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| AnchorMan posted 2009 Jun 08 10:10 | ||
| Hi,
I could not figure out how to do an exact phrase search, hope I am not being a bother. I have some video, shot with a professional beta camera, but they have supplied me with .avi files. I have a program, VideoInspector, that tells me my WinXP Pro system has the audio codec, but is missing the video codec which it calls: "Sony Digital Video". The tool suggests I can download it from the sony site, but that does not seem possible. THe site does not have a codec download areas as far as I can see and the Sony help person(s) were no help. I do have Sony Vegas Movie Studio 9 Plat Pro pack, but still my system does not contain the right codec. I hope to use this with Adobe CS3 as well. If it matters, VideoInspector also reports the video to be 1280x1080(1.19:1) FPS 23.980 bitrate 23031 Kbps Quality factor .71 b/px Does anyone know where to get this codec? thanks, fred | ||
| minidv2dvd posted 2009 Jun 08 10:23 | ||
| try using mediainfo in tree mode, it might give us more info. post a screenshot of the results. sony has a few different codecs it might be, avc, mxf, etc... | ||
| AnchorMan posted 2009 Jun 08 10:35 | ||
| Thanks minidv2dvd,
thats a nice tool: [/img]  | ||
| jagabo posted 2009 Jun 08 10:40 | ||
| Standard DV codec. Cedocida, Panasonic DV codec (not recommended), etc. | ||
| AnchorMan posted 2009 Jun 08 10:41 | ||
Odd that VideoInspector reports a different resolution?
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| Baldrick posted 2009 Jun 08 10:42 | ||
| It looks like standard dv video. Try for example Cedocida DV Codec . | ||
| minidv2dvd posted 2009 Jun 08 10:46 | ||
| if you have sony studio 9 and premiere pro cs3 then it should open in them if it's standard DVavi as reported by mediainfo, they already include a DVavi codec. | ||
| minidv2dvd posted 2009 Jun 08 10:49 | ||
| does in play ok in vlc?
[edit] don't forget it's also widescreen - 16/9, you will most likely need to edit it's file properties after bringing into your editor to get it to display properly. | ||
| AnchorMan posted 2009 Jun 08 11:14 | ||
| sorry, what is vlc?
Adobe thinks its HDV as well like VideoInspector,  | ||
| minidv2dvd posted 2009 Jun 08 11:40 | ||
| vlc is a free media player that contains it's own codecs.
HDV would be 1440x1080. 1280x1080 isn't allowed. is there a small piece you can upload to a file hosting site so we could examine it? | ||
| edDV posted 2009 Jun 08 12:46 | ||
| Can't you just ask the shooter the format used or the camcorder model?
At first it looks like a 24fps variant of 720x480 DV but 1280x1080 could be a variant of DVCProHD. DVCProHD normally comes in an MXF wrapper but there are many other ways to do it. If you post a short clip, I'd bet Vegas Pro could open it. | ||
| AnchorMan posted 2009 Jun 08 12:57 | ||
| thanks,
Vlc doesn't like that one either: " AVI file is broken, seeking will not work correctly, do you want to repair?" But works fine with the 2 small files as do my programs. I have no reason to think different settings were used when creating the 4 files. This got me thinking about an error I saw on the DVD load below. I have 4 files: DVD1: 5G file - gives error below DVD2: 5G file - gives error below DVD3: (2) .75G files - does not give an error and both files work fine in all my apps. (720x480) Could this error from Windows be saying: "look, this file was made with some fancy DVD writer you don't have that can span a file across 2 DVDs, so good luck" or "this drive can read theis file on this thing" So I get a corrupted file that programs can't deal with? I always copy to hard drive before using.  | ||
| AnchorMan posted 2009 Jun 08 13:13 | ||
| thanks edDV,
I cannot contact the shooter, but I did learn second hand that it was DVCProHD as you suspected. As I ask in the post above, it may just be a DVD media problem and I need to read it with a better drive... | ||
| edDV posted 2009 Jun 08 13:37 | ||
| Here is one P2 translator that works in Vegas and Premiere. Try the demo.
http://dvfilm.com/raylight/ultra/index.htm | ||
| minidv2dvd posted 2009 Jun 08 15:59 | ||
| i would think if it were from a p2 card it would be in a folder called video and named with a .mxf extension. there should also be a bunch of other folders with it like audio, voice, clip, etc...
it could still be dvcprohd though. if it is p2 mxf the only pc editor i know first hand that will work with it is premiere pro cs4. i've heard avid pro 5 will also, but can't confirm that. the dvcprohd codec is owned by apple and there is no free pc version that i know of. a mac with fcp will work. | ||
| Cornucopia posted 2009 Jun 08 20:16 | ||
| If the codec ID is "DVSD", it shouldn't be DVCProHD. (Although, maybe one of those apps is reading the fourcc wrong)
If you can't get Raylight's DVCProHD, AVID makes a codec as well, but you'd have to edit the fourcc to match what they use (can't remember off the top of my head). Scott | ||
| minidv2dvd posted 2009 Jun 08 21:26 | ||
sorry i must have missed this part -
if the rest is supposed to be in the same format then yes, you just have disc reading problem. |
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