Working between Mac and Windows?

justmarvin

justmarvin

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I'm a windows user and hardly touch Macs... but i'm going to purchase a laptop in the future, and was thinking to go with a Mac so I could learn it, since it would be wise to familiarize myself with it since a lot of Video/Graphic businesses use Mac.

I do know that things don't transfer between the Mac and windows smoothly sometimes. Like I one time exported a .MOV file on a mac, burned it on a DVD, then tried to put it on my Windows PC...but the file isn't even visible on the DVD..so I had to track down some .MOV conversion software which I forget which it was. But I was wondering if there are any other surprises I should know about, and how you guys work around these.

I primarily edit on an Avid Xpress on my PC. But I want to learn Final Cut Pro on the Mac as well. What is a good workflow around Avid (Windows) and Final Cut Pro (Mac).. Is there a "Macintosh for Dummies" book by chance, lol.

JM
 
I know where you are coming from. .mov to .avi can be a pain. Personally, I try to avoid switching platforms, it just screws up my workflow.
 
If you install quicktime for windows you can read the mov file in quicktime, media player, or vlc on a PC.
 
Arson said:
If you install quicktime for windows you can read the mov file in quicktime, media player, or vlc on a PC.
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Maybe I did something wrong, I have QT pro, and it doesn't do that for me.

Once you go Mac, you don't go back! LOL Mac is easy to use if you know PC. Instead of control you use apple key, it's much safer to use the net.
 
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Arson, if you export a Quicktime file out of a Mac like footage from Final cut pro for example, it won't even be a visible file on the PC. You have to have some kind of software to convert it to be viewable to PC.

Anyone work between FCP mac and Avid windows?
 
This is just not true. I work with Mac folks even though I edit on Vegas. When I am doing that, I work with PNG or motion jpeg files Quicktime files. I can move uncompressed files back and forth with ease.

PC's have two limitations though. They cannot read Prores/AIC and to read Mac disks I need some software installed which I got. No problem.



justmarvin said:
Arson, if you export a Quicktime file out of a Mac like footage from Final cut pro for example, it won't even be a visible file on the PC. You have to have some kind of software to convert it to be viewable to PC.

Anyone work between FCP mac and Avid windows?
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"if you export a Quicktime file out of a Mac like footage from Final cut pro for example, it won't even be a visible file on the PC."

I am sitting at a desk with a Mac and a PC on it. I use MOV files between the two all the time and I have never had to run any "conversion" program.
 
I believe there is an issue if you import P2s into FCP. Those created QT files cannot be read by PC without a specific piece of Raylight software(not just raylight). I think DVFilm makes the only product to deal with this.
 
I had a video guy shoot some footage for me in the past and then he captured it in his FCP and exported it as a .mov file burned on a DVD.

The DVD appeared to be empty...no files or anything. And this wasn't a codec problem, it was just that it wasn't even a recognized file on the PC. I did some researching, and apparently the software that resolved this, if I recall correctly, was called Lillipot over here: http://www.qtbridge.com/lillipot/lillipot.html

Most Macintosh applications unfortunately create QuickTime files which are not compatible with Windows and not Web friendly (i.e. not recognized by the QuickTime plug-in).
To avoid this problem, the movie files must be ' Flattened', which means that the file resource is placed at the beginning of the file.
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I guess I assumed MOV files created on the Mac isn't too PC-friendly. This is not the case?

Marvin
 
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