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Cannot import video component

PostPosted: Sat May 08, 2021 10:57 am
by G0bble
Hey Folks
These files play fine in Windows Media Palyer. But when I try to import in Resolve I only see the audio waveform. Why cant Resolve 17 read the video component of these files?

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Format                                   : MPEG-4
Format profile                           : QuickTime
Codec ID                                 : qt   2005.03 (qt  )
File size                                : 1.72 GiB
Duration                                 : 1 min 39 s
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 148 Mb/s
Encoded date                             : UTC 2015-01-06 11:12:31
Tagged date                              : UTC 2015-01-06 11:14:57
Writing library                          : Apple QuickTime
AMBA                                     : 

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AIC
Codec ID                                 : icod
Codec ID/Info                            : Apple Intermediate Codec
Duration                                 : 1 min 39 s
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 147 Mb/s
Width                                    : 1 920 pixels
Height                                   : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Variable
Frame rate                               : 59.940 (60000/1001) FPS
Minimum frame rate                       : 59.920 FPS
Maximum frame rate                       : 59.960 FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 1.181
Stream size                              : 1.70 GiB (99%)
Language                                 : English
Encoded date                             : UTC 2015-01-06 11:12:31
Tagged date                              : UTC 2015-01-06 11:14:57
Color primaries                          : BT.709
Transfer characteristics                 : BT.709
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.709

Re: Cannot import video component

PostPosted: Sat May 08, 2021 11:59 am
by Charles Bennett
I think you will find that the Apple Intermediate Codec is not supported in Resolve. I couldn't find it in the supported codec list.

Re: Cannot import video component

PostPosted: Sat May 08, 2021 1:18 pm
by Jim Simon
If I recall correctly, AIC was FCP's capture option for some tape-based formats.

If that's so, maybe try a re-capture of the original tapes using Resolve?

Re: Cannot import video component

PostPosted: Sat May 08, 2021 3:19 pm
by G0bble
Charles Bennett wrote:I think you will find that the Apple Intermediate Codec is not supported in Resolve. I couldn't find it in the supported codec list.

Thanks!

Re: Cannot import video component

PostPosted: Sun May 09, 2021 1:27 am
by Uli Plank
It was always an Apple only codec and they dropped it when ProRes got a strong acceptance in the market.
Not much software out there reading it these days.

Re: Cannot import video component

PostPosted: Sun May 09, 2021 10:52 am
by peterjackson
Just convert it: viewtopic.php?t=88359

Re: Cannot import video component

PostPosted: Sun May 09, 2021 11:11 am
by G0bble
Thank you all. This was the footage I experimented with on a Macbook some 5 years back for which I lost the originals. I converted it using handbrakes Prodution Max Preset for x264. Easy Peasy... The bitrate climbed down from 136mbps to 134 or whereabouts so good enough for me.