transfer .mp4 over firewire.

[AndyMan 7]

Has anyone got a suggestion of how to get an .mp4 file to transfer over firewire?

I can play the file in Windows Media player and the Quciktime player, but I can not get the file to open in Premiere 6.5. Premiere says "unknown file type".

I'm trying to get the file to transfer to my camera, so I can then transfer it onto VHS.

Suggestions?

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[quade 4]

Do you have QuickTime Pro? It's a $29 upgrade to the basic QuickTime that allows for format conversion.

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[FrancoR 0]

Your camera only understands a DV format video throught firewire.
Premiere only understands certain file and codec types, i don't think mp4 is one of them. Premiere will read AVI files, but not all of them because AVI files use different codecs.
What you need to do is convert the file to AVI and a codec that premiere can read, preferably DV. Try Stoik video encoder (search, i don't know where i got it from) and encode to a standard codec like MJPEG, DivX, or even better to a lossles codec like Huffyuv. Huffyuv will create a very big file though. Take that file to premiere and export via firewire.

If it does not cost anything you are the product.

[AndyMan 7]

The best I could find was Stoik video convertor, but it wouldn't read the file. I couldn't find anything called Stoik video encoder...

Also, I can't even seem to get on Apple's quicktime site.

Anyone else got suggestions?

_Am

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[AndyMan 7]

Well, that was ugly...

I used Microsoft Media Encoder to make it a .wmv, then I used Soik Video Converter to turn it into a .avi. Then I used Premiere to firewire it to my pc120. It looks like crap, but it's viewable.

Paul and Frank, thanks for the tips.

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