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need to convert avc-Intra to apple pro res
In FCP X’s event window, highlighted a clip, and opened Inspector. The file was still AVC-Intra 1080i60. My guess is since FCP X can edit in this codec it did not transcode it during import to Apple Pro Res. Under FILE>transcode media – optimize media was grayed out. Was this because it was on the timeline as well as the event window? The only choice was create proxy media.
Mac Pro, macbook pro, Imacs (i7); Camcorders: Panasonic AG-HPX170/AG-HPX250P, Canon HV30/40, Sony Z7U, VX2000, PD170; FCP 6 certified; write professionally for a variety of media; teach video production in L.A.
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The inspector is reporting the original. It shod have transcoded it. It doesn’t work with avc-intra natively. Just like DVCProHD, you have to transcode.
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No, it does work with it natively and will not transcode. FCP has worked natively with AVC-Intra at least since FCP7, if not even earlier. X sees it as optimized, so you can’t force a transcode. X will re-wrap it as an MOV file upon ingest, but the essence stays AVC-Intra.
Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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What Oliver says.
There are certain formats that don’t need to be optimized according to fcpx.
XDCam HD 422 is another one.
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Aha, got it, my bad. I was just confusing what it did. I’ve used it before, but I guess I was just forced to import it/copy it/rewrap it. IOW it wouldn’t just link to the native files.
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Okay, so this is something that I have yet to get straight in my brain. So X can work natively with AVC-Intra? About 90% of what I do is shot AVC-Intra 100. Up until now I have always transcoded the media on ingest to ProRes. Am I just wasting time and disc space by doing this? Is there any disadvantage to not transcoding?
Thanks,
Michael W. Towe
President M2 Digital Post
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[Michael W. Towe] ” So X can work natively with AVC-Intra? “
X will rewrap AVCIntra MXF files to AVCIntra .mov files.
If you want to work with the native MXF files directly, you’ll need something like Hamburg Pro Media’s ImEx.
With AS-11 coming, AVCIntra is kind of a big deal for broadcast.
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But it will rewrap on the import right? Once imported is there any reason to transcode to ProRes?
Thanks again,
Michael W. Towe
President M2 Digital Post
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[Michael W. Towe] “Once imported is there any reason to transcode to ProRes?”
Not inside X, but possibly for compatibility with other applications.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
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Yes exactly, Oliver. Is there anyway to force FCP X to “optimize” the footage. If not once imported, is there the option to have it do the conversion upon import?
Mac Pro, macbook pro, Imacs (i7); Camcorders: Panasonic AG-HPX170/AG-HPX250P, Canon HV30/40, Sony Z7U, VX2000, PD170; FCP 6 certified; write professionally for a variety of media; teach video production in L.A.
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[Craig Alan] “Yes exactly, Oliver. Is there anyway to force FCP X to “optimize” the footage. If not once imported, is there the option to have it do the conversion upon import?”
Not that I’m aware of. It doesn’t do this because it IS optimized as far as the software is concerned.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
http://www.oliverpeters.com
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