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DPS to FCP
Hello all:
I was wondering if anyone had any insight to using/converting Velocity DPS/DVA files in Final Cut Pro.
We have been using Velocity for about 7 years now, but have decided to switch platforms to FCP. Unfortunately, we also have about 30 years of archive footage that is till relevant for a variety of projects. (5TB worth, SD).
Are there any solutions for getting the .dva/.dps files into FCP without converting them all to a usable QT format for FCP? Failing that, will FCP read a Velocity .brt file for recapture?
Finally, failing that, is there software available that will convert the .dva/.dps files to an acceptable FCP standard that works in a batch form?
I really do not want to have to a.) render every clip into a suitable QT format or b.) re-log and capture the necessary clips.
Thanks!
– Nick Pope
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FCP is quicktime based so you will need both a qt wrapper and an edit friendly codec. A proprietary codec and wrapper will need to be converted but I don’t know what Velocity files actual are so there may be a way to rewrap. It is highly unlikely that they can work native in FCP.
As for reading sequence/ project files XML translation is likely if the Velocity can export in a compatible XML or there may be 3rd part software to translate. Again I have not heard of it but I have never needed to look.
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I’m doing the same thing, and rendering files to quicktime (which on Velocity stinks) is not an option.
You can export the timeline as an EDL. The recapture if need be.
You could play out the timeline using Soft DV (or the DV option if you have it) and recapture in Final Cut.
I have made large WMV movies of the edits.
I also exported AAF, which I believe you can open in final cut (haven’t tried it yet) and then recapture if need be????
there is an OMF option as well, although I’ve never had that much luck with it.
Finally the Virtual AVI option in Velocity for rendered files may be a possibility.
Steven Gladstone
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Automatic Duck have an AAF translator to FCP but it would need a test to see if it were fully timeline compatible. It is designed to transfer sequences from AVID so FX and plugins may not translate but it should be better than an EDL
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[Nick Pope] “I was wondering if anyone had any insight to using/converting Velocity DPS/DVA files in Final Cut Pro. “
Telestream’s Episode can do this.
gary adcock
Studio37
HD & Film Consultation
Post and Production Workflows for the Digitally Inclined
Chicago, ILhttps://library.creativecow.net/articles/adcock_gary/AJAIOHD.php
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Nick,sorry I think I mis-understood your post at first.
If it just getting the finished files, and not the timelines:
1. Virtual AVI (I think I’ve mentioned that) there were two versions I think Version 15 and version 16. If I recall Version 15 needed the hardware, and version 16did not, but required something else. These work as frame buffers (again from memory) so you need to render the files in whatever application imports them. ALSO remember the .DVA is converted to an .AVI, but the .AVI only points to the DPS file, so you still need the DPS file.
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you can Check out IVSedits, it has a batch converter software for converting into .dps/.dvs – I think it will work the other way, but I’m not sure, and I know they were working on getting better Quicktime quality (as they are PC based.) Roberto Castellano is the guy to ask – do a search for IVSEdits.3. Digital Fusion can probably convert for you to quicktime (apparently very good quality), although I’m not sure it converts the audio.
Hope this helps.
Steven Gladstone
https://www.gladstonefilms.com
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