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    Calculating time converting MXF to QT

    Posted by Joy E reed on February 24, 2010 at 10:36 pm

    Hi, All,

    I know that copying a 15 GB P2 card over a firewire 800 connection should typically take about 9 minutes.

    Is there a simple formula for calculating the approximate amount of time it takes to then convert MXF files to Quicktime files?

    Thanks in advance for your collective expertise!

    Peace & respect,

    Joy E. Reed
    http://www.ohmyproductions.net

    Joy E reed replied 16 years, 2 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Shane Ross

    February 24, 2010 at 10:51 pm

    DVCPRO HD? 1GB per min. Basically just a copy with a re-wrap.
    AVCIntra? That’s different. That’s converting to ProRes. I don’t have a time for that.

    Shane

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  • Jeremy Garchow

    February 25, 2010 at 1:22 pm

    If using FCP7 you don’t have to go to ProRes bit rather wrap as AVC-I. Much quicker, similar to DVCPro HD.

    I don’t have times either as I typically edit the MXF natively with no log and transfer.

  • Joy E reed

    February 25, 2010 at 2:08 pm

    Hey, Shane,

    Good info! Many thanks. 🙂

    Peace & respect,

    Joy E. Reed
    http://www.ohmyproductions.net

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