AMA Linked Vertical Video from iPhone

[Pam Wise]

Hi Michael!

How can I get a 3 minute video from my iphone 6 into MC 8.0.3 in the best resolution to edit and export to QT?

Thank you SO much if you will take a minute to answer.

All the best,

Pam Wise, ACE (it’s been ages! I hope you’re well and happy.)

[Michael Phillips]

Hi Pam!

Assuming it is shot landscape (16:9) and portrait (9:16), you should be able to AMA link directly to the file for playback in Media Composer. I did a quick test last night with iPhone 5s, and the file was 1920 x 1080 @ 29.98fps… So your best quality quality wise is to create a 1080p/29.97 project which should match the frame rate and progressive nature of the file. If you were on 8.3, you would have the additional assurance of setting the source setting on the file to match project (frame for frame) making sure it stays at 29.97.

Once linked, you can transcode to ProRes internally within Avid. Anything but ProRes LT should be fine and then do an export QT “same as source”. And voila!

If all you want to do is create a .mov with a different codec, then tools like MPEG Streamclip and such will do the same thing.

Hope you’re well too! I am doing great!

Michael

[Margot Persson]

Hello Michael et al.,

I’m glad to discover this post, as I’m currently dealing with a similar issue.

Unfortunately, I’m coming up short at the solution — what is MoviPlayer, and how can I find it? Preliminary searches online haven’t turned up anything recognizable.

Any clarification would be much appreciated!

Thank you,
Margot

[Michael Phillips]

I mean the QuickTime Player – and it is best to use QuickTime 7 player. Once the .mov file is open, then you can do to the track properties to set it as seen here:

Michael

[Michael Phillips]

And the Installer can be found here:
https://support.apple.com/kb/DL923?locale=en_US

Michael

[Margot Persson]

Aha — thank you, Michael! Much appreciated.

Margot