HELP - XH A1 footage mpeg into FCP

[PaPa]

If someone knows how to fix this, i am badly in need of some help.

Basically, a feature was shot over the last 2 years and all of the footage was captured off of an XH A1 into Premiere Pro CS3 on PC. The footage is all Mpeg and now the machine that was being used to edit the feature is having problems loading the project containing over 40 hours of video ( 43 tapes ). Right now, we are opting to give the footage to someone who has the time to edit but both of the people who are volunteering have Macs. Thus, we need to find a way for FCP to open the mpeg footage by either downloading some type of codec that will permit FCP to open the files or convert them into a video type that FCP recognizes.

Out of those two options, what are our best options?

Thanks FCP users.

 

[Noel Evans]

Painful job with that much footage, but I'd go with mpeg streamclip.

 

[PaPa]

cool Noel,

with mpeg streamclip, what format would you recommend with it's settings?

 

[David Saraceno]

Pro Res 422 should work, but make certain you have plenty of drive space.

 

[PaPa]

how much does it enlarge the file type? As it stands, we currently have approximately 1 TB of footage from the mpeg HDV footage.

 

[Noel Evans]

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/04/18/a_closer_look_at_apples_new_prores_422_video_format.html

Check that link and compare how many minutes of footage you have to see what the outcome will be . That article refers to Prores HQ.

 

[LittleTreeMedia]

ProRes is right about 60 gigs per hour (give or take depending on frame size and fps). I would def go with ProRes as your format because it will be the same fps and frame size as the native footage.