FCP Codec Question

[Shane Ross]

[matthew bradshaw] “I was using Media Composer 3.5 today. No codec issues. “

Because Avid forces you to use their codecs. DNxHD…or the standard def 2:1 or 15:1. Before you start, you convert/capture the footage to an Avid codec. There…done. FCP doesn’t…FCP allows you to bring in almost anything, and that is the problem. Oh, but I said this in another post.

Shane

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[Matthew Bradshaw]

What a brilliant idea! So no codec problems then. Oh hold on a minute, that would mean there would be 80% less posts in this forum.
Matt.

[Alexander Kallas]

[Chris Borjis] “[Alexander Kallas] “FCP will ask to automatically set the matching codecs for the imported media without revealing them,”

I’ve seen that cause a lot of problems when for example, your first clip is a title clip rendered as a quicktime animation from after effects.
I can’t remember how many times my former motion graphics guy did this and was wondering why the real time playback wouldn’t work and everything needed rendering.
“

In defense of Ken, he was not complaining about render problems, just the codec used. Shane answered this. Also the receiver of the exported QT file could just “get info” on this to find the codec. This now cannot be multi-codec, which is to where this thread has drifted.
Your above post treats the new user as technically ignorant. Even these guys check the format of their assets before assembly. The rest learn quickly when they hit the ensuing problems….

Cheers
Alexander

[Chris Borjis]

[Alexander Kallas] “Your above post treats the new user as technically ignorant.”

not at all.

Simply stating it’s a common thing that happens among daily users of fcp.