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export to avid meridian with fcp 5.1.4
Hi there,
A client came to me with a couple of .mov’s in DVCPRO HD at a resolution of 1248×702. They imported fine into FCP 5.1.4, but then we had to export them for the editor who is on an Avid. The problem is, that when I try to do a quicktime conversion to the avid meridian uncompressed codec, it gives me an error that states “File Error: Unknown Volume.” On the flip side, when I just simply try to do the conversion in quicktime alone, it gives me an error that says “qtKitErrorCatchAll (-2014)”
Any ideas? If you need any other info, I can provide it.
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8 Replies
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[CouryC] “DVCPRO HD at a resolution of 1248×702.”
Thats not a DVCPRO HD resolution I’ve heard of.
It should be 960×720 or 1280×1080
Try to export it as that size with quicktime conversion and see what happens.
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The Avid Meridien codecs are standard def. If your frame size is any different than 720×486 (or the PAL equivalent) it will give you a cryptic error and won’t work (as you’ve found out).
You’d do best to export a Quicktime Animation, Uncompressed, or png or targa sequence for import into their Avid. It will kill your Avid import time, but it’ll work.
Michael.
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Why couldn’t he export an Avid DNx HD codec?
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Because he’s taking it to a Meridien system.
The Meridien system is hardware based and (as far as I know) doesn’t support the newest codecs. He’d have to update his system (read that as, “Throw it out and buy a new one”) to the software based Media Composer for DNxHD to work.
Michael.
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ah. now I remember why I don’t support Avid. 😉
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Wow! Those are fightin’ words! 🙂
Michael.
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I had to, it was costing me an arm and a leg LOL.
the last system I had was a nubus media composer 6.5
it worked great for offline though. -
[MHancock (promoboy)] ”
The Avid Meridien codecs are standard def. If your frame size is any different than 720×486 (or the PAL equivalent) it will give you a cryptic error and won’t work (as you’ve found out).”Yup.. can’t create anything in Avid codec unless it’s spot-on.
720×486 and Lower Field First usually gets it.How’d you even get the codecs to show up? I have FCS2 and while I installed the Meridien codecs for quicktime just the other night, nothing I could do would make them show up as options for quicktime or motion output.
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Video Photographer / Avid Editor / FCS2 Neophyte
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