DVCPro50 with WindowsXP ?

[David Roth weiss]

Jeff,

I believe Apple paid a high price to Panasonic specifically to make that easier for FCP users and more difficult for PC users.

DRW

[Luke Maslen]

Hi Jeff,

The following extract is taken from a support note named Which compressed codecs can I use with DeckLink cards?

Windows XP with Service Pack 2 also provides hardware support for capture and playback of DV50 and DV100 via Firewire. However Microsoft doesn’t supply the DV50 and DV100 codecs and they have to be purchased from a third party or bundled with a video application. This makes sharing DV50 and DV100 files more difficult as other Windows users may not have access to these codecs.

Premiere Pro supports DV50 capture and playback via Firewire but that won’t let you bring your QuickTime DV50 movies over to the PC and use them without transcoding to another codec.

What sofware were you hoping to use on the PC? It may be that someone reading this forum would know of a DV50 codec that can be purchased to work with that software.

Regards,

Luke Maslen
Blackmagic Design

[Jeff Brown]

Thanks for the info, Luke. I’m using Prem.Pro 2. I am aware of DV50 AVI codecs, but was hoping that there was a QuickTime solution, just for efficiency. Last time around, we used BM 8bit uncompressed QTime as the exchange format; I can do that again. I would use JPEG, except we’re shooting greenscreen. Which keys quite well shooting DV50 progressive, BTW.

-jeff

[Allan Tépper]

Main Concept sells what you are seeking. Look for it at https://www.mainconcept.com/site/?id=537

Allan T

[Jeff Brown]

I know about the MainConcept codec, thanks. What I want is a QuickTime solution for DVCPro50 on Windows.

-jeff