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Dumb Codec Question: EX1 QT to Windows CS5
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Have interviews to edit in Premiere Pro CS5 for Windows that were shot on a Sony EX1. Unfortunately during the shoot, they were offloaded in Final Cut Pro and re-wrapped as EX1 QuickTime files — which simply will not work in Windows QuickTime, CS5, Sony ClipBrowser or any other Windows media program.
This project is a non-profit freebie and I’ve tried every suggested free solution w/ no luck. The only answer seems to be to use FCP to open the files and then export them to something windows friendly.
MY CODEC QUESTION: A friend with Final Cut Pro is willing to transcode all the files, but WHAT CODEC should they transcode it too?
Want to retain quality, but don’t have the hardware muscle to work uncompressed. Need to have a “master” of these files that I can edit for DVD-based output — but also need give the organization clips for someone to excerpt and post on their website using windows movie maker. (Which I can do myself once I get the “master footage” into CS5.)
Thanks again for your help. If there was a budget to solve this, I wouldn’t be pretending to be an editor…
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Actually, ProRes ought to work. Just go ProRes LT. Do one clip. I think you might have to buy QuickTime pro on Windows. Premiere Pro handles it just fine.
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Apple does make a ProRes converter (export only) which ought to work.
You really ought to speak to whoever did this to you. What they were doing was not helpful, and they need to know that.
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