FCPX 10.4 – levels shift in DNxHD footage, doesn’t recognize DNxHR

[Michael Hancock]

I downloaded the codecs from your link version 2.3.7 – they’re an old version). Still got the shift on High Sierra and Sierra.

Updated the codecs to the latest version (2.7.3) – and the shift is still there. I’m going to make a droplet that recompressed the DNxHD to ProRes and just do that for now. Thanks again.

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Michael Hancock
Editor

[Jeremy Garchow]

What other codecs are in that folder besides Avid?

Sorry, none of my machines are on High Sierra for me to do a direct comparative test.

The nice thing about Adobe Media Encoder is that you can create watch folders so that every time you get a render, you can drop it in the folder and have AME have a go at it.

Jeremy

[Michael Hancock]

[Jeremy Garchow] “What other codecs are in that folder besides Avid?”

These:

[Jeremy Garchow] “The nice thing about Adobe Media Encoder is that you can create watch folders so that every time you get a render, you can drop it in the folder and have AME have a go at it.”

Good call. If we were running off a shared storage system I’d set this up immediately, but we’re still on individual storage and just pull files over the network. I’m going to test both the watch folder in AME and create a Compressor Droplet to see which works better for us.

Again, thanks for your help.

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Michael Hancock
Editor

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Michael Hancock] “Again, thanks for your help.
“

Not a problem.

Just curious, does Compressor interpret the file correctly? If so it’s weird that Compressor would see the files correctly.

Also, just once, try putting the blackmagic codec on the desktop. Restart, and see if the problem persists.

[Michael Hancock]

That did it! I owe you a drink of your choice.

I moved the Blackmagic codec to the desktop and restarted the software and now everything is being read correctly. Bizarre that it’s affecting the software like that. And so far having it removed doesn’t seem to affect the functionality of the software.

Thanks Jeremy!

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Michael Hancock
Editor

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Michael Hancock] “That did it!”

Awesome. The funny thing is, this is a really really old problem going back to FCP4.5 or something. I didn’t even know it still existed.

What Blackmagic products do you have? If you update them, make sure to check for that codec and remove it as it may get reinstalled on an update.

I think it is the Blackmagic Uncompressed codec that was adapted from an Apple uncompressed codec way back in the day. Unless you need uncompressed, you won’t miss it.