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Alternative Codecs
Hello All,
I am looking to hear about successful examples of
using various codecs other than the standard (NTSC/DV,
DVCProHD, etc.) to edit with in FCP.The goal is to have footage shot around around the
world on various formats (NTSC, PAL) to be encoded
ASAP and FTP’d back to the home office for editing. I
expect each “reel” of talking heads to be approx one
hour in length.Manageable file size and FCP stability (no rendering)
are of utmost importance. Quality is not secondary,
but final output is more concerned with audio over
picture.I am only interested in hearing about tried and true
methods. Thanks in advance.Sincerely,
zvi -
2 Replies
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[zvi4343] “Manageable file size and FCP stability (no rendering)
are of utmost importance.”Only the “standard” codecs are compatible with FCP’s realtime architecture. If you use anything other than those you mentioned, you will have to render everything.
If you want managable file size for SD, then DV25 or DV50 is probably best. For HD, then DVCPROHD.
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IMX30 is a much better alternative to DV with roughly the same size just a little bigger and almost visually lossless and still 4:2:2. About the same as DV50 but it’s 720×486 not 720×480. It was developed by Sony so it should have a good transfer for PAL/NTSC. Supported by FCP 5.1. We use IMX50 and love it, can’t tell the difference between it and ucompressed 8bit but a qtr of the size.
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