Best cross-platform codec?

[Hayzen]

Some Canon 5d M2 footage was shot this weekend. My co-worker and I need to use the same footage to edit our own separate projects but I will edit on a Mac and he'll edit on a PC.

From what I read, it's better to transcode the footage first so it'll be easier to do an online edit but to which codec? ProRes or DNxHD or ... ?

We need to conserve space so we cannot transcode to both.

If we choose ProRes, does that mean I'll have to trancode the files (using MPEG StreamClip) or can a PC transcode to ProRes as well?

And will ProRes footage edit with no problems in Premiere on a PC?

 

[Smifis]

IIRC, If you download the right codec, you can playback/edit ProRes but not encode to it.

PerroneFord is the know how guy though.

 

[Hayzen]

IIRC, If you download the right codec, you can playback/edit ProRes but not encode to it.

PerroneFord is the know how guy though.

Yep, he answer my post in another forum. This is what he said.

"DNxHD is your solution. But you have two problems to solve.

First, it's easiest if you purchase a program called MacDrive for the PC since it will allow you guys to have an external drive that can go back and forth seamlessly between platforms. It makes everything work perfectly. I've used it for years, and wouldn't be without it.

Second, ProRes can be read by the PC, but Apple has chosen to not let PCs encode to it. This means he could read the FCP files, but would have to give it back in a different codec.

DNxHD works as well as ProRes (ProRes is derived from DNxHD) it's free, both platforms can read and write to it, and it prevents the infamous gamma shift issues that occur with ProRes. In short, it's everything you want... and it costs zero. I've written about it many, many times, and use it for any cross-platform project I do. "

Thanks again, Perrone.