Can't import AVI->GoPro Cineform YUV ..says unsupported/damaged

[Issant321]

I've searched but didn't find an actual answer, so perhaps someone today knows a solution to this:

When I try to import an AVI rendered in Davinci Resolve Studio using the GoPro CIneform YUV codec, PPro fails to import it saying the format is unsupported or the file is damaged. Since it plays fine in VLC player and I can import it back into Resolve, I'm fairly sure it's not damaged.

I can render it as a .MOV file in Resolve using the same GoPro Cineform codec and it imports into PPro just fine...so I'm confused why the .AVI render fails to import.

I'd sure like to resolve this.

What I'm trying to decide/do is below:

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I've been trying to decide what format/codec to use to export my renders so I have the "best quality but still practical file sizes" to work with when editing. After a good bit of reading, it looked like the GoPro Cineform codec was considered very good and becoming fairly standard across the board, so I've been doing some testing in the programs I use most--Premier Pro CC and Davinci Resolve. That said, while .MOV is very common and considered great quality as a wrapper, it looked to me like the .AVI format was likely still the tops as far as quality for the compression, or however that's defined...so I've been wanting to use .AVI---but then I have the import problem above.

I'd like to keep my clips and sequences in a good high quality format to start with so I can edit back and forth in the programs without degradation. That's why I'm doing the above. I figured I can then export in whatever format I need, whether h.264 for online viewing or whatever is best for presentation at film festivals or theaters, etc. But if I'm missing something then I'd appreciate the information on where I'm wrong in my thinking, or whether I'm really not losing anything worth worrying about by using .MOV rather than .AVI ....or, is some other format actually the industry standard for deliverables and I shouldn't be working with .mov or .avi?

Thanks...

[excited_Genie16B8]

Premiere Pro's native Cineform support is, unfortunately, QuickTime only.

The upside is that the container really doesn't matter at all when it comes to quality, and the bugs that often bite people in the ass when using QuickTime don't seem to show up for Resolve and Premiere Pro Cineform files.

I have seen those bugs show up for DNx QuickTime files, so for that codec, I recommend the superior MXF format, which both programs support natively.

[Kevin-Monahan]

IssanT,

Sorry, but that format is no longer supported in Premiere Pro on Mac: Dropped support for QuickTime 7 era formats and codecs Please try using another codec.

Thanks,
Kevin

[Issant321]

I'd read about Adobe dropping support for QuickTime 7 era formats, which was part of my reason for exporting with the GoPro Cineform codec in AVI format. The article you linked even states that Premiere Pro supports the GoPro Cineform codec for both import and export--and doesn't stipulate that it will only import MOV format files--so it seems to me my AVI file should have worked.

I do notice that Premiere Pro doesn't give the option to export AVI files using the GoPro Cineform YUV codec, which may suggest Adobe has some issue with the codec in an AVI wrapper. But it seems a bit absurd to not import AVI using the codec if you advertise you can import and export it, and only import it using the MOV format--but then end support for Quicktime 7 formats, and MOV along with it!? That would seems to undermine the very usefulness of the codec in Premier Pro just when it seems poised to be a codec of choice for cross-platform purposes.

So, okay, if I'm not going to be able to use the code with AVI files in Premier Pro, and Quicktime/MOV format is going the way of the dinosaur...would someone care to recommend a high quality format/codec combination that is known to be functional in Premier Pro and is widely cross-platform? I'd basically like to ensure myself that I'm working with a format that isn't going to cause problems like this wherever I may distribute my videos.

[excited_Genie16B8]

I don't think Kevin's comment is relevant to your issue.  I'm confused why he posted it.

Cineform QuickTime files work fine, and should continue to do so into the future.