FS700 AVCHD to PRORES 444 : how to ?
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Have you tried this application > http://www.appleproresconverter.com/product.html
If you were on Windows, I know of a free application that should be able to do it.
If you were on Windows, I know of a free application that should be able to do it.
Colinelves
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5DtoRGB does 444
I'm on a Mac. I've never tried this but i'm afraid a bit when reading words "Deinterlace and reduce image noise to keep better quality." I like all manual adjustments but I will give it a try before I make early judgements 
I'll try 5DtoRGB as well as I've just read a lot a good reviews about this software. Thanks
I'll try 5DtoRGB as well as I've just read a lot a good reviews about this software. Thanks
starcentral
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Have you considered Davinci Resolve Lite? It's free and the free version lets you output a maximum in HD resolution.
I wrote a guide on how to use it to transcode footage for the F55 but it will work for any source footage. http://www.hingsberg.com/index.php/2013/08/xavc-transcoding-with-davinci-resolve/
On your output delivery screen you can chose ProRes 444 if you like, or even DPX, EXR, etc...
Lots of parameters you will probably enjoy.
I wrote a guide on how to use it to transcode footage for the F55 but it will work for any source footage. http://www.hingsberg.com/index.php/2013/08/xavc-transcoding-with-davinci-resolve/
On your output delivery screen you can chose ProRes 444 if you like, or even DPX, EXR, etc...
Lots of parameters you will probably enjoy.
Essami
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Resolve does not read MTS files from the FS700.
starcentral
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I thought the new version 10 was going to resolve this, hm that sucks.
Essami
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Resolve is really picky about what it can read. Audio needs to be 48KHz and to my understanding there's absolutely no way to get the MTS files rewrapped so they'd be readable by Resolve 10. You need to render to another format which is timeconsuming and takes up loads of harddrive space on large projects.
Ok thanks everyone for the tips.
I've just had time to do a quick test transcoding MTS files to Prores 4444 and the least I can say is that there's a visible difference with 422 HQ coming from clip wrap. No need to do 200% to see it, just full screen on a 27 inch iMac in HD rez. Very low freqs shows smoother gradients/less blocks.
I'll post some screen grabs tomorow
I've just had time to do a quick test transcoding MTS files to Prores 4444 and the least I can say is that there's a visible difference with 422 HQ coming from clip wrap. No need to do 200% to see it, just full screen on a 27 inch iMac in HD rez. Very low freqs shows smoother gradients/less blocks.
I'll post some screen grabs tomorow
rejdmast
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I've rewrapped .MTS files with this:
http://hdcinematics.com/tools/AWProClient.html
Works fine except the TC doesn't come across.
Essami
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Darn, I just switched to Mac a few weeks ago. Anything around for Mac users?
Clermond
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ClipWrap - but not directly to 4444. You can re-wrap your mts into a mov container and import this .mov file as optimized media in FCP X to ProRes 4444 if you really want that.
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Essami
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I tried ClipWrap but Resolve didnt recognize the files... I work on Premiere Pro CC.
Clermond
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Resolve does probably not recognize the re-wrapped files because they are still H264.
Adobe Media Encoder can read them, transcode and export them to what ever codec you want.
I don't edit with PP too often but normally I do editing first then export xml plus render files
and import them to Resolve. That's why it's called POSTproduction ;-)
hth
Adobe Media Encoder can read them, transcode and export them to what ever codec you want.
I don't edit with PP too often but normally I do editing first then export xml plus render files
and import them to Resolve. That's why it's called POSTproduction ;-)
hth
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paulcurtis
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There's a prores clone on windows called cinec, it's free but fairly unsupported. I did a lot of side by side tests going from DNxHD to various other mezzanine codecs and found that ProRes 4444 via this app produced better results visually. Quite odd really because there should be no benefit going to 4:2:2 to 4:4:4 but there was a subtle difference, so i don't know whether there was some interpolation going on in the conversion.
This reminded me i was going to have a closer look when i had time.
cheers
Paul
This reminded me i was going to have a closer look when i had time.
cheers
Paul
Both cinec and AWProClient use the same command line tool to convert to prores, it is called ffmbc. It supports a bunch of other codecs and containers as well.