this macbook into the air
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First of all, Hunt--thanks for responding!
"First, where are you playing the MPEG-2, that you see that jitter?"
On both a MacBook Pro, an Acer laptop and my Mac Tower. I would love to think that it is a problem with the playback system, and that if I merely send the file off to the duplicator they won't have the same problem. Maybe that is the case...I don't know if I have a choice rather than sending it off to see. But it happens in the same spots, in the same way, on all three of the players so I'm a little reluctant to have faith.
"Another thing that can cause jitter in an MPEG-2 is the Bit-Rate - higher the Bit-Rate, the better the quality, but the larger the file. For a DVD, one is limited by the total Bit-Rate (both Audio & Video), but with longer prodcutions, some users choose too low a Bit-Rate. If this is the issue, one would need to go back to the original Project and do a new Export/Share."
Of course, but in the case there is no more 'original project.' It is gone like the wind, stolen along with his computer and backups.
I think I am stuck using one of two files as my master: a DVD he burned where I only see the stutter/vibration/jitter once, or the mpeg2 file where I see it three times. Hopefully, the duplication house can rip if off of one of them and not see the jitter. I know that in audio, my personal filed, you can do a lot to enhance already existing sound--EQ, compression, tape saturation emulation software, etc. I guess I'm hoping there is some kind of analog to the video world that address jitter after a source has been printed--if indeed the source has been printed to be jittery.
Thanks,
Doug

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AE CS5.5 (Win x64) will not read Avid DNxHD MOV files produced by the BlackMagic Design Hyperdeck Shuttle 2. All other software, including Bridge and Premiere Pro CS5.5 read the files fine. If I re-wrap the file with ffmbc and the only change is to reduce the 16 audio tracks (14 empty) to 2 or one, AE reads the file fine. PPro CS5 had a similar issue, which was fixed in the revision to CS5.5. See this thread from the Premiere Pro forum:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/3888889
AE and PPro CS5.5 have two different versions/file dates of the Quicktime importer file (ImporterQT.prm), so the issue may have just been missed with AE.

I also have a BMD Intensity Pro, so I already have all their codecs installed. The only BMD codec that the Hyperdeck Shuttle 2 software installs is a QT uncompressed codec, since the recorder is capable of producing uncompressed files also.
Here is a small Hyperdeck Shuttle DNxHD MOV file that someone posted and you can download it, if you want to check it out with AE. You will need to install the Avid codec package that is refrenced in my previous post. If nothing else, having the codec installed gives you a free intermediate codec (it will encode also) that is only lightly compressed (220 Mb/s), 4:2:2 and 10 bit.
In any case, the problem is specific to AE CS 5.5, since all other software works fine. Besides, AE CS5.5 will read DNxHD MOV files, just not those produced by the Hyperdeck Shuttle 2. I think I will file a bug report with Adobe. Thanks again.

Severe corruption of .MOV files in Lightroom & unusable processing speed

Hi all,
I run on an Intel i7 quad core, 12 GB Ram, 2 GB Graphics Card (nvidia), Raid 0, 2x512 GB Harddisk space (1 TB), Windows Vista 64bit using the latest cut of Lightroom 3.4.1 64bit.
Using a Canon 7D with latest firmware updates, for RAW/JPG/MOV - this is the only source of all files that I currently use in Lightroom.
First Question regarding corruption of .MOV files:
Once I copy my files over from the camera onto my computer, I can play all .MOV files seemlessly with no flaws or hiccups (using multiple movie players), after I import the files in the directory (this includes the .JPG's, .RAW's, and .MOV's) into Lightroom, my .MOV files no longer play on my computer, the files begin to stutter and jolt, and are completely unusable. You can imagine my frustration as I've only recently added a huge chunk of my files to be cataloged by Lightroom, resulting in the last years worth of .MOV files being corrupted and ruined.
I am wondering if anyone has had this issue before and if they've found a way to fix it? I understand I could simply un-tick the import of .MOV files (and do so from now on), but I find it baffling that Lightroom is ruining the .MOV files - as it's not actually meant to touch the original files themselves is it? It's meant to add it's own layer of things to do to that file, stored in its own catalogue never meant to actually change the original files themselves.
Second question regarding unusable processing speed:
When DEVELOPing in Lightroom (I develop on two 24" monitors, both displaying at 1920x1200) it can take anywhere between 10-20 seconds for what I'm actually doing to take effect, ie. spot removal or changing the noise levels of a photo. My catalog currently has 10438 photos in it - is this overwhelming for Lightroom?
I love Lightroom and its functionality - when I first started using it these problems didn't seem to exist, so I'm unaware if it's an update or if it's just the increase in photos it has catalog'd that're bogging it down. I would love to resolve these matters as Lightroom is definitely where I want to be.
regards,
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Thanks for your response,
After what you said, in having absolutely no issue with .MOV files, I decided to ensure every drive on my computer was up-to-date and all software packages were final cut versions.
When I started playing my .MOV files (using VLC version 1.1.10 as standard), the files played fine after a graphics card update/VLC update/Windows system update/computer reboot (Lightroom NOT loaded) - So you are absolutely right, Lightroom is NOT in any way affecting my original .MOV Files, however:
When I then loaded Lightroom up, and started to then play my .MOV files (whilst Lightroom was running, and still using VLC (standard default player) (no other packages loaded), the files would begin to jolt/jitter/ struggle to play again.
If I monitor Task manager/Resources the only noticable heavy usage on Lightroom is having dedicated itself 1.7 GB of memory (not that much considering 12 GB is available), but also that clicking on any picture (whilst in grid-view, showing .CR2+.JPG as one, second monitor showing preview image) all of my 8 CPU's would spike to 90-100% for a second or so then drop down - fair enough.
I then close Lightroom and my .MOV files still don't play accurately - after a while (approx 30 minutes) my .MOV files will play seemlessly fine again.
So, I stand corrected that Lightroom is, in fact, NOT corrupting my files and regret my title choice, but is Lightroom doing something to my system which is making it hang/struggle whilst Lightroom seems to flush/go through its buffer?
Also what import preview do you set your catalog to? 1:1 then wait for it to complete the full import or standard?
Another major issue I'm having is when exporting multiple files (200+ or so), I notice the exporting process is fast initially then dramatically slows down my whole computer as all my RAM (the full 12 GB's) gets sucked up - after 60 or so photo exports Lightroom would have used the full 12 GB Ram I have available, and stopping the export does NOT free up the Ram - I need to completely close Lightroom (which then frees up the used RAM).
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Change mono .mov file to stereo (Canon 5D Mark II).

