PE2018 : missing codec following Windows 10 upgrade
Hi there,
I've been running Windows 10 Enterprise Version 1703 OS Build 15063.674 for a couple of months now and editing .MTS files in PE2018. PE2018 stutters quite a bit while playing in editor compared to earlier version I was using (PE14), but does work. (My 64 bit machine runs fast i7 chip and is plenty capable of editng without stutter, so not sure what this is about).
Two days ago, Microsoft pushed a major upgrade to newest Windows. Upon restart, PE2018 gives a missing codec dialog for .MTS file I was editing the previous day.
I used windows rollback to revert the changes, same problem. Through sad experience, I've learned the only safe bet is full backup, which i do regularly. So, used Acronis to revert to previous Windows 10 version image created 2 weeks ago, and PE 2018 is able to edit .MTS again.
MS makes it difficult to avoid their automatic updates to Windows 10; eventually it will likely happen.
So, here is the question: anyone know what DLL PE2018 is using for avchd codec? Is there a way to avoid this problem when Windows 10 "helps me" with this upgrade again?
Thanks in advance...
Not sure if it helps, but here is info on the .MTS that PE2018 says there is no codec for following Windows update:
General
ID : 1 (0x1)
Complete name : D:\2017-09-08_az_pp.mts
Format : MPEG-TS
File size : 6.19 GiB
Duration : 1 h 2 min
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 14.3 Mb/s
FileExtension_Invalid : ts m2t m2s m4t m4s tmf ts tp trp ty
Video
ID : 256 (0x100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4
Format settings : CABAC / 5 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, RefFrames : 5 frames
Codec ID : 27
Duration : 1 h 2 min
Bit rate : 13.3 Mb/s
Width : 1440 pixels
Height : 1080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Variable
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Stream size : 5.77 GiB (93%)
Writing library : x264 core 152 r2851 ba24899
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=8 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / lookahead_threads=2 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=50 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=18.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Audio
ID : 257 (0x101)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : 129
Duration : 1 h 2 min
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 256 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 31.250 FPS (1536 SPF)
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 114 MiB (2%)
Service kind : Complete Main
Menu
ID : 4096 (0x1000)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Duration : 1 h 2 min
List : 256 (0x100) (AVC) / 257 (0x101) (AC-3)
Service name : Service01
Service provider : FFmpeg
Service type : digital television
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