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Edit Final Cut Pro captured files in AVID?
A friend of mine digitized alot of files using Final Cut Pro 5, but want to edit the movie on his home AVID Xpress System. (he got a PC)
Is there some codec you can install on the PC so it can read the FCP codec?
On the FCP computer there is a AVID codec installed so the FCP can read AVID files, but in a worst case scenario we could set up a batch export of all the files (it’s like over 100 clips) to transcode them into the AVID codec, but I rather not do that if it’s possible to get the PC to support the FCP file format.
Any suggestions?
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6 Replies
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On the Avid just IMPORT the FCP Quicktime movies
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Keep in mind that the import will lose all original source timecode. You might want to consider exporting a batch log out of FCP, translate it via Avid Log Exhange and recapture.
Michael
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Timecode doesnt matter.
Does this require that you have QT installed, or does Avid by default support the FCP file format?
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If you can open the FCP files in MoviePlayer on the system that has the Xpress DV product, then Avid will be able to import it.
Michael
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FCP files Are Quicktime !
Just select import on the Avid and point to the Quicktime media
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Being QT does not guarantee you the ability to import them in to a PC Avid. You need to check the codec. Not all QT codecs are available in the PC – like DV50 and Apple’s uncompress.
Also, you may have to go through recompression in order to work with it.Usually, batch capture would be a better route – unless working with DV25 material.
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