Codec issues when transfering from PC to MAC

[R. Hewitt]

Sounds like you need to export in Quicktime. It should be on your Avid already, if not it is available at low cost from Apple.

[Austin Ray]

the QuickTime-format is relatively. QuickTime isn

[Oliver Busch]

Hello there,

You can download the free avid software (means: no Avid hardware required) codecs from:
https://www.avid.com/onlineSupport/supportcontent.asp?browse=go&productID=0&contentID=3555
On Mac OSX, only the Meridien codecs are supported (no ABVB, no NuVista, no DNxHD)

Also, you get the codecs when you install Avid’s FreeDV. Here the Meridien and Avid DV codecs are installed.

A (more elegant?) way to get the stuff into AE could be the commercial AE import plugin from Automatic Duck:
https://www.automaticduck.com/products/piae/

Hope this helps, Oliver

[Austin Ray]

Any method to use no codec at all? No compression what so ever? I haven

[Oliver Busch]

hi again,

maybe you could export the timeline as an image sequence which will work fine in AE.
don’t know what image formats are supported on current versions of MC, though.

example (oooooold mac version):
https://avidfaq.anglepark.com/Export.html

Oliver

[Oliver Busch]

I’m referring to the “PICT sequence” feature in the dialog box shown in the link above (the article itself shows export to QuickTime).

Oliver