How can i edit this file?

[muszty]

I can play it, but cant edit... I cant import it to coverter programs, after effects, sony vegas...etc Why?

[aedipuss]

it's HDV but may be in apple format. is it a .mov file?

[muszty]

it's HDV but may be in apple format. is it a .mov file?

yes, it is .mov file. it is from a mac. ( i have pc / windows)

[aedipuss]

ffmpeg may be able to re-wrap to windows standards. you'll have to look for the command line statement. this might work but it's been a long while.

ffmpeg -i input.mov -vcodec copy -acodec copy output.m2t

[muszty]

ffmpeg -i input.mov -vcodec copy -acodec copy output.m2t

What is it?

[smrpix]

I had some quicktime wrapped HDV files several months ago and here's what worked.

First, you didn't list your audio, (is there none?) but normally it's LPCM on these FCP-exported files.

1) The ffmpeg route, slight modifications to aedipuss' commands:

ffmpeg -i input.mov -vcodec copy -acodec mp2 -ac 2 -ab 384k -ar 48000 output.mpg
or
ffmpeg -i input.mov -vcodec copy output.mpg

(I don't fully understand why the second one works, except that ffmpeg is pretty clever and it does.)

In either case you will probably want to do an audio only pass as well and remux it in Vegas, because the audio mapping gets messed up. However without mp2 audio the file is pretty much dead in the water.

2) The other option is to AMA link into Avid Media Composer -- which is a breeze, but requires both that you have Media Composer and meet it's system requirements. (There is a 30 day free trial -- but READ THE SPECS.)

update: Premiere Pro CC handles these files just fine, as does After Effects CC.

[aedipuss]

your ffmpeg commands work better than mine. i forgot you can't have wav audio in hdv. mine only gives you the video.

if you change your output to .m2t << ffmpeg -i input.mov -vcodec copy output.m2t >> you get the file in a hdv wrapper.

[smrpix]

aedipuss, you're right. But I found that neither extension made a fully compliant stream, so I just left it at the more generic mpg. "Fully compliant" in this instance meaning something that would fast import into Avid Media Composer.

I banged my head on it for hours before AMA-ing in desperation and finding the original mov went in with no fuss. FWIW the only thing I've found that outputs a fully compliant HDV stream is TMPGenc Video mastering works (which of course does not accept the original mov file).