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Importing HD Quicktime Footage
Just received some footage from a Final Cut Pro user that was shot on Panasonic P2. Unfortunately he didn’t give me the camera’s files- instead I have a drive full of MOV files.
If I import them to Vegas all I see if the audio.
Any suggestions? Other than asking for the clips from the camera?
“The emptiest boxcar always makes the most noise.”
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Rex, I hate to be the bearer of bad news but, as this was shot with a P2, the only way you’re going to be able to read the original files in Vegas is if you purchase Raylight Ultra ($195.00) from DV Film.
Get your FCP user to render a short segment out in ProRes format as a test.
As long as you have a newer version of both QuickTime player and Vegas Pro, you “should” be able to read the files.
I say “should” because there’s still no guarantee that Vegas can read all types of ProRes files.There’s also Avid’s DNxHD codec which is a free download for both the Mac and PC but a lot of FCP users are very reluctant to install anything on their system.
If the footage has to come over with accurate color, then you both need to install this codec.
It will prevent the customary color (gamma) shift that happens when PCs and Macs trade footage. -
I ran into this problem 2 years ago… I love that crazy P2 footage, and love FCP even more for their proprietary, Job’s way or the highway mantality…
Needless to say, my work around was simple:
I used Adobe media Encoder to transcode the footage to something else that I liked…I used AVI and cineform…
Otherwise: fast & dirty = H264, Apple TV 720p is fast.
good luck…
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I ran into this problem 2 years ago… I love that crazy P2 footage, and love FCP even more for their proprietary, Job’s way or the highway mantality…
Needless to say, my work around was simple:
I used Adobe media Encoder to transcode the footage to something else that I liked…I used AVI and cineform…
Otherwise: fast & dirty = H264, Apple TV 720p is fast.
good luck…
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I’m no expert in the matter, but i was experiencing a similar issue with .mp4 files(audio fine, video black). Problem only started to occur after upgrading to itunes 10. A post suggested that i use a previous version of Quicktime which i tried and it actually solved my problem (not at home computer, so not positive what version of Quicktime i installed, just know it downgraded to a previous version)
This was the last straw for itunes and decided to completely uninstalled the program from my computer and now using mediamonkey exclusively.
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You mean the Quicktime files transcoded off the P2 right?
Because I can read the MTS files from their camera without any problem.
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Mike, I think Terry could be on the right track here since Rex has mov. files and not mxf.
Rex, what version of Vegas are you using and can you play these mov. files with the QT player? In the QT player, go to – Window – Show Movie Inspector. Tells us what codec it says.
James
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Yea, depending on what version of Vegas you are running, you may need to downgrade your Quicktime. If you have a version of Vegas that is earlier than 9.0d you need Quicktime 7.6.2 or earlier.
Vegas Pro 9.0d+ fixes this problem so you can use the latest Quicktime again.
~jr
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[Rex Brown] “You mean the Quicktime files transcoded off the P2 right?”
Correct.
“Because I can read the MTS files from their camera without any problem.”
In that case, get the files (if they still have them) and start editing.
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[Mike Kujbida] “In that case, get the files (if they still have them) and start editing.”
Not very likely if they were captured on a Mac/Borg. They have already been “assimilated” (lol) 😉
~jr
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John, the thing I can’t wrap my head around is that Rex said “Because I can read the MTS files from their camera without any problem.”
Someone please correct me but I didn’t think a P2 camcorder would produce MTS files.
Isn’t that an AVCHD format?
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