Prores encoding available on windows but not supported by Resolve – FEATURE REQUEST

[Alan Gordon]

I’ve said time and again, I’d pay for an additional license for Prores encoding on Windows–Hell even if it meant having another damn dongle. Or maybe Avid just needs to step up and deliver DNX4k.

[Bill Ravens]

[Chris Tomberlin] ” I guess I was hoping BMD could make it happen since their customers are asking for it.”

BMD can’t even agree to feed an RGB signal instead of YUV, unless one pays for HDLink. So, I rather doubt they can negotiate ProRes with Apple.

[Ryan Holmes]

[Bill Ravens] “BMD can’t even agree to feed an RGB signal instead of YUV, unless one pays for HDLink. So, I rather doubt they can negotiate ProRes with Apple.”

^^ This! So true…

Ryan Holmes
http://www.ryanholmes.me
@CutColorPost

[Lance Bachelder]

NOT? Just reporting the facts. It shows up fine in FCPX as Pro Res – no optimization needed. Sorry you can’t believe that.

Lance Bachelder
Writer, Editor, Director
Downtown Long Beach, California
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1680680/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

[Bill Ravens]

In all fairness, I felt I had to define the specifics of what was experienced with the Miraizon codec. It is possible to record to ProRes with a Convergent Design O7Q. Before loading the Miraizon codec, O7Q files playback without a problem. After installation of the Miraizon codec, O7Q files won’t play back. Not sure about other problems, if any. Perhaps this is a very specific problem.

Since Apple certifies all uses of its Prores codec, and the Miraizon codec is a reverse engineered, no approved or certified version, I remain dubious and I would urge caution.

[Joakim Ziegler]

We pestered BMD for ProRes support in Resolve for Linux for about three years, and we finally got it now.

As far as I understand, none of these products (Resolve for Linux or other non-Apple products on non-Apple platforms) license and use the actual Apple code. Instead, the 3rd party vendor (like BMD) has to write their own ProRes implementation, according to Apple’s specifications, which Apple will then test and certify, the vendor pays Apple licensing fees for the patents, etc., and then they’re free to use it in their product.

This is, I think, why there are so few third party products on non-Apple platforms with ProRes support. On the other hand, BMD now already has a certified ProRes implementation on Linux, so I guess they could use that for Windows if they wanted, and if Apple would let them…

So, in conclusion, the solution that worked for us on Linux was to corner and pester BMD, specifically Peter Chamberlain, at NAB, some three or four consecutive years, and you might get lucky. 🙂

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Joakim Ziegler – Postproduction Supervisor