Mpeg-4 with Pinnacle 12

Vashtar Posted messages 8 Status Member -  
Vashtar Posted messages 8 Status Member -
Hello,

I have a recent Samsung VM-MX25E SD Camera, and I use Pinnacle Studio 12 Ultimate to edit my videos captured from it.
The incoming format is in Mpeg-4, and Pinnacle is supposed to read it without any problem.

However, when I import the mpeg-4 files, I manage to play them for a while on Pinnacle (1 or 2 times), I add titles and transitions, and during the final playback (and even before), a blue ! appears on the screen of the Pinnacle player, making it impossible to play the video; I only get the audio, and the final conversion to AVI doesn't work.

I wanted to use Pinnacle because it accepts the mpeg-4 from my camera and allows me to quickly convert my movie to AVI.
I hope to achieve this, as otherwise I would have to transcribe to AVI file by file, and Movie Maker does not accept mpeg-4....
Configuration: Windows XP Google Chrome

4 answers

  1. Anonymous user
     
    Hello, Pinnacle claims to natively support the AVCHD format (H264 codec) without recoding into an uncompressed format for editing, with some issues.
    The MPEG-4 standard can use various profiles, with H264, and camcorder brands (JVC, Xacti) have their proprietary formats that are often incompatible with commercial software.
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  2. Vashtar Posted messages 8 Status Member 1
     
    Thank you for the info, but it's really annoying then...
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  3. maccoy37 Posted messages 3373 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   444
     
    Hello

    I think it's normal, you must be missing the codecs to play these videos here: xp codec pack or this here: k-lite codec pack

    See you+
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  4. Vashtar Posted messages 8 Status Member 1
     
    Yes, but Pinnacle is supposed to read MPEG-4 without issue; it does, but I feel like it's limited in duration.
    I'll try these codecs. Thanks for your help.
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