I recorded a bunch of movie files with my 5D mark II. These all have a good right channel but an empty left channel (mono mic setup) so I only hear audio out of one side.
What I need is to fix up these video files so that I can deliver them to a person editing so he can drop them on top of the files he has already(since editing is pretty much done). So, I can't just extract the audio and give that to him as separate WAV files or something, I need to insert the audio back into the MOV files. Some clips will have some hiss removal done as well.
I know Premier OK, but am really new to Soundbooth and Audition and can't figure out how to make it work. I did manage to get Audition to make a .mov file, but it downsampled from 1080p to 720p in doing so (and took forever).
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"Is the other editor using Premiere Pro as well, or something like FCP? Because "fixing" the files in CS5 is not really going to work if the editing is already done, even if you're sticking in CS5. David's suggestion of remapping the audio channels is a good one, but you can't do that with clips that have already been used in a sequence, and it doesn't change anything about the source files--only the way the master clips are interpreted."
Well, I am just helping out someone working in iMovie. :-) They have edited there movie from about 15-20 5D Mark II videos that have the audio problems I mentioned. The plan is to just replace the .mov files in their iMovie project with the new one with good audio. Hopefully iMovie just references these original .mov files. I don't think it does anything fancier then that, but I am not sure.
Myself, I have the full CS5 production premium suite. If I was doing the editing it would not be a problem at all, but I am just trying to help out this other person by cleaning up their original files for them.
Good point about it possibly not working though, I should try one file first and just see if dropping the new video over the top of the old one would work at all.
Thanks everyone for the help so far, and I will follow up and let you all know how it goes. :-)
[Note, I have also tried, some time ago, to import the iMovie project into PPro, via the 'export Final Cut XML' iMovie feature, but that seems to be a known bug right now. Well, the latest iMovie outputs a different format of the Final Cut XML it seems]

Playing H.264/AAC MOV files on G4 1ghz Powerbook

Hi all,
I'm not sure which forum is best for this question. I have a series of training videos, QuickTime mov format, that I need to watch for my work. Unfortunately my computer is only a G4, 1Ghz which doesn't seem to be able to handle the files. The audio plays fine, but the video only plays about 1 frame in every 100 or so.
When I view the info on the MOV files it indicates that the file uses Codecs H.264, ACC. Some initial research I did indicates that I need a dual processor to playback these files.
I'm wondering if there is a way to convert this MOV to another Codec so that I can play them on my computer.
Any and all input is much appreciated.

When I view the info on the MOV files it indicates that the file uses Codecs H.264, ACC. Some initial research I did indicates that I need a dual processor to playback these files.
You will need a dual processor to best view HD video. They will still play on a single processor but the playback will be slow and stutter (as you have noticed).
You can try Handbrake or VLC and see if they will convert to lower framerate/quality

Only some .MOV files import?

