Using Avid Express Pro HD macintosh with HVX200

[Shane Ross]

Yes, it does:

https://www.nefilm.com/news/archives/2006/03/panasonic.htm

“Both Final Cut Pro 5 and Avid Xpress Pro HD supports ingest of the MXF files created by the HVX200 from hard drives or P2 cards.”

The difference is that the Avid edits the MXF files natively, where FCP needs to import them and convert them to quicktime.

Shane

Alokut Productions
http://www.lfhd.net

[Uli Plank]

That’s not much of a conversion: QuickTime is just a ‘wrapper’ in this case, the codec stays native in FCP too.

Regards,

Uli

Author of “DVDs gestalten und produzieren”, a book on professional DVD-authoring in German.

[James Fletcher]

Thanks Shane. This is good to know.

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

Hi,

Express Pro HD on a Mac will not support all of the frames rates and standards that the HVX does. Check out Michael Phillip’s web page below:

https://www.24p.com/hvx200.html

Best,

Jan

[David S.]

I spoke to Avid just yesterday, June 14th.

Version 5.5 for Macintosh is supposed to be released as a $49.95 upgrade on June 22.

This may support more frame rates.

[Mark Burton]

Just to be really clear for James, Xpress Pro HD 5.0-5.2.x was and will never be available on the Mac. So the answer to your original question is no. As others have said Xpress Pro 5.5 is the release that brings the PC and Mac feature set together.

[James Fletcher]

Thanks, everyone, for your help.

[Darren Kelly]

What level of RT would Avid 5.5 have on a dual processor Mac?

Does anyone have any idea about this?

DBK

[Noah Kadner]

I suspect Avid does.

Noah

[Uli Plank]

Just for comparision:

FCP does three HDV streams on a MacBook in RT.

Regards,

Uli

Author of “DVDs gestalten und produzieren”, a book on professional DVD-authoring in German.