Help with incompatible video format, HDV

[LaMaison]

I have a small 1 minute HD clip that was produced for a client of mine. It is currently a .mov file. I had planned to convert it to Flash video for use on the web, but I can't even get Quicktime Player 10 or 7 to play this video. I can with VLC. I only have iMovie, and it can't open it, nor can the Adobe Media converter

Quicktime's error sends me to http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3523

Which suggest it is a Apple Intermediate Codec. And below is the video info "MediaInfo Mac" shows me.

I would go back to the company that shot the video but it took 3 months to get the clip I have.

So is there anything that can convert this into usable format, so I can play it with QT and I can finally convert it to Flash Video.



*** MediaInfo Mac // Plain text file report
2009-12-18 10:24:03 -0800
Information for File: Jesse_Daniel_Salon_5thcut__.mov

General / Container Stream # 1
Total Video Streams for this File -> 1
Total Audio Streams for this File -> 1
Video Codecs Used -> hdv2
Audio Codecs Used -> PCM
File Format -> MPEG-4
Play Time -> 1mn 0s
Total File Size -> 190 MiB
Total Stream BitRate -> 26.6 Mbps
Video Stream # 1
Codec (Human Name) -> hdv2
Codec (FourCC) -> hdv2
Frame Width -> 1 440 pixels
Frame Height -> 1 080 pixels
Frame Rate -> 29.970 fps
Total Frames -> 1801
Display Aspect Ratio -> 16/9
QF (like Gordian Knot) -> 0.536
Video Stream Length -> 1mn 0s 93ms
Video Stream BitRate -> 25.0 Mbps
Video Stream BitRate Mode -> VBR
Video Stream Size -> 179 MiB (94%)
Date of Original Encoding -> UTC 2009-09-24 01:45:41
Audio Stream # 1
Codec -> PCM
Codec (FourCC) -> sowt
Audio Stream Length -> 1mn 0s 93ms
Audio Stream BitRate -> 1 536 Kbps
Audio Stream BitRate Mode -> CBR
Number of Audio Channels -> 2
Sampling Rate -> 48.0 KHz
Bit Depth -> 16 bits
Audio Stream Size -> 11.0 MiB (6%)
Date of Original Encoding -> UTC 2009-09-24 01:45:41

[Baldrick]

Try mpeg streamclip, avidemux or handbrake. And convert it to mp4 with h264 video and aac audio, it's supported by flash.

[Soopafresh]

Edit - Sorry, my suggestion was wrong.

[houdini2]

FourCC 'hdv2' means Apple HDV 1080i60. You need AppleHDVCodec component installed with Final Cut Pro. VideoSpec would have given you this info.

houdini

[LaMaison]

Try mpeg streamclip, avidemux or handbrake. And convert it to mp4 with h264 video and aac audio, it's supported by flash.

Tied all 3 of these with no luck

[LaMaison]

FourCC 'hdv2' means Apple HDV 1080i60. You need AppleHDVCodec component installed with Final Cut Pro. VideoSpec would have given you this info.

houdini

Yep thats what apple support article said.

So is there no way to work with the file without Final Cut Pro?

[Herve]

try this codec (it's a perian hacked codec) http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/dis....component.zip
you could display your HDV inside QuickTime BUT QuickTime is a pain with interlaced anamorphous stream (like your HDV ). Result should be mess up = mixed fields (but for a flash video with a little size, it should be OK)

bye

Edit: this codec seems not compatible with the new Perian1.2, so activate it only depending on your needs (personnally I use Diablotin to enble/disable quickTime codecs http://s.sudre.free.fr/Software/files/diablotin.dmg.gz)