HD .mov file that won't play with anything (dvhp? what the hell is that?)

[Salva Veritate]

It gives me a blank black screen with sound on Quicktime and iTunes, it gives me a blank white screen with sound when I put it into TMPGEnc DVD Author, it encodes to a blank green screen with sound in a video converter, and GSpot just gives me "Unknown" and nothing else. It's 1.5 GB for a 4:29 video.

[Salva Veritate]

I'm an idiot. The audio is there (video still isn't, which is a problem), I just missed it because I FORGOT TO PLUG IN MY SPEAKERS. lol

[redwudz]

Drop it into Gspot 2.70 and see what format it is and what codecs are needed to play it.

[Salva Veritate]

qt : Apple QuickTime (.MOV/QT)
File Type: QuickTime (.MOV)
Mime Type: video/quicktime

Codec: dvhp
Name: <unknown>
Status: Codec Status Undetermined

I Googled dvhp codec but all that came up was a suspicious looking European site that probably hosts viruses.

[Salva Veritate]

Anyone care to help a poor soul?

[redwudz]

That appears to be a high definition file, probably from a professional Panasonic video camera. Looking around for ' dvhp ', I found this:

dvhp DVCPRO-HD 720/60p Video QT

So I'm guessing it's a DVCPRO-HD Quicktime format.

And: http://www.mediacollege.com/video/format/dv/dvcprohd.html

This appears to be a converter program, probably expensive, but they have a demo version, so you could at least give that a try. One of our other members more familiar with the format may have some better ideas for conversion or viewing. Or if this program works, you could look around for freeware solutions.

http://www.focusinfo.com/solutions/catalog.asp?id=213

[aedipuss]

pany's dvc-pro-hd use this codec i believe. not an easy one to come by, but i found it on pany's web site a couple months ago for a video i was working on.

- - Type DSH
- - Function Decoder
DSH Friendly Name Panasonic DVCPRO-HD Video Decoder
DSH DirectShow CLSID {F7D866A0-92CE-46CD-A5E9-74C845202F03}
FIL File Description Panasonic DVCPROHD Video Decoder Filter
FIL Company Name Matsushita Electric Ind.Co.,LTD. (AVCCDC)
FIL File Version 1, 0, 7, 221
FIL Internal Name DVCPROHD Video Decoder Filter
FIL Legal Copyright Copyright (C) Matsushita Electric 2005
FIL Original Filename PDvcProHDVDec.ax
FIL Product Name Panasonic DVPROHD Video Decoder Filter
FIL Product Version 1, 0, 7, 221
FIL Special Build Dynamic output
REG Driver File C:\Program Files\Panasonic P2\Viewer\bin\PDvcProHDVDec.ax
REG Merit 0x00800000

[Salva Veritate]

That appears to be a high definition file, probably from a professional Panasonic video camera. Looking around for ' dvhp ', I found this:

dvhp DVCPRO-HD 720/60p Video QT

So I'm guessing it's a DVCPRO-HD Quicktime format.

And: http://www.mediacollege.com/video/format/dv/dvcprohd.html

This appears to be a converter program, probably expensive, but they have a demo version, so you could at least give that a try. One of our other members more familiar with the format may have some better ideas for conversion or viewing. Or if this program works, you could look around for freeware solutions.

http://www.focusinfo.com/solutions/catalog.asp?id=213

The program did successfully convert the video...to other formats I can't play, lol. It appears to convert only HD -> HD.

I'm trying to eventually get this on a DVD.

I guess this belongs in Advanced Conversion now....

[Salva Veritate]

Anyone?

[gtmb]

i have the same problem with a .mov file, dvhp codec on my PC. The software mentioned above only converts filetype and not codec...

[minidv2dvd]

panasonic drivers/codecs are available here.
https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/pro-av/support/desk/e/index.htm

[greymalkin]

that's what happens when you get mystery files from unknown sources.

[minidv2dvd]

that's what happens when you get mystery files from unknown sources.

weird format to be floating around the net... mostly just a storage format on panasonic p2 memory cards.

[Newrone]

And: http://www.mediacollege.com/video/format/dv/dvcprohd.html

This appears to be a converter program, probably expensive, but they have a demo version, so you could at least give that a try. One of our other members more familiar with the format may have some better ideas for conversion or viewing. Or if this program works, you could look around for freeware solutions.

http://www.focusinfo.com/solutions/catalog.asp?id=213

I think the 1st link page has changed - no sign of a converter.

The 2nd link led me to a converter which I tested... & which gave me the same result as the problem - an AVI (type 1) file with no video!! Looks like you need a DEcoder to take you TO the converter... My tuppence.

[striker9]

Try this freeware, it works for me!

http://www.cocoonsoftware.com/

[Newrone]

Thanks, but it's given me an error message: Error [swScaler: Unknown format is not supported as input format Cannot get resampling context] !

I do know it's a DVCPRO HD file, made, I presume, with a Panasonic HD cam (from other posts/forums) and rendered in a language that no common mortal video player can interpret... let alone demux! (I have to mix a voiceover to it for a client. I do it every day in avi... ).

[poisondeathray]

fourcc dvhp?

ffmpeg lists it in the supported list:
http://ftp.free.fr/MPlayer/DOCS/codecs-status.html

you should be able to play it back in smplayer or mplayer, for example, and pipe it out if you are command line saavy

for converting you could try use command line or a gui for ffmpeg, eg. winff, avanti

it really depends on which ffmpeg build you use (there are many builds, updated almost weekly, with different branches)