Final Cut Express & DVCPRO 50 & HD

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NeverColdCall

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It's generally believed online and through Apple's own marketing that Final Cut Express is not compatible with DVCPRO50 and DVCPROHD. However, I have FCE 3.5 and it's mentioned in the manual in about 10 different places that it is compatible with those formats. (Earlier versions, however, are not).

I got my hands on some DVCPRO50 and DVCPROHD clips and imported them, and voila, they work perfectly and edit just as easily as a plain old DV clip, and I can also export sequences in DVCPRO formats.

My HVX will be here in a few days, so I'll try live capture from it and report back. If it works this will be great news, as FCE is only $299, and right now they have a promotion where it's only $99 with a new MacBook or MacBookPro.

Interestingly, I did a quick search on my Mac HD and found that it's had the codecs installed all along, even before I installed FCE.
 
Nope. The only thing that makes sense to me is this: I had downloaded the 30-day free trial of Shake a while back that may have installed the codecs. The 30 days expired but everything is still there, I just can't use the software anymore. So maybe this is a budget workaround for anyone looking to do DVCPRO50 or HD but doesn't have the cash for FCP right now??

$299 or $99 with a new laptop is a smokin' deal, just download the Shake trial and get the codecs with it!!
 
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