Exporting to Adobe Premiere from FCP

morten

morten

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I'm having massive problems with using certain .mov files exported from FCP in Adobe Premiere. So I'm reaching out to the FCP experts here to find out what I need to tell the people who provide me with content so their edits work on my computer as well.

They are obviously using some form of Mac native codec because the files in question won't play in any of my players (including QuickTime Pro, VLC, Premiere Pro CS3 etc etc ad nauseaum). QuickTime for instance says it's not a format it understands. I need these guys to export to some form of standardized codec and I need a walk through to point them to since I'm not on FCP myself.

anyone?

morten
*frustrated*
 
THE important factor is what was exported -- which codec.

Let us know and it will make a response far easier.
 
As far as I can tell the majority of the buggy footage comes from HDV cams of different varieties. problem is these files don't open at all and the people who make them don't really know what they're doing so I don't even know what codec they are using.

what I'm looking for is an easy way for them to set the export so that it is a standard format rather than some obscure or proprietary Mac codec.

morten
 
I had this very problem with a director I worked with. We shot DVCPRO hd. I didnt realise that PCs and premiere couldnt play or edit DVCPROhd (please correct me if Im wrong, it would save a lot of extra work) so I had to batch export everything into DV for him to offline and im Onlining in FCP.

If he just had a mac this wouldnt be a problem.

Grr.
 
PCs can edit and playback DVCProHD.

Its DVCProHD qts (from FCP) that they have an issue with but RayLight Pro Encoder sorts that out easily.

(If Apple was friendlier and less protective - no one would have these problems.)
 
I dont either but I had to install some 3rd Party Software to ensure that was the case.

Anyway I was just correcting the posters misconception "that Premiere and PCs can not play DVCProHD".

Premiere plays mxf (DVCProHD)natively and DVCProHD .movs with Raylight encoder
 
This might be the problem which is simple to cure it your so lucky. In the quicktime export they need to check two boxes that will create a new full movie copy of the timelines in and out points.

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If they don't check these windows FCP will only make a reference movie that will only play on the machine that the footage exists on.

I hope this helps and good luck.
 
Shooter said:
PCs can edit and playback DVCProHD.

Its DVCProHD qts (from FCP) that they have an issue with but RayLight Pro Encoder sorts that out easily.

(If Apple was friendlier and less protective - no one would have these problems.)
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The issue of native support on PCs for DVCProHD isn't Apple's responsibility at all. That codec, I believe, has to be licensed.

Not certain what you are saying.

For example, while Premiere can import MXF files directly on a Mac, it supplies no DVCProHD codecs that can be used by 3rd party apps, such as the QT Pro Player.
 
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