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[Shane Ross]

Use iTunes. Drop them in there…make sure the IMPORT preferences are set to AIFF…then highlight all of the clips and then in the ADVANCED menu, choose CONVERT TO AIFF.

Shane

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[Bob Flood]

Shane

Have you ever found a way to Really get the “organize into folders” shut off? I use itunes for music conversion a lot, and i hate having to go through all these “unknown artist, unkown album” folders that itunes makes even when you set the preferences not too.

One thing that has helped is to NOT search the internet for albums and title info. At least that way I only get one or 2 “unknown artist” folders

“I like video because its so fast!”

Bob Flood
Greer & Associates, Inc.

[David Bogie]

Should be able to batch in Compressor. it’s also possible to use a watch folder in Compressor. See page 227.

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

[Andy Mees]

open Compressor, press Cmd-3 to open the Settings window, select the Apple > Formats > Audio > AIFF 48:16 preset and then press the Save Selection as Droplet button (thats the middle of the three buttons in the upper left area of the Settings window pane … save it to the Desktop or somewhere equally accessible

now all you have to do is drag and drop your source files onto the droplet and they’ll be converted

[Kevin Monahan]

I would just use batch export in fcp.

Kevin Monahan
http://www.fcpworld.com
Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro

[Ben Scott]

Andy Mees
open Compressor, press Cmd-3 to open the Settings window, select the Apple > Formats > Audio > AIFF 48:16 preset and then press the Save Selection as Droplet button
you are right, this is the only way

once you get compressor and understand it
makes final cut pro work with any format
and you become liberated

if only more people would work this out and stop posting about things like why final cut pro cant play avi files and work like premiere

final cut pro and compressor are essential in my opinion, all the other apps are additional (and great as well, just not essential)

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[David Bogie]

[Ben Scott] “you are right, this is the only way

You mean a watch folder won’t work? Seems to work for me.

[Ben Scott] once you get compressor and understand it
makes final cut pro work with any format
and you become liberated “

that’s only your opinion. If compressor worked like a video application instead of rip off of cleaner, I’d be a lot happier. Screw “batches, just five me an interface I can understand.

The other point, “makes fcp work with any format” is misleading. One must first push one’s AVI through Compressor before FCP can use it and one must know exactly how to tell it what to do to maintain the quality of the original. It’s not easy. but it should be.

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

[Ben Scott]

hello david

that’s only your opinion
not really my only opinion, maybe my answer was a bit quick.

I agree with you watch folders, droplets, compressor batch jobs are all good idea and anything preparing formats that are not native to final cut pro are put through compressor

the more people actually read the manual for final cut pro the more they can understand how video works from an engineering level, and most importantly which formats are native

I have been working around avid systems past few months and compared to final cut pro they seem simpler for the editor (they only do one way)
however I could argue, Why so much transcoding on import and why such a difficult yet at the same time limited export options. In my opinion they seem slower to work with formats which arent Avid (e.g. not quicktime codecs) are transcoding and losing quality and can cause just as much confusion in the long run. Premiere just fudges the whole thing

It’s not easy. but it should be
Why should it be easy
To let final cut pro transcode on the timeline is silly and time consuming. Cleaner is one software of many
Compression is a complex subject

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