Well sort of....... It seems the Quicktime playback codecs that Avid places in the Quicktime components folder inside Quicktime are the problem. After a lot of testing this is what I've come up with, works for Quicktime 7.04 as well as 6.5.2.

First download a different version of the Avid playback codecs other than what 5.2.4 installs or that is in the AvidCodecsLE version that comes with 5.2.4:

I used this version for the test:

Avid Quicktime Codecs LE 1.01

http://www.avid.com/onlineSupport/supportcontent.asp?browse=&productID=0&contentID=7952

All you have to do is install these codecs and delete the ones installed when you installed Avid in the Quicktime components folder inside of Quicktime, by default these will go to your Windows/system32 folder. You can just leave them there, or copy and paste them into your Quicktime components folder overwriting the other ones.

I copied the originals that Avid 5.2.4 installed and placed them in a New folder so Quicktime would not see them and I could go back if I needed..

Now you should have smooth playback with either a Quicktime Ref file or a Quicktime MOV file using the Avid DV codec when exporting from Avid 5.2.4

As of yet I have not seen any problems replacing these playback codecs within Quicktime.

 

 

 

Good find

The current version of the Avid codec that installs with 5.2.4 is 1.1.0.6

The "replacement" is version 1.0.0.1

 

If someone could come up with a version that may be a little closer to the current version that would also provide smooth playback in Quicktime please post it. Thanks

 

One more thing, you DO NOT need to replace all the codecs just AvidAVdvCodec for smooth playback in Quicktime 7.04 or 6.5.2 (That's all I tested)

Absolutely brilliant! Replacing "AvidAVdvCodec.qtx" in Program Files\QuickTime\QTComponents does the trick. It doesn't seem to conflict with having the newest Avid Codecs LE installed elsewhere on the system.

I'll be keeping a copy of this file handy with each new release until either Avid or Apple solve the problem for good.

Thank you thank you thank you!
jd

wow!

did you get your salary from Avid yet?

I wonder if the same kind of solution would work for the 'QT export interlacing bug', that appeared in XPPRO 5.X and QT7...?
Has anyone noticed anything special with regards to this particular issue?
Thanx.

yes, you can export qtref without those lines.

Hello all,

has anyone noticed improvement to this issue after upgrading to AXP 5.2.7? Is the workaround still required for proper playback of quicktime?

And any news of quicktime 7.1 being supported yet?

Best regards,
Fred

Fred, have a look here: http://www.avid.com/exchange/forums/thread/104262.aspx

Okay, so I know I'm probably being thick here but I downloaded the AvidCodecs.zip file and extracted the files, opened up AvideCodecsLE.pkd, then contents, so where is the install file for the codecs?

The resources folder has several files like AvidCodecs.bom .pax .sizes but nothing that indicates an .exe file for installation?

Someone please give me a clue here - sorry I'm brain dead !!!!!

Does anybody have the original link? I think they existing link above is for the 1.20 codec.

I have loaded 1.20.0 into QT components folder (in which there were no existing codecs), temporarily deleted 1.1.0.6 from Sys32, QT files play fine with Avid 5.2.4 but whenever Avid is live there is still a lot of tearing on screen.
Any thoughts.

Hi - unfortunately the link to LE 1.01  codecs is now dead - i can only see 1.2.x.

Will this still work?

 

Maybe i'm being thick, but i am confused as to exactly what steps to take. If I install the 1.2.0 codecs, where does this install the files on my PC? do i then need to copy them into the QPcomponents folder?

someone please help???