importing mpegs to Final Cut Studio

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importing mpegs to Final Cut Studio

Posted by Veronica Santos on July 7, 2011 at 4:35 pm

Hello everyone,

I have the following situation and I need some help.
I captured HDV material with Adobe Premiere in a PC. The files I got are .mpeg.
Then I tried to import them with Final Cut Studio 3 so I could work with them there, but it doesn´t seem to work.
When I try to do this, the program just doesn´t react anymore (the coloured ball spins and spins)…
So, I don´t know if the problem is that FC just can´t read .mpeg files or, if the files are too big (aprox.6 gigas each, it is HDV), or I don´t know really…
If somebody knows how to help me, I would be very thankful! 🙂
(I wouldn´t like to capture this material all over again…) thanks!

Veronica Santos replied 14 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 4 Replies
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Shane Ross
July 7, 2011 at 5:26 pm

Use Compressor to convert to ProRes. Then import into FCP

Shane

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Veronica Santos
July 7, 2011 at 7:03 pm

Thank you very much!!!
With your advice I solved my problem! 🙂
Veronica Santos
July 8, 2011 at 12:44 pm

Hello Dave,

Thank you very much for your suggestion.
I have thou another coupple of questions.
I already have the MPEG Streamclip software.
My situation is that I have two tipes of footage. I have DV 960×540 footage and HDV 1440×1080 footage.
I have to edit a documentary with this footage and I thought that the best way was to convert the HDV footage into DV footage (reduce the format). My question is: Which would be the best way to do it?
My other question is: If the best codec to work is the ProRes 422 how do I choose this option in MPEG Streamclip? I tryed and I didn´t find any option like this.

Thank you very much.
Cheers
Veronica Santos
July 8, 2011 at 12:52 pm

Hi again Dave,

I also forgot to ask. When I finisch my edition, which is the best format to export the movie?
This is not for Televsion specifically. This is a project for the university and that is why it should be a format that could be read by MAC and by PC, with the best resolution and lowest “weight”.
And which format wpuld be the best one to make a Trailer of the movie and load it on the internet with the same criteria (high resolution, low weight)

Thank you very much.
Cheers,

Veronica

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