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HD Pro Res doesn’t work on G5 Quad.
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Oh, too bad… it sounded so very plausable.
Glad you tested it though Gary.
Now we can all go back to moping…
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Post-production Supervisor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
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Apple has posted this info today:
“Final Cut Pro 6: HD ProRes 422 capture requires Mac Pro”
more here:
https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305582
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[JR-Links] ”
“Final Cut Pro 6: HD ProRes 422 capture requires Mac Pro””should have been posted on day 1, but better late than never.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Broadcast and independent productions.All Things Apple Podcast! https://cowcast.creativecow.net/all_things_apple/index.html
Read my blog! https://blogs.creativecow.net/WalterBiscardi
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But you can still use a G5 to transcode to ProRes right? I know it’s double the time of real time capture but for people on the cheap, that’s a viable solution right?
CHL
Chi-Ho Lee
Film & Video Editor
Apple Certified Final Cut Pro Trainer
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[Chi-Ho Lee] “But you can still use a G5 to transcode to ProRes right? I know it’s double the time of real time capture but for people on the cheap, that’s a viable solution right?”
Yeah that sounds viable, it just can’t do it on the fly.
Nice of apple to let us know AFTER the fact… GGGRRR.
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Can we assume that once footage has been successfully digitized with Pro Rez that there is no further requirement to used a Mac Pro? Is the strain on the CPU consistent throughout the usage of this codec or only during digitizing?>
Mike B
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[Borjis] “Nice of apple to let us know AFTER the fact… GGGRRR.”
Yes, it occured to me that perhaps this should have been noted in bold letters somewhere in all the pre-ship documentation.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Post-production Supervisor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles -
[Michael Belanger] “Is the strain on the CPU consistent throughout the usage of this codec or only during digitizing?>”
Only during digitzing. I’ve done all kinds of tinkering with conversions to ProRes including HD HQ, and its actually quite easily dealt with and rendered quickly on just a G5 dual 23.ghz machine.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Post-production Supervisor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles -
Why not capture native HDV, edit, and then render to ProRes. From what I understand you get the same benefit, and save some drive space in the process. I haven’t been able to install Studio 2 yet (the shiny new box is sitting here on my desk), but this is the first thing I plan to try when I get things installed.
I currently have a Dual 2.7 G5 — planning to add an Octo MacPro this fall — or maybe by fall.. whatever comes after octo… it is getting high than I can count 🙂 16 Cores anybody?
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[David Roth Weiss] “[Borjis] “Nice of apple to let us know AFTER the fact… GGGRRR.”
Yes, it occured to me that perhaps this should have been noted in bold letters somewhere in all the pre-ship documentation.”
And this would have changed things….how? You’d still have bought Studio 2. You STILL not be able to capture ProRes with a non-intel.
OH…but you’d know instead of trying and trying with no success. I get ya.
Well, to tell you my thought…I didn’t think Apple really thought about testing or mentioning that UNTIL everyone tried. Then they went…”oh, yeah. We’d better say something about that.”
I myself, working with DVCPRO HD, would rather capture at DVCPRO HD resolution (much lower data rate) then transcode to the 10-bit proRes 422 for color grading…then output. I have no need to capture it on the fly.
Shane
Littlefrog Post
http://www.lfhd.net
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