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August 6th, 2023, 08:50 AM
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Decoding of very old CineForm files
I have some old footages shot with Canon XL2, PAL model in 16:9 format and stored with CineForm codec (the old Prospect 4K, if remember well). The issue is, Adobe Premiere Pro or After Effects does not recognise the format. Davinci Resolve manages to open the files and show frames, but the order of frames is incorrect.
Does anybody have an idea, how the files can be opened and reformatted (preferable with a Mac)? |
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August 6th, 2023, 09:43 AM
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Re: Decoding of very old CineForm files
Try Shutter Encoder. It seems to handle many codecs. Older version as well. Available for Mac and PC.
If it doesn't decode them, I have some Cineform decode software going back to around 2002 when Cineform was first released by David Taylor, David Newman and Co. So maybe upload a short test file somewhere, and I can check out whether it can be done with what I have. Chris Young https://www.shutterencoder.com/en/ |
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August 6th, 2023, 11:06 AM
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Re: Decoding of very old CineForm files
Thank you Chris for the suggestion. I'll send you an email.
Tried Shutter Encoder, but it did not help. I think the issue is, the CF-files are PAL-interlaced 1440x1080 anamorphic 16:9 HD files. Likely, either Shutter Encode or Resolve do not recognise such HD-files as such a format is not that common. If remember properly, this was a special format David Newman developed at the time for cameras like XL2. |
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August 6th, 2023, 03:07 PM
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Re: Decoding of very old CineForm files
At least BM / Davinci Resolve will/should be responsive to a bug report.
Andrew |
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August 6th, 2023, 08:13 PM
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Re: Decoding of very old CineForm files
Also, is this page from Adobe about a different "cineform" codec usage?
https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro...orm-codec.html Andrew |
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August 6th, 2023, 10:36 PM
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Re: Decoding of very old CineForm files
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Anyhow, it can be done very quickly and efficiently on a PC. I emailed you back with some workflow suggestions and a download link to see the conversion done on your sample file. Any further help just reach out. Someone here will have answers. Chris Young Apple codec announcement: https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT209000 Here are examples of media formats affected by this transition: 3ivx MPEG-4 AV1/VP9 AVC0 Media AVA0 Media Avid DNxHD/DNxHR Avid DV/DV100/JFIF/Motion JPEG Avid Meridien/1:1x/Packed/RGBPacked BitJazz SheerVideo CineForm Cinepak DivX Flash Video FlashPix FLC GlueTools codecs for Cineon/DPX, Phantom Cine, ARRIRAW, Uncompressed RGB H.261 Implode Indeo video 5.1 Intel Video 4:3 JPEG 2000 Microsoft Video 1 Motion JPEG A Motion JPEG B On2 VP3, VP5, VP6, VP6-E, VP6-S, VP7, VP8, VP9 Perian collection of codecs (such as Microsoft MPEG-4, DivX, 3ivx, VP6 and VP3) Pixlet Planar RGB QuickTime files encoded using still image formats (sgi, tga, png and others) RealVideo REDCODE QuickTime Decoder (.mov) SGI Sony HDCAM-SR (SStP) Sorenson 3 Sorenson Spark Sorenson Video/Video 3/YUV9 Streambox ACT-L2 Windows Media Video 7, 8, 9 Xiph.org's Theora Video ZyGoVideo |
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