DVCProHD on Premier CS3

[Vince Becquiot]

Are you on a Mac ?

The first update to CS3 brought DVC Pro HD support (from P2); You’ll know it’s there when the presets show up in your project options.

So, make sure you update first if it’s a new install.

Vince Becquiot
Director | Editor

Kaptis Studios
San Francisco – Bay Area

[David Keslick]

You may want to check out DVfilm decoder. It enables your PC to open dvcprohd .mov files. If you also need to render out to dvcprohd than DVfilm encoder pro does both.

Hope this helps,
Dave

[Adam Mercado]

I am on a Mac, i just checked for updates and lo and behold, every CS3 app had some kind of update. Not sure why Updater had not notified me of this. Crazy.

Thanks much for the tip!
mm66

Adam Mercado
Influxx Media Production
Motion Graphics & Video Post Production
Fullerton, CA

[Adam Mercado]

Great tip thanks David
will check it out

-Adam

Adam Mercado
Influxx Media Production
Motion Graphics & Video Post Production
Fullerton, CA

[Adam Mercado]

So I updated Premier to 3.2 and the presets for DVCPro are there. Great.

However I cannot preview clips in QuickTime, the DVCPro codec is not installed to the system library. I take it the codec is built into Premier somehow. Is there no way to get the DVCPro codec into the system? I guess I would need to import footage and transcode to P-JPEG for preview which seems like a bit of a pain.

cheers
mm66

Adam Mercado
Influxx Media Production
Motion Graphics & Video Post Production
Fullerton, CA

[Vince Becquiot]

Are these native P2 files ?

If so, you can download the P2 viewer from Panasonic. Make sure you follow the instructions, installing the driver first.

Vince Becquiot
Director | Editor

Kaptis Studios
San Francisco – Bay Area

[Adam Mercado]

No, i believe this footage is pre-P2 era. It maybe possibly transcoded from another hardware system

thanks for the P2 player link though.

adam

Adam Mercado
Influxx Media Production
Motion Graphics & Video Post Production
Fullerton, CA