Res Change Defaults to AVC-Intra

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jamski

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Got our 300 a few weeks ago. So far, we're happy with it.

But we did encounter a problem that I told my shooters to be aware of.

When you switch resolutions (from 1080 to 720 or vice versa), the camera defaults to AVC-Intra. If you're not careful, this could really bite you later if all you can edit is DVCPRO (like us).

This happened today in the field. Just got a call from the crew and they said they shot some stuff (not redoable) in AVC-Intra.

These clips aren't going to be edited by us (we're an Adobe CS3 house); we're giving them to the client, who is a Final Cut house. I hear I can buy a $500 plug-in to permit AVC-Intra editing in Premiere, but does Final Cut natively injest AVC-Intra material?

They switched the camera back to DVCPRO, but those early clips are stuck in AVC-Intra.

I think the camera should STAY at the codec it was prior to the resolution change. This is a serious flaw in the software, in my opinion.

Thanks.
 
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The current version of Final Cut Pro (7) does natively import and edit AVC-Intra footage, although it rewraps it as quicktime .movs.

Final Cut Pro 6 can ingest AVC-Intra as well, but converts it to ProRes on the way in. I believe you need the free FCP Import plugin from the Panasonic website for this version.
 
Are you sure that FCP 7, the newest version, is importing AVCINTRA natively?

I'm using the latest version of FCP too and if I'm importing the AVCINTRA files from my HPX301 the imported files are smaller than the original ones from the P2 Card!
Of course I'm talking about the Video/MXF file and not the whole Folder. The Codec informations of the imported files are 'ai12, Linear PCM, Timecode' -
I think this is what you mean with natively imported AVCINTRA, right? So why are the imported files smaller than the original ones?
 
I'm still on FCP6, but this is from the Apple website here:

Native AVC-Intra support
Final Cut Pro 7 makes it easy to work with the latest high-quality cameras from Panasonic. Native support for the AVC-Intra format means you can ingest footage directly into Final Cut Pro at high speeds — without transcoding. Work with real-time effects and edit with multiple streams, thanks to ultrafast decoding of both 50-Mbps and 100-Mbps formats.
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@ maxemanuel

i´m using also the new FCP but if i import AVCintra native, then the .mov file is a little bigger then the mxf on P2 and the codec is Apple AVC-intra, Integer(Little Endian), Timecode.

look at the preference for P2 in log and transfer if you use native.
 
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