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I'm having a bit of trouble. I have installed Quicktime to get the .MOV files to import - and it reads them, but only SOME of them. Which is weird. There are 24 .MOV files in total - and 9 of them are showing as audio files only.
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I have cleaned my temporary folders. Closed and re-opened the project. Started a new project. Moved the .MOV files to different locations. Uninstalled then reinstalled Quicktime and the same thing each time?
It's always the same files that show up as audio only. Really weird.
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MOV is a wrapper... what is inside the wrapper of files that DO work and files that do NOT work?
Codec & Format information, with 2 links inside to read -read both links in reply #1 http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1270588
Report back with the codec details of your file, use the programs below... A screen shot works well to SHOW people what you are doing
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/592070?tstart=30 for screen shot instructions
For PC http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en or http://www.headbands.com/gspot/
For Mac http://mediainspector.massanti.com/
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Can't import .MOV files

Hello,
Whenever I try to import .MOV files for editing, I get the following error message:
File Import Failure:
File format not supported.
I looked it up and Premiere Pro CS3 does support MOV format; why is this happening? I don't have any QuickTime software installed right now, I use VLC as an alternative to playing MOVs because honestly I loathe the QuickTime program. I thought Premiere Pro had a built-in QuickTime decoder anyway.
Any ideas? Thanks.

Wow Eddie,
That was quick. Two things that you might think about for that page (your link), would be the addition of "30 days, with no chance of re-install and no rolling the computer's clock back," and "be sure to use all the proper tools for completely removing the "trial version," PRIOR to attempting to install the "full version." These have proved to be gottchas' based on the # of posts to the forum. Otherwise, perfect link and something that Adobe should have had in bold red print on their download page, as Jim points out. If the above material was on the link and I missed it - well, never mind.
Cody,
Maybe it would have been better to state your concerns differently in the initial post. Something along the lines of "I have the trial version of CS3, and cannot export to DivX, etc." would have saved a lot of speculation on the part of the forum participants. I, too, assumed that you wished to edit DivX and were ripped that it was not easy. Oh, it can be done, with limited quality success, but often requires several intermediate steps, even to the point of using another program to transfer the material to DV tape, for Capture by PPro, with the resultant losses for already lossy material.
As you point out, DivX (and its cousins) do a lot of pretty good things for delivery of video. I dislike them only because clients often walk in with them and want them edited. However, I am going to DVD 99% of the time, so I like material that is uncompressed to begin with - just like PPro does.
As for Photoshop covering all bases - well not quite. It is very strict about Importing JPG images. Too many times I've had to Open them in another app, with less strict requirements, Save_As, before PS would even touch them. OTOH, it is more tolerant of varied formats, in general, than is PPro. One reason - most of those formats have been around almost as long as PS.
Sorry that the car analogy didn't do it for you. I'll try better next time.
If you do go with the full version of CS3 (unlikely from the sound of it), please see my note to Eddie. You MUST uninstall the trial version completely and clean the system with tools from Adobe, PRIOR to any attempt to install the full version. If you miss, even one tiny piece, you will have problems, either with the installation, the working of PPro or the Functional Content.
Hunt

Import mov files into premiere pro cc windows

Hi
to import mov files into premiere pro cc 64bit ,windows 8.1 64bit pro do i need Quicktime pro or quicktime alternative ?
because when i try to import a mov file i got this error
thanks
i remember cs6 was able to import it
i have never installed quicktime pro

Your question simply cannot be answered definitively for a given clip because it's the codec that matters, not the wrapper/file extension.
As of one of the 7.x releases, Premiere implemented native support for decoding some codecs within a QuickTime file. But that native support does not extend to the entire universe of codecs that can be stuffed into the wrapper.
So you can either report the codec or simply install QT and see if that enables PPro to import the clip.

MOV files pending in CS5.5

We are running CS5.5 on a Windows 7 machine. We have a short sequence (under 7 minutes) with several MOV files in it. Lately when we open the project, a few clips will show "pending", even after it shows that the project has loaded. We've tried deleting the media cache, media cache database, CFA, PEK, and Qtindex files. Each time we open the project, different files show "pending". When you try linking the footage or doing anything else with the project, including closing, PPro shows "not responding"---even after several minutes.
We've tried opening earlier auto-save files, with the same results. We are current with Adobe and Windows updates. We've tried opening the MOV files in Quicktime and Windows Media Player---they play fine in both programs. Please advise.

Did you ever find a solution to this problem?
My only workaround seems to be to copy all of the media from a sequence, create a new one, and paste it in EVERY TIME I open Premiere Pro CS5.5
I've spend hours, yes HOURS! on the phone with technical support and probably about 15-20 hours over a couple of days trying to get it figured out. All to no success.
At one point a lady from Adobe fixed one project - but since we were disconnected on the phone she was just doing the stuff remotely on the computer and not on the phone. Though she took my phone number at the beginning of the initial phone call, she told me she couldn't actually call me back through the online chat tool we were using while she worked on my computer (Remote controlled). She said it'd be 2-3 hours until a call back, and it wouldn't be her. #fail
What they don't realize is that some of us do video for a job, and paying good money for a program that won't work doesn't fly. URGH!!! So painful.

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