Premier Pro CS3 turns a blind eye to major format AGAIN???

[Jeron Coolman]

I have DVRack HD from Serious Magic (bought by Adobe) which has a DVCPro MXF to AVI converter. I’ve never used DVCPro, but you are supposed to be able to use the converter to edit MXF files in PPro.

There is a CS3 video bundle that includes OnLocation which I think is either the new name for DVRack HD or it is the CS3 name for it.

I wonder if this DVCPro converter tool comes with OnLocation?

[Blast1]

[Jake] “I am completely in awe that they have left out MXF (used by:Avid, Panasonic, Autodesk for wrapping files), DVCPRO 25, 50, HD codec support.”
There are licencing fees involved, how much would be spent to service how many clients.
How are you going to get some of those formats into the computer, most cards that support them also include codecs.

[Vince Becquiot]

I think OnLocation will solve that issue, with a little extra time. DVCPro is indeed a great format (compared to HDV) that does deserve some attention.

Vince

[Marcus Van bavel]

[Jake] “I just completed a fairly thorough attempt to determine if Premier Pro CS3 would support DVCPro and the only findings I can make (based on import/export formats supported listed on the Adobe Premier Pro CS3 feature page) is that Premier Pro has left out many standard video formats again…

Perhaps it’s because Premiere can already edit native DVCPROHD,50 and 25 MXF files in the timeline with DVFilm Raylight https://dvfilm.com/raylight

[Aanarav Sareen]

[Marcus van Bavel] “Perhaps it’s because Premiere can already edit native DVCPROHD,50 and 25 MXF files in the timeline with DVFilm Raylight ” target=”_blank”>https://dvfilm.com/raylight”

In order to avoid product bias, I think you should specify that you own and develop DVFilm Raylight. And, I am sure that’s not the reason. As mentioned, there are licensing costs and development costs associated with such an implementation.

Jake,

There are 3rd party companies that support the formats you mentioned. Cineform, Matrox and MainConcept have supported this for a long time as well. I am not entirely sure whether OnLocation will support the format, but we can hope for the best.

– Aanarav

Aanarav Sareen
premiere@asvideoproductions.com
https://www.asvideoproductions.com/techtalk

[Marcus Van bavel]

[Aanarav Sareen] “In order to avoid product bias, I think you should specify that you own and develop DVFilm Raylight. “

I’m not reviewing it or making a recommendation, simply stating that it exists for those
who might not know.

The other products you mention either do not allow MXF files in the timeline, (CineForm, Main Concept, DV Rack)
and/or they are much more (and much more expensive) than just a simple file import plugin (Matrox Axio).
Axio for example is more than $3000 vs $195 for Raylight.

So therefore Adobe probably does NOT have a blind eye to MXF DVCPROHD, but rather why should they
put scarce resources into something already provided by a low-cost plugin?