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OT: Needing to transfer video from Mac to PC
I know this is not the right forum but due to the traffic volume I thought I would ask here.
Last month I did a wedding video for some relatives of mine. There were three camera people there, all cameras were different. I used a Blackmagic Cinema Camera to record the entire event and my brother-n-law is going to edit the video. The entire event lasted around 30 minutes and I trimmed out some fat (nothing going on for the first few minutes) followed by some basic color correction (technical grade). I purchased a portable USB hard drive.
With all that said above a couple of questions, so any help is greatly appreciated. Just not sarcasm, please.
What should I format the drive as?
I want to be sure that I can write from the Mac and playback on my PC laptop. Using the most current version of OS X and running Windows 10 on laptop. I think my bro-n-law is using Windows 7, might be an earlier version. Apologies for the long post over a quick question but wanted to make sure I am giving out the correct information. Thanks in advance!
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If you need both PC and Mac folk to read it, format the drive as FAT 32.
The bigger question is what formats the other attendees shot on if somebody is going to try to assemble a cohesive set of files that everyone can play.
Good luck.
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I use ex-FAT to format flash drives to swap between workstations.
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One camera was a Go Pro and the other was a Canon. I shot in ProRes 422 and rendered it as such out of Resolve. The file size is around 20 G if that makes a difference. Not sure what file size limit FAT 32 can handle but going to give it a whirl. Thank you!
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If it works carry on.
Tho I’m not sure why you involved Resolve.
FCP X can ingest both GoPro’s Cineform and typical Canon MXF wrapped footage natively and do the ProRes transcode right inside the program. It’s simple and pretty automatic.
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Thank you, going to try that one first. I was impressed by how Resolve played back the footage. For the most part realtime though it kind of stuttered in places.
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That is true, just wanted to do a quick technical grade and wanted to see how playback worked in the new version. Impressed so far but it still needs tweaking.
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Fat 32 has a max file size limit of 4GB which can bring some pain with it when working with large files . Try formatting Ex fat ….
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Why does this remind me of the old “when the tool you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a nail” meme?
I fully understand the lure of Resolve for grading, but it sounds like what you’re trying to do is basically not much farther than what an accurate LUT will provide and TOTALLY within the wheelhouse of the quick and easy X color board. Which means you have a single program that can do ingest, the multi-format transcode and a simple and direct base grade all in one place.
I get if you just want to play in or learn Resolve – but I find it a bit silly to use two programs where one program will get the job done just as well.
But it’s totally your call. And as long as you get the results you want – go for it.
(Oh, do be a bit careful of the color space issues if you ever do decide to work in Resolve with original non-ProRes files. The 2.2 vs 2.4 gamma shift stuff can snap at you. Good luck)
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Mark,
I’ve heard tales of folks having programs with exFat and Windows 7.
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You can also purchase an add-on for Macs that lets you write NTFS, which is probably preferred for PCs. I’ve had some issues with Ex-FAT not reading. Or your bro-in-law could buy Mac Drive to read Mac-formatted drives.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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