Resolve 17.2 can't open .MFX files

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Christopher Irion

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Resolve 17.2 can't open .MFX files

PostThu May 20, 2021 2:00 am

Resolve 17.2 is not opening MFX files and says media is offline. If I convert the file to ProRes it opens in the timeline fine.

See image: Same clip: MFX offline, Prores fine


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Re: Resolve 17.2 can't open .MFX files

PostThu May 20, 2021 4:49 am

And you are definitely using Studio? Please post a sample for download then. MXF is also just a container and we don't know the codec.
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Re: Resolve 17.2 can't open .MFX files

PostThu May 20, 2021 5:22 am

If you are using the free version, you might be running into a codec only supported by Studio, like a 10-bit format.
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Re: Resolve 17.2 can't open .MFX files

PostThu May 20, 2021 8:45 am

The sig says Studio…
My disaster protection: export a .drp file to a physically separated storage regularly.
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Re: Resolve 17.2 can't open .MFX files-in free version

PostThu May 20, 2021 10:08 am

Thank you. I inadvertently downloaded the free version by mistake and installed it over my studio version. Now running Studio 17.2 and all is well again. I guess that means that Sony users will have to purchase the full version.
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Re: Resolve 17.2 can't open .MFX files

PostThu May 20, 2021 3:15 pm

Canon and Panasonic users too, if they record recently introduced better formats. It's about 10 bit 422.
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