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DVCPROHD codec
Someone over at the FCP groups asked an interesting question, is there a DVCPROHD codec, if so, where is it so someone working in After Effects can render to the common codec.
The answer he got was there is no available DVCPROHD codec. Wow, is this true?
The work around suggested over at the FCP group was to do a round trip through an Avid HD codec. Wow again.
Does Panasonic have no other option?
Thanks
Chris
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11 Replies
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DVCPROHD is a codec that you get as part of Final Cut Pro 4.5 and up. It is then available to any QuickTime compatible application- including AFX. No workarounds are needed. That being said, the Animation codec would be a better choice when working with AFX to preserve more image quality up to the final output.
Noah
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Of course there is a DVCPROHD codec! What nonsense. It is also known as DVCPRO100, perhaps that is what is confusing some.
Mitch
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Yes, and another name for it is DV100. It’s available on both platforms; on the Mac you get it as part of FCP-HD. On the PC, Avid freely distributes a “codec pack”, and one of the codecs it includes is DV100 (a.k.a. DVCPRO-HD). Avid’s codec is a Quicktime codec, not video-for-windows.
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He is talking about PC version of the Apple DVC Pro HD codec – which DOES NOT exist.
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“He is talking about PC version of the Apple DVC Pro HD codec – which DOES NOT exist.”
Not sure what you meant by that. There is indeed a DVCPROHD codec from Avid on the PC side. It does exist. So there… 🙂
Noah
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Noah – read my comments again. The one you quoted.
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I think the initial quest was for AVI codec, not QuickTime
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I don’t know of any publicly-released DVCPRO-HD .avi codec. Canopus and Pinnacle both have a DVCPRO-HD codec, but I don’t know if it works in .avi or not, or if it’s accessible to outside programs. Avid’s codec is freely distributable but works only within Quicktime-aware applications.
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“We have an After Effects guy working at the office on a PC. We are working with DVCPRO HD footage and I wanted to know if there is a DVCPRO HD codec for quicktime on a PC? “
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[MPE] “”We have an After Effects guy working at the office on a PC. We are working with DVCPRO HD footage and I wanted to know if there is a DVCPRO HD codec for quicktime on a PC? “”
Yes there is. You can get it for free from Avid, here:
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