Which versions of FCP work with P2?

benhuddleston

benhuddleston

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So, I'm sending my footage on 320 Gb hard drives to L.A., and the editors there are having a little trouble getting the footage into FCP easily. There are about 40 cards worth per drive. I asked them which version of FCP they had, and they said most of their computers are on "5.0"; I think that might be missing the end digit, but I'm not an editor....

Can anyone tell me which version works the best? Do they need to upgrade? Also, can you point me to the good threads or links on FCP workflow so I can send them those links?

Thanks!
 
5.0 supports standard-def (DV/DVCPRO/DVCPRO50) but not high-def from P2. If they're truly using 5.0, they cannot access high-def P2 files.

5.0.4 is the minimal version for working with high-def. 5.1.2 is the minimal version that anyone would actually want to use, and 5.1.4 is the current version.
 
5.1.4 works perfect for us. We didn't really have any issues, except for the fact that 5.1.2 started to read our files anamorphically in terms of pixel aspect ratio ( 960x720 instead of 1280x720). Once we figured out that all it was doing was interpreting our files differently without actually changing it, we just learned to ignore it and move on.

(still cant figure out why all of this changed. Still, the image itself didn't change, it was just the fact that Quicktime, Final Cut Studio and Mac OS were interpreting the aspect ratio differently.)
 
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