Philip Kalina1

Q: Videos and movies no longer recognized after AP 3.3.2 restore

I had to restore my entire hard disk due to corruption by Apple's iPhotoLibrary Upgrader utility. After a Time Machine restore (suggested by Apple Support), I realized that I did not backup the AP3 application. I got out my original AP3 install DVD, installed it, then upgraded it thru Software Update to vs 3.3.2.

 

After spending a day reconnecting my images to their references and updating the previews, I realized that my movie/video files are no longer playable in AP3.

 

The movie thumbnail appears distorted. Clicking on it opens the Viewer, but no movie appears. When I select 'Show in Finder' for a movie, the master file is correctly shown. The Master file is fine, it plays in Quicktime just fine.

 

I tried to reonnect the video files, but they have 'Online' status and the reconnection accomplishes nothing. I did note that when I go into the reconnect panel, I cannot see any movies in the bottom window, just jpegs and raw image files.

 

I took a new movie with my camera and tried to import it. Aperture does not see the movie on my flash card.

 

I tried opening my other libraries and observe the same behavior. So this problem is with the application and NOT the specific library.

 

I've also repaired permissions, and rebuilt the library, with no success.

 

The only thing I haven't tried is to reinstall AP3, which I just did yesterday. It just feels like my copy of AP3 doesn't have all the 'movie parts' included.

 

Any help or suggestions are appreciated. Thanks.

Aperture 3, OS X Mountain Lion, imac i7

Posted on Aug 11, 2012 10:34 AM

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  • by John Caradimas,

    John Caradimas John Caradimas Dec 15, 2012 3:47 AM in response to Philip Kalina1
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    Dec 15, 2012 3:47 AM in response to Philip Kalina1

    I have the same problem, which probably started after one of the latest upgrades of Aperture. All of a sudden I can not import any video files, either from the computer or from a memory card. Last video files I imported were last summer.

     

    My settings are the same, I haven't changed anything and I am sure my Import Settings are correct. I am not excluding any file types, I haven't selected the RAW+jpgs pair or anything, the only things I have in my Import Settings are the Metadatas and the Effects selection, but I tried removing them too and it didn't work. I have also checked the file permissions and they are the same as those of the existing video files which I have in my Aperture library, I have tried to repair the library etc, nothing. I have also tried importing .mov, .m4v video files or files directly from my Canon S90. Nothing.

     

    Any help will be greatly appreciated.

     

    iMac 24-inch, Early 2009, running OS X 10.8.2 (12C60) and Aperture 3.4.3.

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Dec 15, 2012 3:59 AM in response to John Caradimas
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    Dec 15, 2012 3:59 AM in response to John Caradimas

    I haven't selected the RAW+jpgs pair or anything,

    You need to select exactly "RAW+jpg" pairs, otherwise, Aperture will import only jpeg or raw, and a video file is neither of those. If that does not help, check your video codecs:

     

    Check, if you have the  codec 3ivxVideoCodec.component installed, see how to remove it, if necessary: Aperture 3: May be unresponsive or have slower performance with third-party video codec

     

    Also, try if removing the Flip4Mac video components will help, if you have them installed.

     

     

    Regards

    Léonie

  • by John Caradimas,

    John Caradimas John Caradimas Dec 15, 2012 4:57 AM in response to léonie
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    Dec 15, 2012 4:57 AM in response to léonie

    I did all of the above, delete anything related to Flip, the 3ivxcodec, the Perian. Nothing works, Aperture just refuses to see a video file, either from a newly formatted card (formatted in the camera) or from a directory on my disk. And I have selected Both (Use RAW as original) in the Import Settings (none of the other settings change the behavior either).

  • by Philip Kalina1,

    Philip Kalina1 Philip Kalina1 Dec 16, 2012 5:25 AM in response to John Caradimas
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    Dec 16, 2012 5:25 AM in response to John Caradimas

    You may want to check this out, since there is a solution posted:

     

    https://discussions.apple.com/message/19239420#19239420