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Files From Sony Vegas to Final Cut Pro
Hi Everyone,
I have a client who has done some basic editing on their project in Sony Vegas and then rendered it in .avi files. They then delivered these files to me to do the final edit in Final Cut Pro.
But I am getting very bad pixalation in the video. Any suggestions? Do they need to render in a different format?
Thanks,
Clint -
5 Replies
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I suspect you need to ask your client how the video looked on their equipment. You might also ask things like what format and bit rate they used in the render. Identifying the file as AVI doesn’t tell us much of anything about what the file contains. There is also the question of how FCP is reading the file. What software is it using?
I guess that, alternately, you could try to look at the video on a Windows machine to see if it looks any different.
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The client told me it looked crystal clear on their equipment.
Forgive my ignorance – you asked about the format; isn’t the format AVI? I also don’t understand the question about how FCP is reading the file and what software it is using. Isn’t FCP the software?
Thanks,
Clint -
I know nothing about FCP but it’s my understanding that MOV is it’s native file format so I’m not sure how they rendered out an AVI file.
Download and use GSpot on the file and let us know what it says. -
AVI is a container. It can contain any one of several different formats. It is the video format that the AVI contains which is being asked about. Once the format is known, the question of what decoder was used by FCP becomes relevant. It is the decoder, or codec, software that is relevant. FCP is VERY limited in the number of formats that it can properly decode.
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Here is what Gspot says:
Codec:dvsd
Name:DVC/DV Video
Container:File Length Correct
DV Type 2 AVI
OpenDML (AVI v2.0)
DV Audio/Video: 610 MB (94.61%)
AVI Copy of DV Audio: 32.6 MB (5.05%)
AVI Overhead: 2.17 MB (0.34%)The file was created using the “Render As” option in Sony Vegas.
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