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mike233
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June 6, 2018
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Alternative to Adobe Media Encoder for legacy Qt video files

  • June 6, 2018
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There are some quickltime files that wont load in AE, Premiere. or AME. I think it is because these QT files are using Legacy codes or something like 24-bit. So how does one go about converting these files? These old codecs are UNAVOIDABLE, since a lot of companies have been using these for years. For example, one of our clients is furniture retailer and the brand product videos they get from manufacturers go back 5-7 years so they are in these formats, and are unusable. We need a away to convert them but there are no Adobe products that can open them. So what should we use?

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Correct answer mike233

They are using Quicktime H.264 codecs according the QT's inspector. Just checked in MediaInfo it says MPEG-4 Quitcktime.

Thanks we will try the Mpeg Stream Clip

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Jeff Bugbee
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Jeff BugbeeCommunity Expert
Community Expert
June 7, 2018

What codecs are being used? You can open them in something like MediaInfo to find out.

Mpeg Streamclip is a popular one that can open and transcode a lot of files.

Squared 5 - MPEG Streamclip video converter for Mac and Windows

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mike233AuthorCorrect answer
Inspiring
June 7, 2018

They are using Quicktime H.264 codecs according the QT's inspector. Just checked in MediaInfo it says MPEG-4 Quitcktime.

Thanks we will try the Mpeg Stream Clip

Jeff Bugbee
Community Expert
Jeff BugbeeCommunity Expert
Community Expert
June 7, 2018

If you can upload one of these files, I can take a look and see if there's anything strange about them.

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