DVCPRO codec for PC

[Stormrager]

You can usually find one out there.

I found one in this codec pack and it works really well.

https://www.free-codecs.com/download/ACE_Mega_CoDecS_Pack.htm

[Majorasshole]

if you are shooting with an hvx200 you can use Raylight to drag and drop the mxf files directly into Premiere Pro or you can convert them to avis that you can bring into AE and convert to any codec. Before Raylight added support for dragging MXF files into PP. I used to just convert them to uncompressed avi from the Raylight avis so I could share them more universally with people who don’t use Raylight.

[Kevin Camp]

yep, there are a lot of tools to convert the p2 (mxf) files, but i don’t know of any that convert the dvcprohd (100) codec to another wihtout first having the dvcprohd codec to read the files. i’m not sure that the codec pack has the dvcprohd codec, it does have the panasonic dv codec, but i don’t know how universal that is (if it will work on dvcprohd too).

you may need to get those files from fcp exported in another codec, lossless would be great, but a lossy codec like photojpeg should work pretty well too.

Kevin Camp
Designer – KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW

[Dan Sforza]

Thanks guys,
Ill let you know how it all works out. we exported the DVCPRO HD clip out of final cut pro with an animation codec. when I bring it into AFX/PC its so dark. I read there is a color shift going from DVC PRO-animation. Just curious. Thanks for your help!

[Robert Morris]

I’m having the same issue as we speak (type). Except mine is the opposite. I received files exported from FCP DVCPro50 codec on a MAC saved as Animation codec. They came into AE fine on a PC looking good. Then I render them from AE on my PC using Animation codec again. And when I compare the renders to the Quicktime Animation originals that were exported from FCP they look exact, 1:1. Then when the editor brings them back into FCP on a MAC, my renders are brighter than the original footage. I’m guessing this is a YUV to RGB shift because FCP works in YUV and AE works in RGB. But should the editor re-export from FCP after switching his project to RGB space for export? I thought I read somewhere that Avid uses must do the same thing when exporting footage for AE compositing. Thanks.

-Robert

[Dan Sforza]

here is a post I found from 2 yrs ago
It might answer some questions. BUt I still cant figure out the best workflow between AFX/PC and FC/mac/dvcpro hd footage.

https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_thread.cgi?forumid=8&postid=859360&univpostid=859345

https://dsforza.com/reel.html