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Exporting DV50 from FCP to Avid
Looking for a recomendation on which Codec to use to transfer files between FCP and Avid Adrenaline. Original material is DVCPRO 50, captured in FCP via firewire. I would like to minimize file size as much as possible without degrading quality.
Thanks
Herb Sevush
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Avid Adrenaline can edit with DV50 natively…just export as DV50 and you wont lose any quality and this will result in the most manageable file size.
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I am in the process of sending up FCP DV50 test movie file exports to a finishing editor who is working on the latest version of Avid Adrenalin. The budget basically requires that we do a tapeless finishing process for the show series.
The first media files I sent were standard “same as source” DV50 exports from the FCP DV50 timeline. The editor said her Avid import was corrupted (all white frames) and recommended that I try re-exporting using the Avid DV codec which can be set to DV50 in the options dialogue (I did a transcode using compressor). Now the editor is telling me she is having field dominance problems with the Avid codec version of the DV50 test files. I have been unable to configure the output options on either codec to make the Avid import happy.
It’s been a a few years since I have been in the Avid seat, but I can’t imagine it’s this complicated. What can I set with my export or what can I tell my finishing editor that might help get my DV50 movies to properly import into an Avid?
Thanks in advance,
Ed Pickart
EdIt Creative
Chicago
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