<p>The go-to tool of my choice is <a href="http://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo/Download" rel="nofollow">MediaInfo</a>. It's multi plattform, open-source and can analyze a big deal of formats out there, including QuickTime. So far I barley found an unsupported format. You'll get a lot of very usefull information for debugging format issues from this tool.</p>

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2014-05-26T20:02:50.240Z
2014-05-26T20:02:50.240Z
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<p>How can I examine a QuickTime file: is there a standard utility?  Or passable third party utilities?</p>

<p>I'd like to be able to try to debug these problems myself before resorting to "randomly install all the codecs you can find."</p>

<p>I use Adobe Premiere (I'm on 5) and using OSX 10.8.5 .</p>

<p>Example:
I'm having a problem similar to the (unanswered) one in <a href="https://video.stackexchange.com/questions/8189/cant-import-some-mov-files-into-adobe-premiere-it-says-codec-missing-or-unav">Can't import some .mov files into Adobe Premiere, it says “Codec missing or unavailable”</a>:</p>

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  <p>Adobe Premiere 5 says "codec missing or unavailable" when trying to
  import a .mov file… but the .mov file plays fine in Quicktime.</p>
</blockquote>

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2014-05-27T14:45:00.053Z
UPDATE: the root cause of this is the file was generated by Final Cut Pro, which wrote it with a Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC) - specifically "hdv2"
MonkeyWidget
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How can I examine Quicktime file internals?
MonkeyWidget
# How can I examine Quicktime file internals?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-05-26)

How can I examine a QuickTime file: is there a standard utility? Or passable third party utilities?

I'd like to be able to try to debug these problems myself before resorting to "randomly install all the codecs you can find."

I use Adobe Premiere (I'm on 5) and using OSX 10.8.5 .

Example:
I'm having a problem similar to the (unanswered) one in [Can't import some .mov files into Adobe Premiere, it says “Codec missing or unavailable”](https://video.stackexchange.com/questions/8189/cant-import-some-mov-files-into-adobe-premiere-it-says-codec-missing-or-unav):

> Adobe Premiere 5 says "codec missing or unavailable" when trying to
> import a .mov file… but the .mov file plays fine in Quicktime.

**Tags:** codec, quicktime

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: UPDATE: the root cause of this is the file was generated by Final Cut Pro, which wrote it with a Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC) - specifically "hdv2"  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-05-26. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

The go-to tool of my choice is [MediaInfo](http://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo/Download). It's multi plattform, open-source and can analyze a big deal of formats out there, including QuickTime. So far I barley found an unsupported format. You'll get a lot of very usefull information for debugging format issues from this tool.


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