from final cut to avid quicktime issues

[gkb444]

If this is already on here somewhere I apologize but for some reason when I search dvxuser I get an error so I am going to go ahead and risk asking a redundant question.

I received some sd quicktime files that were exported out of final cut and I am trying to bring them in to avid but when I import them I only have audio. If I play them in quicktime player I also only have audio. I assume this is a codec issue but I don't know much about final cut and where to find the codec I need. I was told the footage is uncompressed quicktime from final cut. Any suggestions would be great.

Oh, and they work fine in after effects.

Thanks,
Geoffrey K Boyd

 

[adkimery]

If you open the movie in QT player and view the item properties (command+i on the mac, not sure what it is on the PC) it should tell you want codec the file is using. Apple Uncompressed is standard a standard QT codec, AFAIK, so it's probably something FCP specific like ProRes. If it's ProRes you can download a read-only version of the codec.

It's odd that it works fine in AE though. Have you tried using AE to convert the files into an Avid codec?

 

[Shane Ross]

#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.