Can't Import MP4 video clips into Movie Studio 2023 trial

johnebaker wrote on 11/6/2022, 5:27 AM

Hi

. . . . I still can't import MP4 video clips into MovieStudio 2023 trial. It gives me a licensing error every time. . . .

Download and install MediaInfo and analyse one of the clips causing the issue and post the results, see this tutorial on how to setup MediaInfo and analyse a video clip for all the data required.

If the video files are encoded as HEVC (h.265) then due to licensing, importing is only available when you purchase the full version of the program and have acquired the HEVC codec.

HTH

John EB
Forum Moderator

DrGary wrote on 11/6/2022, 4:24 PM

Thanks @johnebaker This is a huge help. Did the above and here's the result:

General
Complete name : G:\Apartment\Video Progressive Development of Level 5 Just Poured ORIG.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : isom (isom/iso2/avc1/mp41)
File size : 2.88 MiB
Duration : 13 s 800 ms
Overall bit rate : 1 752 kb/s

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L3.1
Format settings : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames : 4 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 13 s 800 ms
Bit rate : 1 749 kb/s
Maximum bit rate : 2 748 kb/s
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 30.000 FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.063
Stream size : 2.88 MiB (100%)
Writing library : x264 core 157
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x1:0x111 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=0 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=0 / threads=1 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=150 / keyint_min=76 / scenecut=0 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=27.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=2:1.00
Codec configuration box : avcC

It doesn't appear to have the codec reference you mentioned but maybe you're better at analysing than me!

johnebaker wrote on 11/7/2022, 6:34 AM

@DrGary

Hi

Thanks for the MediaInfo data.

From the data:

. . . . Bit rate : 1 749 kb/s . . . .

This is very low for 720p video, I would expect the bitrate to be in the range 10 000 to 15 000 kbp/s.

Has the video been converted from a higher resolution clip? If so, was there a reason for this and what was the format of the original clip - a MediaInfo analysis would help?

If not what was the recording device?

John EB

DrGary wrote on 11/7/2022, 6:45 AM

@johnebaker thanks for your comments. This is a download from youtube i think. So it won't be an original Yet it plays and can be inserted into a MovieStudio 2022 session.

As a further test, I'll do an analysis of a movie clip I've taken myself. It's midnight here so I'll check it out and post in the morning. Thanks heaps.

johnebaker wrote on 11/7/2022, 7:08 AM

@DrGary

Hi

I have uploaded a short MP4 AVC video clip from my video camera to here for you to download and test in the trial version of Movie Studio 2023.

If this gives the same license message then this must be a restriction of the trial version.

John EB

DrGary wrote on 11/7/2022, 4:42 PM

@johnebaker

Thanks John. Very helpful. Downloaded your clip and tried to insert into timeline. No go. See pic error message. I think what you said is more likely - that is, trial version problem and licensing doesn't occur until registration/activation. The crazy thing is that it works in 2022 version. Work that out! So appreciate your help.