premiere cs4 not recognising cineform avi's in mac at DVinfo.net

Stathis Athanasiou · February 7th, 2009, 07:09 PM

Hello,
I have installed the NEOHD trial on my macbookpro. Cineform avi files I have from older PC projects work fine on the finder and final cut pro. On Premiere CS4 I get an error "unsupported compression in file" while importing.

I am running mac OSX 10.5.6

Any ideas?

Ray Bell · February 7th, 2009, 09:40 PM

Cineform has not released support for CS4 products yet... wont be long though

Stathis Athanasiou · February 8th, 2009, 03:16 AM

Yes I was aware of that, but I didn't imagine it wouldn't even import the files. I thought that the codec would at least be recognised.
I guess not, right?

David Newman · February 8th, 2009, 10:14 AM

Ask support, as on the Mac CS4 should be using the QuickTime codec. We do plan improvements for Mac CS4.

Tomaso Perrone · May 11th, 2009, 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by David Newman

Ask support, as on the Mac CS4 should be using the QuickTime codec. We do plan improvements for Mac CS4.

Is there any news on CS4 on Mac support - I'm a recent convert to the Mac and have exchanged my license on the windows platform from PC to Mac

Thanks in advance

Tom

David Taylor · May 11th, 2009, 10:51 PM

Tomaso, the importer we're finishing for CS4 on Windows will be ported to Mac. We have to finish it on Windows first, so I don't have a schedule on Mac for you yet.

Brian Parker · May 17th, 2009, 08:47 PM

David, will you be releasing a beta version of the mac codec while you are working on it, like you did with the windows version?

I'd be willing to test it and live with problematic playback, rather than the current no playback at all.

David Taylor · May 18th, 2009, 07:47 AM

With the reemergence of this thread I had to reread the header carefully - the question is about AVI support in PPro-Mac. We have not tested AVI within PPro. We do know that CineForm AVI files work in First Light and also in FCP. But realize the Mac AVI reader interprets CineForm files as 8 bits.

In our next update release of HD Link (Mac) we will offer an AVI-to-MOV rewrapping utility. This is the best solution as it ensures 10-bit/12-bit compatibility for both FCP and PPro.

February 7th, 2009, 07:09 PM	#1
Stathis Athanasiou Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Athens, Hellas Posts: 73	premiere cs4 not recognising cineform avi's in mac Hello, I have installed the NEOHD trial on my macbookpro. Cineform avi files I have from older PC projects work fine on the finder and final cut pro. On Premiere CS4 I get an error "unsupported compression in file" while importing. I am running mac OSX 10.5.6 Any ideas?

February 8th, 2009, 10:14 AM	#4
David Newman CTO, CineForm Inc. Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California Posts: 8,095	Ask support, as on the Mac CS4 should be using the QuickTime codec. We do plan improvements for Mac CS4. __________________ David Newman -- web: www.gopro.com blog: cineform.blogspot.com -- twitter: twitter.com/David_Newman

February 7th, 2009, 09:40 PM	#2
Ray Bell Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,414	Cineform has not released support for CS4 products yet... wont be long though

February 8th, 2009, 03:16 AM	#3
Stathis Athanasiou Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Athens, Hellas Posts: 73	Yes I was aware of that, but I didn't imagine it wouldn't even import the files. I thought that the codec would at least be recognised. I guess not, right?

May 11th, 2009, 10:51 PM	#6
David Taylor Major Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Solana Beach, CA Posts: 853	Tomaso, the importer we're finishing for CS4 on Windows will be ported to Mac. We have to finish it on Windows first, so I don't have a schedule on Mac for you yet.

May 17th, 2009, 08:47 PM	#7
Brian Parker Major Player Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Tokyo Posts: 230	David, will you be releasing a beta version of the mac codec while you are working on it, like you did with the windows version? I'd be willing to test it and live with problematic playback, rather than the current no playback at all.

May 18th, 2009, 07:47 AM	#8
David Taylor Major Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Solana Beach, CA Posts: 853	With the reemergence of this thread I had to reread the header carefully - the question is about AVI support in PPro-Mac. We have not tested AVI within PPro. We do know that CineForm AVI files work in First Light and also in FCP. But realize the Mac AVI reader interprets CineForm files as 8 bits. In our next update release of HD Link (Mac) we will offer an AVI-to-MOV rewrapping utility. This is the best solution as it ensures 10-bit/12-bit compatibility for both FCP and PPro.