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Re-Wrap AVCHD in QuickTime Movie? Canon Consumer Cam Workflow streamlined
Re-Wrap AVCHD in QuickTime Movie? Canon Consumer Cam Workflow (HF-100 series)…
Why I ask? (in short): I’m a hobbyist that is finding myself increasingly stuck as “the guy with the video camera.” The “customers” (friends, relatives and now acquaintances) “JUST” want videos of their seminars, etc. in a format they can use (DVD’s or at least QuickTime Movies or similar). It is hard to explain to them just how long this takes, or what “JUST” means…
Is it possible to re-wrap AVCHD clips into a QuickTime Movie without Transcoding to ProRes and then into high bit-rate H.264 (with or without FCP)?
Also, is this possible using other software, such as Premiere Pro (I have
Production Premium CS4 but have no training on it, so the PPro rout may actually take longer, even if it’s simpler)?Is there some lesser-known software that would just turn each clip within the Canon file structure mess into neat little QuickTime Movies?
A simplification of my current workflow is:
1. Select AVCHD to “ProRes.”
2. Import whole Canon file structure of a SDHC card into FCP through “Log and Transfer.”
3. Select which clips to import, with in and out points.
4. Let it bake
5. Send clips to Compressor to remove the 24p telecine.
6. Let it bake some more.
7. Re-import and re-name clips into FCP. Delete clips with telecine from my Capture Scratch folder.
8. Render. (I don’t think video is re-compressed into ProRes in sections in which I do NOT alter the video, but PLEASE correct me if I am wrong).
9. Send to compressor using Export – QuickTime Movie (“Current Settings,” and NOT “Self Contained”).
10. Transcode into high bitrate H.264 with a QuickTime Movie wrapper.(I may have made a mistake trying to write this down here with these 10 steps, but this is basically the process I have been using).
I may need to buy a native 24p consumer cam, or start recording in 60i (I really dislike the look of 60i, and 30p does not go onto DVD nor Blue-Ray, which is part of why I continue to put up with consumer telecine removal).
But this would only make the process take a little less time, and would still require at least TWO re-compressions of video initially captured in an incredibly “artifacty” format (AVCHD to ProRes to high bitrate H.264).
BTW, I don’t mean to gripe about FCP6, nor Canon consumer cams. Just a bit frustrated today…
Many thanks for your time,
Chris
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Guess the answer is, “Not with Final Cut Suite 2.”
Seems like there should be a simple way to just change the wrapper without transcoding, but I guess not.
Will re-post later in the PPro section or the After Effects section (After Effects seems to be “The Land of Plug-In’s).
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