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Exporting problems in .AVI format
I recently shot some footage on my FS-100. I wasn’t aware that a friend had changed the Capture format to .dv from .avi while experimenting with it. Final cut is the only interface I have that supports the .dv format but I need it to be in .avi for Premiere. When I export in FCP I use quicktime conversion and set the format to .avi and change the compression to “none” to perserve the quality. when it finishes the file it around 40GB (which seems fairly correct), however, the video is only 12 sec. long. The original length is about 80min.
I am really stumped with this one….. any idea, thoughts, comments
thanks
HanleyAVE
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7 Replies
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I believe the best you can do is to keep the compression set to DV. “None” is giving you a file size around ten times the size of the original DV and you’ll have to get back down to DV (or whatever codec you edit in) for Premiere anyway. So there is no further loss by keeping it DV for this conversion (assuming you’ll be editing in the DV format in Premiere).
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BTW, I calculate your 80 minute movie would be about 135GB in the “None” AVI format and about 18GB in the DV format (using the AJA data rate calculator).
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ok, so the “none” compression setting is creating a overkill.
So, if would export out of FCP using Quicktime conversion, setting the format to .avi and the compression to DV, that would give me a useful file?
Sorry for having to spell this out for me. It’s just that I have never worked with files like these before. (ex: Movie1.dv). It’s obviously a DV Codec, but only FCP recognizes it.
P.S. thank for responding so quickly!!
HanleyAVE
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Yes, the Quicktime conversion process you spelled out should be fine. I’m not completely familiar with Premiere and the differences in types of AVI files, so there could be variables. Any way you can do a shorter test run? Otherwise, try posting your process on the Premiere forum if you like.
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“.dv” files are dv data streams (native format for iMovie, but not so for FCP … it much prefers “.mov” files using the DV codec)
i’d recommend using MPEG Streamclip to reformat these to DV AVI’s if thats where you’re heading
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I neglected to comment on the use of the .dv stream. It’s technically compatible with FCP. You can import them and FCP will deal with them, but those will require rendering if you bring them into a DV timeline. FCP has to separate the muxed audio and video into separate tracks.
You can still export them with Quicktime conversion. You could also do the conversion just with Quicktime Pro or with MPEG Streamclip. The FCP and Quicktime methods will result in the video being recompressed in the DV format–I presume the same will happen with MPEG Streamclip. So you will see a slight reduction in quality. That’s the price of originally recording in the wrong format.
Premiere can also use Quicktime .mov files with no problem. It doesn’t require .AVI. So, .mov files in the DV codec will be compatible cross-platform.
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Thank you for all for all the help. I’m going to give that a try and I’ll be sure to follow up later to let you guys know how it worked.
Thanks Again!
HanleyAVE
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