I am facing a problem when trying to open ANY video file (mov, mp4) in ableton 8.2.4. The videos do not appear in the files browser and when i try to open a video (file-->open live set) the following window pops up. "This document ... is corrupt, Unknown Compound stream file". I tried to open many videos to see if it is a problem with the specific video file, but the same happened with all of them. I also searched the internet and i didn't find a similar post anywhere. I think maybe there is something wrong with the codecs, but I am new in the area and i don't know much. I would be gratefull if someone could help me out, because i have this project about adding my own music to a 2min given movie and my deadline is on Wednesday. If you have any suggestions, it would help me a lot. Thanks!
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Error when trying to open a mov, mp4 video in ableton
Re: Error when trying to open a mov, mp4 video in ableton
update your Quicktime. Live uses it for some functions.
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Re: Error when trying to open a mov, mp4 video in ableton
Tried it. Same happens. :-/Tone Deft wrote:update your Quicktime. Live uses it for some functions.
Re: Error when trying to open a mov, mp4 video in ableton
can you open videos in another application?
can someone else open them on their Live? could you post a short snippet of the video for us to try? I'll PM you my e-mail address if you'd like to send me something to try. I'll delete it afterwards.
can someone else open them on their Live? could you post a short snippet of the video for us to try? I'll PM you my e-mail address if you'd like to send me something to try. I'll delete it afterwards.
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Why do I smile
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At people who I'd much rather kick in the eye?
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Re: Error when trying to open a mov, mp4 video in ableton
Hi, every one, I am new to Ableton Live, and I'm facing the same problem, I need to put a video in some way in to Live 8 so I can match the music with it, I don't want to master or edit the video only use as a reference, I changed the format of the video using different codecs but still same problem, Ableton Live can't find it in the browser and if I click and drag in to the track give me error.
any help much appreciated.
any help much appreciated.
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Re: Error when trying to open a mov, mp4 video in ableton
i had the same problem and after some fiddling and some talks with the techsupport we figured out that it was because was set in a quicktime container, but still using an esoteric codec, so my guess is that you have re-encode the file and the container. that's what solved it for me a anyways.
Re: Error when trying to open a mov, mp4 video in ableton
OP sent me his file, I was able to open it but only after getting a warning that video in Session view is audio only and I had to drop it into Arrange view.
In my life
Why do I smile
At people who I'd much rather kick in the eye?
-Moz
Why do I smile
At people who I'd much rather kick in the eye?
-Moz
Re: Error when trying to open a mov, mp4 video in ableton
Make sure your Quicktime movie is in Photo JPEG codec. Live seems to like this one the best.
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Re: Error when trying to open a mov, mp4 video in ableton
That is correct. Live only shows the video for files in arrangement.Tone Deft wrote:OP sent me his file, I was able to open it but only after getting a warning that video in Session view is audio only and I had to drop it into Arrange view.