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Apple Pro Res 422 codec wit Avid
I am editing an HD 1080i/60 project on an Avid Media Composer (v4.5 – Mojo) and the client is requesting a file using the Apple pro res 422 codec. I installed the codec (just the codec, not Final Cut Pro) and opened a Quicktime reference in Quicktime Pro. I figured I could just export the file using that codec, but it doesn’t appear as an output option.
How does anyone using an Avid create a file using this exclusively FCP codec? Do you have to install FCP and use that program to accomplish this feat? Is there a work around besides the one I tried? If anyone has any ideas, I would love to hear them.
Thanks!!!
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7 Replies
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Unless you have FCP installed on the system, you cannot ENCODE to ProRes. QT contains a decoder, but to encode…sorry, gotta have FCP installed.
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Thanks Shane. I was afraid of that. I appreciate your response!
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The good news is that since your client requested ProRes, he is probably using Final Cut Pro and has Compressor. He can download the Avid codec package and convert the file to ProRes if you give him an Avid DNxHD file.
Not the answer you wanted to hear, but since what he asked for is impossible (unless you are willing to buy FCP just to export a file), its the next best thing…and pretty painless.
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He can get the Avid codecs here: https://avid.custkb.com/avid/app/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=274627&Hilite=codecs
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Thanks for all your suggestions. Unfortunately the client is the Home Shopping Network which has ridiculous specs for video…either a digital file with the RS 422 codec or an XDCam disk. Nice options, huh? We’re gonna bite the bullet and buy FCP to get this job done. But I do appreciate everyone’s help!!
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That’s an idiotic spec. What, HSN has air servers that only work in ProRes? I call shenanigans.
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Sounds like a “least amount of work for us” delivery spec. Though I suspect if you’re delivering at that level, it couldn’t hurt to have an older Mac laying around with an older copy of FCP on it for just this kind of thing.
XDCam Disc is even more silly. XDCam Disk versus a harddrive with XDCam files would SAVE them a step. See if they’ll take that.
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