• Avid Media Composer

  Exporting To File On AVID MC5

  Posted by Eddie Gonzalez on June 20, 2011 at 6:15 pm

  Two specific questions (see bottom for more info).

  Question 1) When I export to a file, which of the following options do you recommend that I select from the pull down menu in Avid MC5 ?

  * Fast-Export Quick Time NTSC
  * Make New – Quick Time Reference
  * Quick Time Reference
  * Quick Time Reference DV Codec
  * Send To QT Movie
  * Sorenson Squeeze
  * Untitled
  * Windows Image NTSC

  Question 2)
  After I make the above selection, I then click on Options which opens another window with more options, so then which of these options should I select from the following pull down menu?

  >> “Export As”
  * Quick Time Reference
  * HDV
  * DV Stream
  * Quick Time Movie
  * AVI
  * Windows Media
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  As a newbie I have myriad questions, but for now I only need help with the above two questions. The resulting file will be 720P 59.94fps and of High Def broadcast quality so that I can send it to any media buyer that will then put it on HDCAM-SR or D5 for sending tapes (or the file) to various HD networks for airing.

  Jeff Greenberg replied 14 years, 10 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Brendan Maghran

  June 20, 2011 at 7:59 pm

  What is your editing codec? What is the final codec/file format you’re going for?

  If you’re just exporting for DNxHD…

  1. Send to QT movie
  2. Export as Quicktime movie or same as source (if you cut DNx)
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  Eddie Gonzalez

  June 20, 2011 at 8:40 pm

  Brendan, thank you. I didn’t know whether or not i’d get a response to my questions so I called up a media buyer and they answered my questions on the phone. You’re correct Brendan. He said exactly the answer you gave me.

  Send to QT Movie
  & then
  Quick Time Movie

  They’re even more flexible than that too because they will convert the file to whatever the networks need. But my thought was to send them a file that they don’t need to convert. I wanted them to have to do as little manipulating as possible.
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  Jeff Greenberg

  June 27, 2011 at 1:42 pm

  Call then back and ask them what would be most helpful.

  Export to Squeeze (which is a QuickTime ref file) and then compress it into exactly what they need.

  Best,

  Jeff G

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