Issues with imported .avi files in adobe after effects 7.0

Shinobi34 · Post by **Shinobi34** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 12:28 pm

Ok i tried to import a compressed video file directly in to AE7 it brought in the file without crashing, but it gave me an error "After Effects error: retrieving frame from video stream. (3) (53::34) and it come up every time i try to do anything with the footage. i assumed that it must have been a codec issue so i uncompressed the file using virtual dub and now i dont get the error anymore, but now it just show all black. does any one have any suggestions on how i can fix this problem?

BauziOLD · Post by **BauziOLD** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 3:34 pm

Maybe you did something wrong with the uncompressed clip, but you are on the right way because uncompressed footage is good footage to work with.
Try this codec:
http://lags.leetcode.net/codec.html
Lagarith is also a loseless, should work in any Adobe software and has a not as high filsize as other loseless codecs.
Let the codecs settings in VDM for Lagarith as they are and the codec will work best. There isn´t really something to make wrong.

Shinobi34 · Post by **Shinobi34** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 9:21 pm

thanx man using that new codec works perfectly