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G5 Power Mac, FCP6.Need to ingest AVCHD
I have a project with sony z1u footage, shot hdv 60i and working in ProRes 8bit.
I need to incorporate footage from Sony NX5, AVCHD format. Despite that fact that the pref pane in PCP6 log and transfer window shows an option for AVCHD, a message comes up saying it’s not recognized by Power PC. I, sadly do not own an Intel Mac and can’t upgrade right now.
I’m looking for the most cost effective workaround. The person giving me the AVCHD footage says he could transcode it for me, but he can only do it using ProRes LT. I think that’s because he’s using fcp express.
Will ProRes LT work well with my ProRes 8bit footage (orig.shot on Z1)? Is there a better workaround. If I have to resort to buying something . . . even if I bought some low cost Intel Mac to get me through this short term, I don’t know about the workflow and whether I’d have a compatibility problem transcoding on an Intel machine and then trying to bring it into my system which can’t use any OS newer that OSX.4.11 Tiger, and FCP6?
PowerPC G5 DP2.3, 4GB DDR SDRAM, ATI X800XT, OSX.4.11, QT 7.5.5, FCStudio2, FCP 6.0.5 Sonnet 5 Bay SATA (RAID or JBOD as needed), ACD 23″ & Sony NTSC Monitor via Matrox v.1
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ProRes 422 is 10 bit. ProRes LT is only available in FCS3 from memory so you don’t want the footage transcoded into that as you can’t use it.
You will need to find someone who can transcode it to ProRes422 to match your other footage. The Sony camera is newish so not surprised FCS2 doesn’t play nicely with it.
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Thanks, yes there is a ProRess 10bit, but there’s also the ProRes 8bit typically used for hdv footage, and that’s what I use. I just read on another post that clipwrap2 might be useful. Maybe I’ll download the trial and see what happens.
PowerPC G5 DP2.3, 4GB DDR SDRAM, ATI X800XT, OSX.4.11, QT 7.5.5, FCStudio2, FCP 6.0.5 Sonnet 5 Bay SATA (RAID or JBOD as needed), ACD 23″ & Sony NTSC Monitor via Matrox v.1
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There is software out there to do the AVCHD to quicktime conversion but Tiger may not be compatible with most of that software. I did see a few after a quick Google search but didn’t mention them as they were all Leopard – Lion
Make sure you can download a working demo to make sure it will work under Tiger.
Never heard of an 8 bit version of ProRes before. My understanding is that it is a 10 bit codec only. What is the data rate of the files?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ProRes_422
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In fcp preset list you can select different flavors of ProRes. ProRes 8bit is listed. No sense using hd space and/or throughput demand by choosing 10 bit on hdv because it won’t look any better than 8bit.
My hdv captured and edited as ProRes 8bit = 29.97 fps, 1440 x 1080, 14.3 MB/sec. I use a SATA RAID to handle the throughput.
PowerPC G5 DP2.3, 4GB DDR SDRAM, ATI X800XT, OSX.4.11, QT 7.5.5, FCStudio2, FCP 6.0.5 Sonnet 5 Bay SATA (RAID or JBOD as needed), ACD 23″ & Sony NTSC Monitor via Matrox v.1
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The demo version of clipwrap2 worked great, so I’ll be buying the full working version. And it does work with OSX.4.11 Tiger. Thanks to Creative Cows forums!
PowerPC G5 DP2.3, 4GB DDR SDRAM, ATI X800XT, OSX.4.11, QT 7.5.5, FCStudio2, FCP 6.0.5 Sonnet 5 Bay SATA (RAID or JBOD as needed), ACD 23″ & Sony NTSC Monitor via Matrox v.1
Sony ZIU hdv, edit w.ProRes
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