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Reconnecting media in ProRes sequence with H.264 files
I have some footage shot with a DSLR camera that records quicktime files in h.264 format. I converted them to prores, edited my project in FCP7, and converted the exported prores file back to h.264.
I don’t have that exported file or the prores footage anymore and I want to create another h.264 file of the project but I’m not sure if I need to convert the original footage to prores again. Is it okay if I just reconnect the media with the original h.264 files or do I need to convert those files to prores again?
My thinking is that I should be able to just reconnect with the h.264 files and export the project, and even maybe have slightly better quality since I’m saving a step on converting. Is there a flaw in this thinking?
If it is okay to reconnect the media with the h.264 files, are there any advantages or disadvantages to this? Thanks.
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4 Replies
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FCP7 does Not play well with H.264 files. I’m afraid you’ll have to re-create the conversion to pro res first.
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What he said. Because when you use H.264 as source, and try to export, you’ll have sync issues.
Shane
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The thing with h264 in fcp is that sometimes it does work, sometimes it doesn’t,
So it wouldn’t hurt to try doing the simple approach firstUse a copy of your sequence in a seperate project.
If that doesn’t work, and if you used log and transfer when you originally transcoded,
You should be able to create a trimmed offline sequence via the media manager,
And only re-transcode what you need.Nick
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Thanks guys!
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