Codec problems in FCE 4.01

[bmiddleton]

Hi there,

I just purchased FCE 4 to edit some footage which was shot on an HD camera in India (PAL), it was captured into FCP on a different system (In Canada but on a PAL deck) and it was viewable in the FCP (I think it was 5 or something like that) but on my newly loaded FCE I get the messsage "Codec could not be opened" in the Canvas window (just white in the viewer) and all I get it audio.

The footage is 1920x1080 25fps.

Is there any way to add on more codecs to FCE or any other suggestions for how I could make this footage usable in FCE?

Any help would be much appreciated.

-Benjamin

p.s. its on a MacBook 2gHz * Mac OS X (10.6.2) *

 

[chrismacguy]

Have you tried importing that footage into iMovie and then exporting it again (full quality) - that helped me when my copy of FCP3 refused to work with some footage (NTSC format - I live in the UK, so use PAL mainly).

 

[bmiddleton]

Codec problems with FCE 4.01

Have you tried importing that footage into iMovie and then exporting it again (full quality) - that helped me when my copy of FCP3 refused to work with some footage (NTSC format - I live in the UK, so use PAL mainly).

Thanks for the response. Unfortunately iMovie won't recognize the files either.

Any other thoughts?

Thanks,
Benjamin

 

[chrismacguy]

Whats the extension of the files that you got out of FCP5, or is it just ".mov"?? This might help deduce the codec you require 🙂

 

[bmiddleton]

Codec problems with FCE 4.01

Hi -

Thanks for the responses. I got the answer on a different forum. Final Cut Pro captured the footage using a codec which Final Cut Express can never have, so my options are to re-capture in FCE or to go to a machine with Final Cut Studio and do a batch conversion or export into the equivalent codec which FCE does have.

Thanks again.

 

[totoum]

Just to make sure,is the codec in question the apple Prores codec?