Cannot load MOV files in Sonar X1.
Below is a link to a Codec Pack that many of our users have used to successfully import videos into SONAR:
http://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm
In addition, you should download WinFF which is an outstanding free video conversion tool. http://winff.org/html_new/downloads.html
SONAR works best with AVI files. Converting your file to a standard AVI using the “MS Compatible” preset in WinFF should make it compatible with SONAR.
SONAR’s movie importing capabilities are based on Direct X, which only allows Standard Quicktime movies to be imported. You can open your movie in Quicktime and look at the Properties | then the Format of the Video and Sound Track. If there are any odd compression codecs like H.263 or other streaming formats, then SONAR may not be able to read it. Your best bet would be to Export the movie from Quicktime Pro as an AVI file or use WinFF to do this.
When Exporting from SONAR, make sure you click “Encoding Options” in the Export window and choose “No Compression”. This should retain the video’s original codec.
The following video compression codecs have been found to be compatible. Different codecs provide varying degrees of compression performance:
MJPEG Compressor
DV Video Encoder
Indeo Video 5.04
Intel I.263
Cinepak Codec by Radius
Microsoft Video 1
Microsoft RLE
These codecs have been found not to work:
H.261
H.263
Intel 4:2:0 Video V2.50
MSScreen 9 encoder
MSScreen encoder
WMVideo Encoder DMO
WM9Video Encoder DMO
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