Pc to Mac prores issues

[Tim Kolb]

This is a challenge…FCPX is better with some of these native codecs, but FCP previous versions really do need to prep footage.

Unfortunately you can’t convert to ProRes on a Windows system, and whether or not the xml export from Premiere Pro would allow Final Cut to relink to the footage properly after a trip through log and capture is a question I can’t answer.

TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,

Adobe Certified Instructor

[Emiliano Aguirre]

Thanks for you answer Tim. Ok i will ask my boss tu upgrade his FCP to FCPX. The other solution we tried is to use his premier pro (the mac version) but a problem whith the sequence appears

“the project contained a sequence that could not be opened. No sequence preview preset file or codec could be associated with this sequence type”

Im editing in a xdcam sequence but i tried other kind of sequence and the problem persist.

[Tim Kolb]

XDcam preset? XDcamEX?

Is this XDcamHDEX footage (from a Sony EX-camera?)

If so…it’s actually MPEG2 footage wrapped in an MP4 wrapper (yes, I know it sounds insane, but this is how Sony decided to do this).

I’m not sure if FCPX will handle XDcamEX footage natively…I assumed you were dealing with AVCHD or DSLR when you mentioned H264…

TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,

Adobe Certified Instructor

[Anhtu Vu]

I exchange big sessions between PP mac and PC all the time. If you’re careful about how you media manage your workflow, it should be pretty painless.

I just finish editing/online 10 documentaries, shot in various format and codec. All the footages are duplicated on two different Raid, one residing in my studio and the other on my Peragus R6 along with my portable rig. I can edit at my client’s house, send the PP session directly to my studio’s rig via ftp and open the same session for finishing.

On a side note, XML between PP and FCP is not bad at best. Unless, you only do straight cuts, there’s way too much information that does not carry across properly.

[Emiliano Aguirre]

The sequence its a SONYHDCAM HD422 1080i/p. Maybe than codec its the problem The footage its from a canon 5d (maybe this is my mistake working whith a canon seq in a sony seq, foolish of me). Now im traing new seqs and premier sugest an ARRI cinema sequence.

this is my footage:
General
Complete name : E:TRABAJO GUIDODOBERMAN100CANONMVI_7557.MOV
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : QuickTime
Codec ID : qt
File size : 651 MiB
Duration : 2mn 1s
Overall bit rate : 44.8 Mbps

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Baseline@L5.0
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 1 frame
Format settings, GOP : M=1, N=12
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 2mn 1s
Bit rate : 43.3 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Original height : 1 088 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Original display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive

[Tim Kolb]

Ah…OK.

You need a DSLR sequence setting…not XDcam.

That footage should travel to FCPX without much problem as it IS MP4 (h264)…but the XML portability is probably the issue. You may be faced with saving the project as FCP XML and use a conversion tool on the Mac side.

However, if the version of Premiere Pro is the same (if the Mac version isn’t older than the PPro version you are using), the project should travel and load…but I would say you would want to get rid of any preview files as it sounds like that may be the hang up.

TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,

Adobe Certified Instructor

[Emiliano Aguirre]

I will trie now the dsrl sequence. We have the same premier version CS6, the problem is than he has fewer options of sequence to chose i dont know why. Thanks a lot for your help

[Emiliano Aguirre]

Now I start whith the questions that confirm than i am an amateur. When you mean the media manage your workflow you are talking about FC?. Becaues in my pc I have my previews and cashe files in diferent discs than my footage. This could be a problem?

[Tim Kolb]

For Premiere Pro, I think there are still components that complete the installation that have to be installed as downloads from the web…don’t know if maybe that has yet to be done on the Mac?

TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,

Adobe Certified Instructor

[Emiliano Aguirre]

DSLR sequence worked just great!!! thanks a lot!