can anyone explain why this would be good??

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http://www.clipwrap.com/

it's discussed here:
http://www.vimeo.com/groups/gh1/forumthread:13569

It gives option to unwrap MTS. files but it makes it it's native H.264. While it might be less compressed so to speak, it's virtually uneditable in FCP - as Canon 5D users know as that's what codec that cam has and so transcoding to ProRes is needed-

so what would the advantage to this be? Is there an advantage? and is it really catering to Primier Pro, or Windows users or what>???

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It gives option to unwrap MTS. files but it makes it it's native H.264. While it might be less compressed so to speak, it's virtually uneditable in FCP - as Canon 5D users know as that's what codec that cam has and so transcoding to ProRes is needed-
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not very clear.

.mts and .mov and .mp4 are all containers.

you can put video and audio files in these containers, you can also put subtitles and chapter markers and other things depending on the containers, you can also put containers inside other containers.

now, some containers work better with programs and other might not work at all, sometimes it might be easier to work with an .mov or .mp4 file than an .mts file.

this program allows you to change the extension of the file(simple version explanation).

there are free software that can do that, there are software that can re-warp(change the extension), there are software that split and join files, all without re-encoding. there are also encoding type programs that encode files.

you can try a trial of this software, if you find it to be what you were looking for and user friendly to you, then get it.
 
if your talking in general, there are a lot of freeware program that can re-wrap files(not all programs can wrap all files). for example, virtual dub, mpeg streamclip with or without qt pro, avidemux. there are a number of freeware and not so expensive solutions, some of these solutions might not be very user friendly, so if you try the trial of that software in the first post and find it fast and easy to use, you should consider it.
 
Thanks Amr- I'm aware of these things though, I guess my question is relating to the thread that was started in a Vimeo GH-1 (link in my original post) group--where the OP was suggesting that somehow, this was advantageous to unwrap the video in it's native format as to protect the integrity of the original video image as much as possible as opposed to re-compressing it to PRO-RES (.MOV), or AIC, etc. to introduce more artifacts, etc.

read the thread here:

http://www.vimeo.com/groups/gh1/forumthread:13569
 
oh and I have downloaded the trial, and found it to be not useful b/c the GH-1's AVCHD codec is in H.264 which is not friendly in FCP
 
with all due respect, when talking about prores, prores is very good, as far as the image produced and the performance in final cut, there is a reason why people use propres, and it is a very good reason.

if people would go from film to prores, i don't see how you would think a highly compressed file full of problems and artifacts would suffer or how much it would suffer from prores. if you do color correct the footage, it will benefit from the new prores file more than the original, and it would be a breeze in editing.
 
Amr Rahmy said:
i use h.264 files in fcp 6 no problem.
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What is your setup? B/C I can't even get H.264 to playback in real time in a native timeline? Do you need a quad-core or octo or something?

I'm on a MBP 2.5GHz Intel Core Duo--w/ 4 GB RAM. is that not enough for H.264?
 
Amr Rahmy said:
there is a reason why people use propres, and it is a very good reason.
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I use it all the time Amr, I was just wondering if there was some better alternative like that which was being proposed in that vimeo thread. That's all- I have no problem with it.
 
i lowest i remember using 5d files on native timeline, 3ghz core 2 duo, 2gb ram, one drive, fcp 6, leapard.
with that hardware, i remember real time playback of one track, easy editing, but you cannot fast forward or rewind(jkl), or scrub too fast the footage(not as much or as fast as prores, where you can see what your scrubbing through).

also realtime in photoshop.

on a slightly faster machine(2 quad) with a small two sata drive raid fw800, works better but i kinda prefer prores.

at the end of the day if you start with h.264 and you choose not to cut on the key-frames, you have to re-encode the files anyway, if you choose to color correct the files you need to re-encode the files anyway.
it will happen, and if you choose to use prores with fcp, you will not regret it.
 
awesome find but sucks it doesn't support GH1 files - anyone know something that does, I'd love to try it out.
 
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