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UltraUber
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January 13, 2017
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cannot open file in mocha ae (CC2017)

  • January 13, 2017
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I'm trying to track in mocha ae using CC2017 for the first time

I imported a 3 minutes mp4 footage into after effects, located the point which i wanted to track and trimmed the footage so it became 5 seconds long.

Then I went to Animation - Track in mocha AE and expected that in mocha's interface i will see the trimmed footage from my after effects, but mocha didn't show anything. Instead, it offered to import the footage from my computer. So i tried to import it (as I said it was mp4 footage) but then mocha said that file is corrupted or unsupported and gave me a link for more details, but that link lead to a page with Error 404 - Page not found...

So what to do ?

Here is the printscreen of mocha interface. Notice that under Import Clip there are 0 to 0 referring to frames. When i worked with CS, mocha showed the frames in relation to my After Effects project's frames (like 304 to 417, or something)

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    Correct answer Mathias Moehl

    I guess the error message says what the problem is: "The file is in an unsupported format".

    I recommend that you try to export the clip as a png or jpg image sequence and try to load this into mocha.

    Cheers,

    Mathias

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    Dave_LaRonde
    Dave_LaRonde
    Inspiring
    January 13, 2017

    Transcode the mp4 footage to a media container & codec that Mocha likes.  I recommend Quicktime movies in JPEG 2000, PNG, Photo JPEG or animation codecs.

    UltraUber
    UltraUberAuthor
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    January 14, 2017

    I transcoded the footage:

    But still, when I go to Animation - Track in mocha AE, I get the same window (mocha is asking me to import footage from my PC - why can't it take the footage directly from my After Effects project?):

    And if I try to import the transcoded footage from my PC, I get the same error:

    Mathias Moehl
    Community Expert
    Mathias MoehlCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    January 14, 2017

    I guess the error message says what the problem is: "The file is in an unsupported format".

    I recommend that you try to export the clip as a png or jpg image sequence and try to load this into mocha.

    Cheers,

    Mathias

    Mathias Möhl - Developer of tools like BeatEdit and Automation Blocks for Premiere Pro and After Effects
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