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AVI M-JPEG vs. .MOV H264
I am transferring Super 8 film to digital for use on an Avid MC system running on a MacBook Pro. MC v3.1.3 on Mac OS v10.4.11
My choices of file types are AVI M-JPEG or .MOV H264
I talked to 2 technical support people at AVID…
One said absolutely the AVI (“.MOV not supported”)… and of course, the other told me .MOV (“AVI not supported”)
Makes me crazy when companies make proprietary technology and then don’t even know what it is compatible with.
Anyone have any advice as to which file type is compatible with AVID(if either)? (for the record, I will also get the material on miniDV, but for this and future film transfers, I would really like digital files).
Thanks for the advice.
Nick
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3 Replies
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Well, Quicktime is the native format for Avid, so I’m not sure where that piece of advice came from…
If the .avi plays on your Mac, your Avid should import it.
I’d go with the H.264 Quicktime…
Jon
Be curious, not judgmental.
Walt Whitman -
You can use Quicktime with DV or DVCpro codec, your original footage is super8. Any particualr reason to use h264?
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These are the formats and codecs available through the transfer facility, Film Rescue International.
Nick
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