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Log And Transfer Capture Settings
I was wondering if it is possible to change the Log and Transfer capture settings or does it just like intrinsically know what format/codec to transfer to? I’ve tried changing the Capture Settings in Audio/Video Settings but it doesn’t change what format my Log & Transfer footage comes out as. My client wants uncompressed files, but it always L&T’s as DVCPro. Is there a setting in the L&T window somewhere that I’m just not seeing?
Thanks!
EDIT: I see in Preferences in L&T it gives me the option to switch from Apple Prores to Apple Intermediate but that’s it. It doesn’t give me a chance to switch to Native.
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These are 2 different processes, it is like turning on the oven to heat your bread in the toaster.
Log and transfer are for rewrapping or converting media but you only have a couple of options at best. If you are shooting a P2 camera with DVCProHD L&T only rewraps the footage into QT files, if you are using AVCIntra or AVCHD cameras L&T transcodes the files into ProRes or AIC, don’t know of anyone who recommends AIC.
If you want them as Uncompressed you would need to do that in Compressor. There will be no quality lose from the 2 step process because there is no re-encoding in the first step.
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Thanks for your response! But I was wondering if you could hold my hand a little further 🙂
So do I…
a) L&T in DVCPRO HD720p60 then take those files out of Capture Scratch and throw them in Compressor, then re-import them in FCP and go from there?
b) Is there some way to go straight from the P2 MXF files into Compressor without FCP?
c) Will it all just be the same if I L&T and edit in DVCPRO HD720p60 and then output the final project and upres to Uncompressed in Compressor at the end?Thanks so much!!
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a) L&T in DVCPRO HD720p60 then take those files out of Capture Scratch and throw them in Compressor, then re-import them in FCP and go from there?
Yes[Eva Ikari] “b) Is there some way to go straight from the P2 MXF files into Compressor without FCP? “
Yes but the software is expensive mfx4mac is one that I know about. There maybe others. If this is something you need to do all the time the price is well worth it, but not for an every now and then.[Eva Ikari] “c) Will it all just be the same if I L&T and edit in DVCPRO HD720p60 and then output the final project and upres to Uncompressed in Compressor at the end? “
That is the way I would do it. I don’t think people understand how much bigger your system has to be to work in uncompressed. You need super fast HD arrays for anything other than 2 stream editing and you still need fast Raids for that. The only place DVCProHD suffers is with added graphics since it is an 8-bit thin raster codec, but if you edit with the footage DVCProHD and set your compression to ProRes your graphics will be a little smoother. Then you export a ProRes or uncompressed version of your finished edit. But unless you have a lot of or demanding graphics I would just edit as DVCProHD. That is what the footage is in the first place. -
Great. Thanks! I’ve already finished the project, so (c) is also a lot less time consuming at this point.
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