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Best Quicktime settings for file to import into Avid?
We have some folks who want to send us footage via the Internet on a regular basis. They have already tried sending us WMV files, but it turns out our Avids don’t drink in that flavor.
I guess the next thing to try is having them create Quicktimes. However, I need to let them know what settings will work well with Avids when importing.
Do any of you have any experience with importing Quicktimes into your Avids, and if so, what settings do you find work well? The WMVs we were downloading were about 5 to 15 megs for 20 seconds of video, so we’re looking for Quicktime settings which produce files no larger than that, and preferably smaller with reasonable good quality.
Thanks
Pat Furrie
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I import quicktimes quite often, almost exclusively using the Avid Meridien codec. I don’t know what kind of Avid system you are using, but each one has an Avid codec associated with it. Whomever is sending you these quicktimes needs to download the quicktime codec from the avid site, install it into the program they are exporting from, and deliver the quicktimes using that codec. You can alter the quality of the video/audio to conform to your size requirements.
Cheers
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Check over in the After Effects forum. I just reposted the link to the Meridien Codecs on the AVID site a week or so ago. A search on “Meridien”, or “AVID”, or “repost” should get you there.
Joe Bourke
Art Director / WMUR-TV -
To save you some time and searching, here’s my post from the AE forum:
A week or so ago I sent a post about getting the alpha channel to work with an OMF file. Apparently no one has run across the issue, but there’s a much simpler solution, which I found on the AVID tech site. It’s the AVID Meridien codecs. I had been sending numbered targa files, Motion-JPEG-A, and every flavor under the sun to our AVID editor, and nothing worked; there was always field hash, or frame stutter, or something to make the file unusable. And since our editor edits in 2:1, a 1:1 file, which worked on import, would not mix on the timeline (older 9000 box).
I had tried many times to get my hands on the codec from AVID, but, even with a login, had been unable to download it. Well, my problem is solved, and, I hope, yours. Here’s the link to the AVID tech support website, with the Windows and Mac Meridien codecs:
https://www.avid.com/onlinesupport/supportcontent.asp?productID=10&contentID=3555&typeID=
I hope it helps someone. I am now able to render to the Meridien 2:1 codec, and our editor drops it right into the timeline, with no render, stutter, or any other problem, and, since it’s a Quicktime codec, I can send embedded alpha channels. Life is good!
Joe Bourke
Art Director / WMUR-TV
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