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mixing formats in FCP project
I have an issue of mixing formats in a FCP project. I?m starting a existing
project on FCP 5 which was shot on dvcam and already cut. The new half of
the project was shot on the dvpro-50. As we unfortunately know, we can?t mix different codecs
in the same sequence.We?re thinking of digitizing the new dvpro 50 material into the project directly then using
media manager in FCP to duplicate and recompress the new clips using the
original dvcam codec. Any problems down the road using this method that we may not forsee?Another route would be to use a decklink card with the Panasonic deck SD93 to convert the dvpro 50
material to dvcam format while digitizing?(using analog out?)Thoughts—
thanks
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[janice keuhnelian] “Another route would be to use a decklink card with the Panasonic deck SD93 to convert the dvpro 50
material to dvcam format while digitizing?(using analog out?)”That’s much easier and efficient.
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I would agree with Walter that downconverting when capturing probably beats rendering the the clips to match the sequence settings. It also saves drive space as you won’t have extra render files for all that DVCPro 50 material.
As a side note, If you have clips that don’t match the sequence settings you can play them fairly well if you set the playback for dynamic RT. Don’t forget to turn dynamic RT off when you are ready to output so you can render those clips.
Lee Berger
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[janice keuhnelian] “As we unfortunately know, we can?t mix different codecs
in the same sequence.”Wha? I use different codecs in the same sequence all the time. Is this not working for you for some reason? The other posts are correct in regards to how much space you are going to take up on hard drives, but if you wanted to you should be able to mix codecs in a timeline.
-Todd Beabout
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Of course you can mix codecs, but you have to render the clips that don’t match the sequence settings. So if your sequence is set at DV and you have to render clips encoded at DVCPro 50. Other NLE’s such as AVID and Media 100 allow you to mix codecs without rendering.
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[Lee Berger] “Other NLE’s such as AVID and Media 100 allow you to mix codecs without rendering.”
That is true with CERTAIN Avids. If you haven’t been on a Symphony or Media Composer in a while I’d wait before making those claims. Remember the always fun “Wrong Format” screen?
[Lee Berger] “Of course you can mix codecs”
I was responding to the original post:
[janice keuhnelian] “As we unfortunately know, we can?t mix different codecs
in the same sequence. “-Todd Beabout
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Opps sorry I thought you were responding to my post. I haven’t been on Avid for a while and the system I used is a late 90’s model. “Wrong Format?” that would be bad.
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