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mattk36897434
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Apr 6, 2018 12:21 PM UTC
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Missing quicktime codecs in After Effects

Hi Ive recently updated my After Effects and since then I now do not have most of my quicktime codecs, I followed the suggestion on the problem on adobe solutions page: Some QuickTime codecs missing in After Effects

but with no luck. Pls help

    Jose Panadero
    Jose PanaderoCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    Apr 6, 2018 12:25 PM UTC

    Adobe has dropped support for Quicktime 7 in After Effects 15.1 so a lot of legacy codecs will not be available anymore.

    The link you are referencing is very old and not applicable to newer versions of AE.

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    Participant
    Nov 12, 2020 10:37 AM UTC
    mrrmrr
    Inspiring
    Jun 14, 2019 12:00 AM UTC

    Capitalsm at work.  Thanks, Ayn Rand.

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    Community Expert
    Jun 14, 2019 5:37 AM UTC

    You can't blame Adobe 100% for this one. Most of the problems came straight from Apple.

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    rodpepper2
    Participant
    Feb 18, 2019 1:13 AM UTC

    Hap encoder plugin for Adobe Premiere CC 2019

    hap-encoder-adobe-cc

    https://github.com/disguise-one/hap-encoder-adobe-cc/releases

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    Participant
    Oct 19, 2018 5:02 AM UTC

    My videos all had an alpha channel that I needed to keep, so I used Quicktime to transcode every video using no compression. That's the only workaround I found.

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    Participant
    Jul 25, 2018 5:23 AM UTC

    I still can't believe that AE is sporting crap codecs like DV PAL/NTSC but not H.264 and QT 7. This has been the biggest downgrade yet. What a waits of money.

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    Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
    Legend
    Jul 27, 2018 11:56 PM UTC

    G M D THREE,

    I still can't believe that AE is sporting crap codecs like DV PAL/NTSC...

    A good number of codecs were rewritten in 64 bit format, but not absolutely everything. This work has been going on for years. QuickTime H.264 has been a poor quality codec for quite some time. Merely use AME to get your H.264 files. Sorry for the frustration;

    Thanks,

    Kevin

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    Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
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    Jul 23, 2018 4:12 AM UTC

    I would also like to voice my displeasure at this move. The price keeps going up (in Australia, I see a price rise roughly twice a year due to "fluctuations in exchange rates", but those same fluctuations never reduce the price) but important features keep being removed. Well done, you really know how to mess with your clientele

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    Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
    Legend
    Jul 27, 2018 11:58 PM UTC

    slagathor  wroteWell done, you really know how to mess with your clientele

    This is a directive from our partners at Apple in that QuickTime 32 bit codecs will no longer be supported. Our developers are merely reacting to that directive. Sorry for the frustration.

    Thanks,
    Kevin

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    Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
    Participant
    Jul 28, 2018 12:40 AM UTC

    Who is paying your bills, Apple or your customers???

    I guess history repeat itself, Premier 5, Final Cut X, Quark Express, Polaroid, Atari ...

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    qdqwe1e2
    Participant
    Jul 16, 2018 11:28 AM UTC

    Very frustrating as I use HAP extensivley for realtime content creation and now it is impossible to do anything with the content in post.

    Other codecs are great but do not meet needs of many modern professional content creators.

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    Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
    Legend
    Jul 28, 2018 12:01 AM UTC

    Hi qdqwe1e2,

    A 64 bit version of the HAP codec might be a possibility in the future. Kindly upvote this bug report so that devs can get a better handle on the issue: Support the HAP codec – Adobe video & audio apps

    Thanks,
    Kevin

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    Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
    Participant
    Jul 13, 2018 1:42 AM UTC

    Great also that a bunch of my projects now have unsupported quicktime files in them. Thanks Adobe (sarcasm).

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    Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
    Legend
    Jul 28, 2018 12:05 AM UTC

    David P,

    Great also that a bunch of my projects now have unsupported quicktime files in them. Thanks Adobe (sarcasm).

    Sorry about that. We are only reacting according to the wishes of our partners at Apple. Though devs have been working very hard to create 64 bit versions of these codecs for some years now, it would be difficult to engineer every single one under the sun. Better to make feature requests for 64 bit versions of codecs that you need the most here: After Effects: Hot (683 ideas) – Adobe video & audio apps

    Thanks,
    Kevin

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    Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
    Inspiring
    Sep 25, 2020 12:29 AM UTC

    You could address this by licensing or buy the code created by a 3rd party. Adobe has the financial resources to do so.

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    Tranquil_visionary154A
    Participant
    Jul 12, 2018 8:52 AM UTC

    I have converted a mov video with alpha channel that can be opened in After Effects CC 2018. I have used QuickTime:

    File > Export... > Options... > Settings...

    Compression Type: Animation

    Key Frames: All <- Important!!

    Depth: Millions of Colors+

    By the way, thanks Adobe!!

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    dylanb16916393
    Participant
    Jul 9, 2018 7:31 PM UTC
    olgad10933995
    Participant
    Dec 17, 2018 8:50 PM UTC

    Hey, the video is unavailable, could you resend the URL, please?

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