BRAW Frame couldn't be decoded

Report · Jan 04, 2024

Hi!

Since a few days I am running in the error of BRAW Frame couldn't be decoded, with several projects. This has never happened before and I am working with premiere around 5 years.

Attached a file where it occured. I am working on a MacBook M2. This error also results in export glitches. It has been extremely frustrating since I am working for clients with these files.

Is there any idea how to fix this problem, beside the things mentioned like change renderer, empty cache etc.?

Herby the specs of an example file:
Dateipfad: /Volumes/A163/A163_12311125_C001.braw Typ: Blackmagic RAW with BRAW Studio Dateigröße: 373,83 MB Bildgröße: 6144 x 3456 Framerate: 25,00 Audioformat der Quelle: 48000 Hz - 24 Bit - Stereo Audioformat des Projekts: 48000 Hz - 32-Bit-Floating-Point - Stereo Gesamtdauer: 00:00:05:19 Pixel-Seitenverhältnis: 1,0 Alpha: Direkt - ohne Maske Farbraum: Rec. 709 Farbraum überschreiben: Aus Eingabe-LUT: Keine Manufacturer: Blackmagic Design Camera ID: 3dbb9a9e-e15c-492b-ba4e-7edcb963c038 Camera Type: Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro Firmware Version: 7.5.1 BRAW Compression Ratio: 12:1 BRAW Codec Bitrate: 536076800 Crop Origin: 16, 8 Crop Size: 6144, 3456 Analog Gain: 10.079369 Analog Gain Is Constant: 1 Multicard Volume Number: 1 Multicard Volume Count: 1 Format Frame Rate: 1638400 Clip Number: A163_12311125_C001 Reel Name: 163 Scene: 1 Take: 99 Good Take: false Environment: interior Day Night: night Shutter Type: Speed Lens Type: Canon CN-E 14mm T3.1 L F Camera Number: A Anamorphic Enable: 0 Tone Curve Contrast: 1.000000 Tone Curve Saturation: 1.000000 Tone Curve Midpoint: 0.409008 Tone Curve Highlights: 1.000000 Tone Curve Shadows: 1.000000 Tone Curve Video Black Level: 0 Post 3DLUT Mode: Disabled Post 3DLUT Embedded Name: Blackmagic Gen 5 Film to Extended Video.cube Post 3DLUT Embedded Title: Gen 5 Film to Extended Video Post 3DLUT Embedded Size: 33 Post 3DLUT Embedded Data: Too big to display Viewing Gamma: Blackmagic Design Film Viewing Gamut: Blackmagic Design Viewing Bmdgen: 5 Date Recorded: 2023:12:31 Sensor Rate: 25, 1 Shutter Value: 1/50 Internal ND: 0.000000 Analog Gain: 10.079369 As Shot Kelvin: 0 As Shot Tint: 0 Aperture: T3.0 Exposure: 0.000000 Focal Length: 14mm Distance: 750mm to 790mm ISO: 1250 White Balance Kelvin: 5600 White Balance Tint: 10 AudioBitDepth: 24 AudioChannelCount: 2 AudioSampleRate: 48000 AudioSampleCount: 276480 Timecode : 11:25:56:21 BRAW Studio Version 3.1.5

Report · Jan 05, 2024

In case anyone is interested. For me following worked after all:

I had braw studio as plug in from autokroma. This one updated to V3. I deinstalled it and used braw importer from blackmagic instead. This works for me now.

Report · Jan 31, 2024

Hello,

Weird, first time I hear about this issue in BRAW Studio and not in the Blackmagic plugin. At this time (5th January), the Blackmagic RAW SDK (which we are using to decode the image) in BRAW Studio was not the latest available version, so maybe it just comes from that.

Anyway, if you want to re-use BRAW Studio instead of the Blackmagic plugin (which has other issues) and still suffer from this issue, please send us a mail with logs on the latest BRAW Studio version so we could fix the issue and offer you the license/refund in exchange for your help.

Best,

Nicolas from Autokroma