• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  P2 to ProRes Proxy – Cam A, Yes. Cam B & C, No?

  Posted by Ilya Osovets on March 5, 2012 at 10:23 pm

  While binning a project, I noticed that Camera’s B and C P2 files were transcoding to DVCPRO HD, even after I selected ProRes Proxy in the pull down.

  Camera A P2 files had no problem converting to Proxy.

  Any ideas what might be overwriting my setting?

  Shane Ross replied 14 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 4 Replies
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  Shane Ross

  March 5, 2012 at 10:33 pm

  DVCPRO HD P2 only comes in as DVCPRO HD. FCP doesn’t convert it to anything. It rewraps the MXF as QT. no transcoding. Only AVCINTRA P2 has the option for transcoding. Go into the Log and Transfer prefs and you’ll see that.

  So two of your cameras shoot DVCPRO HD, and the third shoots AVCINTRA

  Shane
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  Ilya Osovets

  March 5, 2012 at 10:42 pm

  Thanks for clarifying that. So are my options then converting the files outside of FCP to Proxy?

  I want to make sure I’ll be able to link back to the orignal HD QuickTimes.
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  Ilya Osovets

  March 5, 2012 at 10:49 pm

  Alright, Looks like a quick trip though Adobe Media Encoder to ProRes Proxy will be the way to go. Relinking to DVCPRO HD files seems to be good after a few tests.
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  Shane Ross

  March 5, 2012 at 11:01 pm

  Why do that? DVCPRO HD is very light. About as light as Proxy is, no?

  Shane
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