Can't import Cineform files in HF Express 2017 (Codec info inside)
I followed the instructions on this site to convert to Cineform using VirtualDub which went fine, but when trying to import into HF, it fails with: "The media could not be imported". These files play back fine in VLC. Using the build-in Win10 video player, only the audio plays but I think that's because Win doesn't have native support for cineform.
Here's the codec info for the file I'm trying to import:
General
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 1.18 GiB
Duration : 1 min 11 s
Overall bit rate : 141 Mb/s
Writing library : VirtualDub2 build 43073/release
Video
ID : 0
Format : CineForm
Codec ID : CFHD
Codec ID/Info : CineForm 10-bit Visually Perfect HD (Wavelet)
Duration : 1 min 11 s
Bit rate : 138 Mb/s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 29.970 (30000/1001) FPS
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 2.224
Stream size : 1.15 GiB (98%)
Audio
ID : 1
Format : PCM
Format profile : Float
Codec ID : 00000003-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71
Codec ID/Hint : IEEE
Duration : 1 min 11 s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 3 072 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel layout : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Bit depth : 32 bits
Stream size : 26.3 MiB (2%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 34 ms (1.01 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration : 500 ms
Comments
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You missed one item about Cineform transcoding. Your audio is 32-bit float. I do not think Hitfilm Express 2017 supports that audio format.
I think the current Hitfilm version does support that audio format. I doubt your source audio is 24/32-bit so 32-bit output would be wasteful to use.
