Rendering DVCPRO50 MOV from AE

[Tero Ahlfors]

[Daniel Terrazas] ” Quicktime doesn’t have DVCPRO50 within its codecs in the AE list. “

The Quicktime pro codecs are available on Mac only.

[Daniel Terrazas] “Can I use DV50 NTSC instead?”

No.

[Daniel Terrazas] “And also where can I change the bitrate since 50Mbit/s is required?”

You don’t change the bitrate. DVCPRO50 is pretty tightly specced format that doesn’t have much settings for the user.

You have a couple of options:

-Go to a colleague/friend/whatever that has a Mac.
-Pay a post production company to do it.
-Try some free tool that uses FFMBC codecs.

[Daniel Terrazas]

Thanks for the reply Tero, but I’m currently using a Mac and as you can see in the image I have the Quicktime ProCodecs installed

But there’s no option to export a MOV file with DVCPRO 50 in the list.

Can you or anyone point me in the direction of a third party encoder that can do the job. I understand that FCP can do it but I don’t have access to it since is an obsolete software.

[Kevin Camp]

I’ve heard that DV50 and DVCPRO50 are the same, but I cannot confirm that. A test or a call to the other party would be the best plan.

Kevin Camp
Art Director
KCPQ, KZJO & KRCW

[Daniel Terrazas]

OK this is what I end up doing, in case someone could find my experience useful.

Based on what Dave commented I checked and found that AE will not export to MOV DVCPRO50 but Quicktime pro (with Pro Codecs) will. The only downside is it doesn’t seem to retain interlaced settings. So I’ll send the file to the network and see what they reply.

They being a cable network abroad that I don’t have any contact with I don’t think I’m going to get a very detailed reply but I’ll keep this post updated with whatever the outcome is.

Daniel Terrazas
2D/3D Generalist