Video in Cubase

Cubase
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simple question I know but…

We have not been able to import or run video files in Cubase and just gave up.

Now we are on Cubase 7 can somebody tell us what works?

We have tried .mov, .mp4, wmv, Nothing works using imort video or drag and drop. When we try to import a video file, nothing, no error messages, nothing appears in the Pool. There must be some simple thing we are missing? :question: :cry:

2

Are you able to open the videos with Quicktime Player?

I don’t know what the problem is, but did you read the Video section in the manual? I don’t mean to be smart, but it’s pretty detailed.

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Thank you for your reply.
The video files open fine in windows.
I have read the manual several times to no result.
Apparently Import Video works fine for you?

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Yes, no problems here, and have seen no mention of it on the forum. Is your Cubase install intact?

Mac OS 10.8, C7

5

Just convert any video in H264. I use it all the time, and I had the same problem untill I found that with H264

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There was a time when you had to install QuickTime before video would work, but I am not sure if that is still the case or not.

I always make sure they play in QuickTime before trying it in Cubase.

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That is still the case, why I asked if the OP if he did that.

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:smiley: yes I wanted to make sure he was opening in Quicktime and not a windows player, as he never said he had quicktime installed. I wonder if he has fixed it yet?

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Installed the so-called ‘Quick time’ and videos now import thank you. :smiley: Actually I call it ‘slowtime’. It is useless on my system anyway because the video does not update quickly enough to be any use at all.

Instead I just go back and forth between Vegas and Cubase. :neutral_face:

My original post was about who uses this feature, why and how? And I suppose do I need a twenty-eight core 600GHz processor with 999 dodecagigs of RAM, and a Saudi Arabian desert for a hard-drive to use it? :laughing:

To find out about my system specs… umm. Steinberg have them but they appear to be on holiday. :slight_smile:
Cubase 7 -

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use this little wicked program (quite funny looking GUI but extremely useful for scoring to picture when nothing seems to work) – “format factory”. you will always be able to find a format cubase will accept.