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Quicktime xdcam codec
I shot footage on a Sony ex3 ( 720 60p ) and all footage was imported with the xdcam codec, now my spot is ready and I need distribute a digital format to cross platform systems, what quicktime codec should I use so that all other editors can use the spot and possibly what settings?
Some people can open the xdcam quicktime in a mac but many get a blank screen and what should I do about Avid and Avid express on PC systems?
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Have the lesser gods install the free codecs available from Sony and you should be good.
Bouke
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I know all the editors should install the sony codecs, however I was wondering if there is a alternative output codec, AppProRes, codec h.264, uncompressed…so that cross platforms can be viewed i.e. AVID in PC.
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ProRes might work….but then everyone will need to also download the ProRes decoder from Apple. But that will work.
H.264 is NOT AN EDITING CODEC. Get that out of your mind now.
Uncompressed…HUGE files, and might not work on PCs.
Do a small test with ProRes, and have everyone download the decoders.
https://support.apple.com/downloads/Apple_ProRes_QuickTime_Decoder_1_0_for_Windows.
https://support.apple.com/downloads/Apple_ProRes_QuickTime_Decoder_1_0_for_Mac
Shane
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ProRes, XDCAM, even Uncompressed all require the end user to install something.
Easiest is Animation codec. Anyone with Quicktime can import or play that, and at full quality its essentially lossless. Then they can then convert to something else, if they so desire.
It does create a big file, but you said its only a spot, right? Should be fine.
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Thank you so much for your responses, unfortunately there are people in production that do not know how to download and install codecs, and are only confutable with tape and I can not get that HD signal to a Beta-SP so I will try animation and see how that turns out.
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Well, I tried animation however I get a 4.8 gig size file which won’t fit on a data dvd and that played choppy even on my system, so I don’t think that will work. Any other suggestions?
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[Alex Mongiello] “unfortunately there are people in production that do not know how to download and install codecs, and are only confutable with tape”
Time to move on and get other people then. When new technology comes along and people refuse to upgrade and learn how to deal with it…then it is time to find people that do. i have learned this the hard way…the only thing that happens is frustration and many hours of time trying to make their antiquated system work with the new formats.
People wanting to keep the status quo, and not move with technology tend to stagnate.
[Alex Mongiello] “and I can not get that HD signal to a Beta-S”
Get an HD capture card. But then why on EARTH would you want to take your HD source footage and put it on betaSP? That is 1990’s technology. People need to move into the 21st Century. It has been here for years.
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I’m with you on that, but there got to be a way to put in some type of quicktime that can be read with a PC, is ProRes on of them?
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It plays back choppy as it is not a real time codec. Avids can import it no problem, converting to whatever resolution they are working with on import. In FCP, you just render it in the timeline and it becomes the codec you are editing it. Don’t know about other edit systems, but pretty much everything can deal with Animation.
Put it on Dual Layer DVD or get some inexpensive flash drives.
If that doesn’t work for you, try Photo-JPEG. That is also playable by all systems with Quicktime. Its a lossy codec, but usually looks good
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[Alex Mongiello] “but there got to be a way to put in some type of quicktime that can be read with a PC, is ProRes on of them?”
Yes…but again, they will need to install the decoder. Give them the links. How hard is it to download a file, then double click on it to install it?
Shane
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