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DVCPRO HD codec
Does anybody know where I can download the Panasonic DVCPRO HD (1080i60) codec without buying an entire editing system? (I’m a PC user.) All the usual codec places just don’t have it, and there is no way to do it on the Panasonic website. All I know is that it comes with Final Cut Pro HD, but there seems to be no other way of getting it. All I need to do is view files, not encode them.
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6 Replies
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You can try loading the blackmagic drivers. That might work.
Blackmagic website -> Support -> Blackmagic Drives for FCP 5.0
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FCP installs the DVCPROHD codec.
You should see if you can get them exported as blackmagic codec
files though. Then view them with the free blackmagic codecs.that would work.
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But how can I get them exported if I can’t read them with any software? Also, will this codec even work on a PC if I manage to get a hold of it?
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What drivers? Am I missing something? I don’t know what you’re talking about. Drivers for what and what do they have to do with the codec?
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Have the person that supplied the footage re-export the clips
as blackmagic .mov files. You will not be able to read them as DVDPROHD files.get the free codec here:
https://www.blackmagic-design.com/support/software/
There is no other way for you to read DVCPRO-HD
on a pc that I am aware of. So the person that GAVE you the
footage needs to convert it for you. -
I appreciate the advice. Unfortunately, I can’t do that. I exported the files myself, working on a movie, but I’m not on good terms with the director. Can’t go back there. Too proud. That’s ok. I’ll just wait till I work at a place that has FCP HD and ask if I could do it there. Gotta happen at some point.
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