How to import mp4 into after effects cs4

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December 28, 2012
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I recently got a gopro hero 3 and wanted to slow a 960p 50fps video down in AE but i cannot open it. it just keeps saying it's of an unsopported format. How do I fix this?

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Anonymous

I Installed QuickTime7 on My Windows XP -> After Effects CS4 Now I Can Import MP4 Files, Working Perfectly.

(Iam not installed any codec packs.)

Try to install QuickTime7

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Rick Gerard

Community Expert

I've also got a GoPro 3. It works fine for me on newer software. Did you download Cineform Studio from GoPro???

The raw files work without problems on a Mac. It would help if we knew what kind of system you're running. The OS and version and is your CS4 up to date?

BTW, you can slow down footage using GoPro's Cineform Studio.

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wiggwigg2010Author

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i tried cineform but it never really worked on windows 8 and im pretty sure my cs4 is up to date (i just updated it a month ago)

Szalam

Community Expert

Interesting. Did not know CS4 could run at all on Windows 8.

I maintain my previous answer. It has always ever been that codecs using interframe compression schemes didn't play nice with CS4 and previous versions. Transcode your footage to something else. Quicktime with the PNG codec would be one choice, I've not tried the Cineform codec (free from GoPro) with CS4, but it's worth a shot.

Szalam

Community Expert

CS4 is a rather old version of After Effects and, as such, doesn't support many of the things it supports now.

You have two options:

1) Get the new version of AE (you can download a 30 day trial from Adobe)

or

2) Use Adobe Media Encoder, MPEG Streamclip, or any other video editing software to reencode your footage into a format that After Effects CS4 can use.