Problem and Issue with FCP to Uncompressed AVI – AVI for Windows User

[Paul Jay]

Don’t create Avi’s on a Mac.
Because you will end up with stuff like this.
Get a Quicktime with animation or ProRes codec to the Windows platform.
Then create a AVI.

Windows ProRes Decoder is available.

[Giovanni Mattucci]

Thank Paul Jay, really appreciate your help on this.

What would be the best program to use on the Windows side? Adobe Media Encoder? Super?

Again however, I’d still like to hear if there is a successful way to create a PC compatible (and of good quality) AVI on a Mac.

Having to move a file over to a PC to have it converted is an additional step I’d rather cut out (the reason why I bought something like Flip4Mac). It is a step I’ll gladly take of course, b/c I just want this file out of my hair.

Would love to hear of any other magical way to create an AVI on Mac 🙂

Thank again.

[Paul Jay]

Well, i just have bad experiences creating AVI’s on the Mac, so i quit doing it.
There’s always something wrong.

You could try Telestream Episode on the Mac side.
On the Windows side. Sorenson Squeeze, Adobe Media Encoder.

But you can also try them on the Mac side.
Maybee it works nowadays.

[Jeff Greenberg]

I got QuickTime 7 itself to export an uncompressed AVI – QuickTime 7 – not QuickTime X. QuickTime X wouldn’t recognize, but QuickTime X did fine.

Additionally, I went to MPEG streamclip and chose “AVI” – but the only uncompressed item I saw was FCP’s 4:2:2 uncompressed, which probably won’t work on a PC, but its worth testing. while writing this post, I sent a 7 min clip to see if it worked. The advantage of MPEG Streamclip will be batch processing (and the cost can’t be beat.) Time: it took about RT about 8 min. It was 61 gigs (thats’ about right for uncompressed 1080i 30).

But I fear that file is a FCP uncompressed codec, not a fully uncompressed work-with-a-pc code.

It’s building the AVI that makes it difficult. QuickTime 7 probably can do this for you (but no batch! 🙁 ) – not FCP or Compressor (in this case- they’ll pick the wrong uncompressed codec – something that’s not compliant with the AVI- a non standard codec.)

Best,

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[Rafael Amador]

Hi Giovanni,

[Giovanni Mattucci] “2. Does anyone have a proven reliable way to get a PC compatible AVI out of FCP/Compressor? “
No problem on making AVI in your Mac, the problem is that AVI in Mac support just few codecs.
You can not get something like a 8/10b Unc 422 AVI.

[Giovanni Mattucci] ” (the reason why I bought something like Flip4Mac). “
Nothing to do with F4Mac. That is to deal with WMV files.

Giovanni, don’t break your head and fallow Paul advice.
Send the Prores files to the PC. Probably won’t be necessary to convert to AVI, but if need, is always much better to do the conversion in the PC.
rafael

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[Misha Aranyshev]

[Jeff Greenberg] “Additionally, I went to MPEG streamclip and chose “AVI” – but the only uncompressed item I saw was FCP’s 4:2:2 uncompressed”

Select BMP in Streamclip. This is the same RGB uncompressed codec as None in QT wth WRAW FourCC.

[Rafael Amador]

[Michael Aranyshev] “[Jeff Greenberg] “Additionally, I went to MPEG streamclip and chose “AVI” – but the only uncompressed item I saw was FCP’s 4:2:2 uncompressed”
Select BMP in Streamclip. This is the same RGB uncompressed codec as None in QT wth WRAW FourCC.”

When exporting an AVI, MPGStreamclip shows all the QT available codecs, but the truth is that just few of them are supported in AVI on Mac.
The real options are the one that QT Pro shows on export: Cinepak, DV, DV50 and NONE.

NONE, BMP, PNG, TGA as Michael points are all 8b RGB. Uncompressed, yes; but I don’t think is what the PC guys are waiting for.
In video Uncopressed is YUV. RGB is graphic stuff. I wouldn’t send RGB stuff unless required.
rafael

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[Giovanni Mattucci]

Well I ended up moving the files over to a PC and encoded them there from some Apple ProRes files.

Thanks to everyone for help on this 🙂

[Rafael Amador] “Nothing to do with F4Mac. That is to deal with WMV files.).”

I was using Flip4Mac as an example of doing something natively on the MAC vs. going to a PC, to save production time.

Thanks though Rafael.

[Jp Pelc]

THANK YOU! We have software that needs uncompressed AVI’s for an LED ribbon board and previously we had to transfer the files to an old machine to get them to work. This works and will save us a ton of time