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AVI to FCP/Sony Vegas HELP?
I think I posted this in the wrong place because no one responded and there weren’t really any related posts here… so I’m posting it again here:
Hello.
I have been using Sony Vegas 7 to do my editing on a hobby basis. However, given that I want to start college soon and all the colleges I’ve researched used Final Cut Pro, as do most production companies, I want to start working/editing with it.
I have just ripped over 300 hours of TV Show Episodes in AVI format, however, – unbeknownst to me – Final Cut apparently cannot read these clips (given as they are imported with a red screen where the video should be. I dread having to go in and covert all of this media to mov or some other format and also storing it on my harddrive because I still have to rip 100 more hours of media and I also still want to work with Sony Vegas. Is there something I can install into Final Cut so that it can import and read AVI files successfully so that I can edit it?
If not, I can convert them, but I would like the best file type. And if possible, if I have to convert them, I’d like to convert them so that they can also work in Sony Vegas.
Thanks alot!
I have Final Cut Pro 6.0.5
And my Mac OS X is version 10.5.6
Processor: is a 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 1 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM -
2 Replies
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Chelsea,
Did you get any help on this?
I’m facing the exact same situation.
I’ll pass along what I find out.
Larry
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Chelsea,
As you’re learning fast, there are big differences in non linear editing systems, especially between Windows and Apple machines, and they often don’t play nicely together. This is a highly complex business, and professional editors get paid to do it because they spend years acquiring this type of knowledge.
In any case, there is no magic bullet. FCP works natively with Quicktime files (i.e. .mov files), not with AVI files. So, you have to make a choice, you can either transcode your AVI files to QT, or rip those DVDs to Quicktime files. MPEG Streamclip is a free downloadable app that will do both, or you can transcode using Compressor, which comes with FCS.
I hope this helps…
David
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
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