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DVCPRO50 Codec
A producer who shot DVCPRO50 tape and is editing on Final Cut, transferred some digitized video files from his hard drive to my hard drive.
When I plugged my drive into my system (Avid Xpress Pro DV, PC, Windows XP), my PC couldn’t read them. When I tried to import them into Avid, the audio came through fine, but the video was white.
My Mac could see and play the files fine.
Is there some way to import those files into my Avid?
Thanks,
Ken
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6 Replies
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The standard issue Quicktime DVCPRO 50 and 100 codecs are Mac Only.
Avid created their own to fill that gap.
Install the latest Avid Quicktime codecs on your Mac, then transcode your files to the Avid DV50 NTSC codec. You must select the Avid DV codec, then select options and change it to DV50 instead of DV25.
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John —
Excellent.
I’ll check it out.
Thanks,
Ken
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John —
A clarification. I need the DVCPRO50 codec on my PC, not my Mac. My Mac reads the files fine. It’s the Avid software on the PC that can’t read it.
So, do I want to install the latest Avid QuickTime codecs on my PC? If so, where do I find those? On the Avid site?
Thanks,
Ken
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You need to install the Avid codec on your mac, so you can re-encode the files to the Avid version of the DV50 codec…which is the only one readable on the PC. The regular one you captured to on the Mac will not work on a PC.
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John —
I came up with a workaround. I launched QuickTime Pro and exported the DVCPRO50 files out as unencoded QuickTime movie files. My PC was able to read those fine. Unfortunately, I’m not sure how much quality I lost in the process.
Out of curiosity, where do I get the lastest Avid codecs to install on my Mac? On the Avid site?
Thanks,
Ken
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