FCP Quictime to Avid

guidedbygbv

guidedbygbv

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Got a bunch of Quicktime FCP files and need to get these suckers in the Avid. Is there something special I need to do?

Thanks
 
What codecs are the files in? Open them in Quicktime and hit Ctrl+I on a PC or Cmd+I on Mac and post what the Movie Inspector says. A lot of FCP codecs are proprietary and available only when you install FCP.

Michael
 
#48 - Cannot view DVCPRO HD or HDV or ProRes on my computer.

Shane's Stock Answer #48 - Cannot view DVCPRO HD, HDV or ProRes QT files on your computer.

The DVCPRO HD, HDV and ProRes codecs only comes with FCP. If your computer does not have FCP installed, it cannot view these quicktime files. It doesn't matter if it is a Mac or PC, without FCP installed, you cannot view these files.

If you need to view ProRes material, you can download the ProRes decoder (mac and windows compatible) for ProRes

http://support.apple.com/downloads/Apple_ProRes_QuickTime_Decoder_1_0_for_Windows.

http://support.apple.com/downloads/Apple_ProRes_QuickTime_Decoder_1_0_for_Mac

If your footage was captured as DVCRO HD you can buy the Calibrated DVCPRO HD decoder:

http://www.calibratedsoftware.com/QDVCProHD.asp

HDV, XDCAM? Calibrated has you covered too:

http://www.calibratedsoftware.com/QXD.asp

If you have MXF files from a P2 camera and you need to view the footage on a computer without FCP, you can download P2CMS from Panasonic:

http://www.panasonic.com/business/provideo/p2-hd/downloads-and-updates.asp

Or you need the other party to compress the footage into a format your computer can play, like H.264.

And Avid is Mac and PC based...as is Premiere. Premiere might use AVI, but Avid uses MXF and OMFI as media files...
 
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