Codec Not Found...

Well, first troubleshooting step is always

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2491

If that doesn't work

Try this. Make your sequence active, go to sequence settings (command-zero) change the compressor to something different and hit OK. Then repeat and change it back to ProRes.

If that doesn't work, try copying the contents of the sequence to a new sequence with the same settings. Sometimes a sequence can get corrupted.

I also seem to remember other people having this problem so you might do a search here for "codec not found."

Did one of my suggestions work? If so, please let us know which one. Not only for my ego... but to help others with the same problem.

Thanks,

Michael

I'm glad you managed to get it to work, but there's something wrong if your system can't handle prores. And problems tend to spread. Post back if you want to try and work thru this.

Thank you for asking the question... and giving the solutions. It happened to me today for the first time "codec not found... "

This was after getting rid of my FCP preferences files due to another error message..

For me, copying everything into a new sequence solved it.

Thanks again! Ben

I'm on a 3 year old mac pro running Leopard 10.5.8 and Final Cut Pro 6.0.6

and it's the first time I have encountered this.

When setting up the easy setup after tossing the preferences.. I believe i chose the wrong settings then...

by mistake.

Model Name: Mac Pro

Model Identifier: MacPro3,1

Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon

Processor Speed: 3.2 GHz

Number Of Processors: 2

Total Number Of Cores: 8

L2 Cache (per processor): 12 MB

Memory: 6 GB

Well it looks like we've got the same OS running, which helps troubleshoot. Are you running fcp7.03?

Try creating a new user (system preferences: accounts) and log in as that user and load the same fcp project. Same problem?

Take a look in your startup drive: library: quicktime and make sure you have the following files:

AppleProRes422.component

AppleProResCodec.component

Do you have any 3rd party video things installed like Perian?

I have no idea. I just went and saw what I had. Send me an email directly and I'll see if I can send you the missing file. My email is in my profile.

The same thing happened to me a few years back just after I had upgraded my OS and Quicktime. All of my ProRes 422 codecs had "disappeared" from the "Library/QT" folder. I found the following solution:

Insert the original FCP install disk

Go to the "Extras" folder on the disk

Install "QmasterNode" (it evidently contains all of the codecs).

After doing that I checked the Library/QT Folder again and found that all of the ProRes 422 codecs were now there. I then reopened my original FCP video project and guess what...problem solved--no more message!!

Hope this helps.

Hi -

I have much the same problem. The message has popped up on random projects and won't let me render. I trashed the preferences, copied the clips to new sequences and tried resetting the compressor. I checked my Library/Quicktime folder and am indeed missing the AppleProRes422.component, so I tried reinstalling QmasterNode like CaptainS just said. But somehow I still don't have the AppleProRes422.component. Could someone send it to me, or give me another suggesetion?

Thank you!

Email me directly. My email is in my profile

Will do, because I still need the component, but I thought I'd post that I found something that worked.

I found in another thread a suggestion to check Sequence Settings and switch "Render 10 bit material" to "Render in 8-bit YUV". I did, and it worked.

Does anyone know why that works? I'm not super technical, so I don't know the advantages of having it in 8-bit rather than 10-bit. How did it get switched before and stop working?

hi, i realise this post is very old now, but i have encounteded these problems in FCP7 and here are the solutions (NO DOWNLOADS, NO TINKERING AROUND WITH SETTINGS)

for some reason, there are certain files that my final cut does NOT like. when batch converting my iphone footage to create my youtube videos, i keep everything at prores422(LT) which just seems to work fine on my old White series macbook from 2008. anyway, audio sync issues occur when you have lots of footage in your bins and project that are NOT the same framerate. i had a few vids that were 24 FPS, 29.9 fps, and 25 fps. MAKE SURE (by pressing CMD-0 that your project is set to the Framerate you want, then ensure ALL framerates are restricted to the same ammount when converting (if you dont convert your footage before editing in FCP, god help you, i pity you). i tend to stick with 25 FPS as this seems to have no problems! i convert using quicktime pro, and always choose 25 FPS as the ramerate.

the issue with CODEC NOT FOUND, A COMPONENT MAY BE MISSING seems to come about when using JPEG images. i figured this out due to having several projects all the same settings that export fine, and one project with the same settings bringing up that error message. i realised the only difference was i was using a JPEG image as the background (its just an audio track with the album art as the video) which played back in FCP fine but would NOT EXPORT. and i tried everything. when i deleted the jpeg image out of the timeline, the video exported fine so i converted the image to TIFF and hey bingo presto shazam, it worked.

i tried everything people had said in this post, what i have written is the only thing that fixed it. hopefully my revelation will help someone else!