What background tasks?

[Oliver Peters]

[Bill Davis] “Haven’t you noticed that if you import something like C-300 …. ProRes and Proxy transcodes are still yet to happen.”

While your description is true of Long GOP codecs, it’s not true of the C300 media. That’s Canon XF codec, which is basically XDCAM-HD. It is interpreted as a “native” or “optimized” codec and FCP X simply rewraps the MXF container into MOV. In fact, you can’t even force a transcode except to proxies.

– Oliver

Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
http://www.oliverpeters.com

[Bill Davis]

[Oliver Peters] “While your description is true of Long GOP codecs, it’s not true of the C300 media. That’s Canon XF codec, which is basically XDCAM-HD. It is interpreted as a “native” or “optimized” codec and FCP X simply rewraps the MXF container into MOV. In fact, you can’t even force a transcode except to proxies.”

Thanks for the correction, Oliver. The last time I worked with C300 footage was quite a few months back. At the time, my ability to bring C300 footage into FCP X was a chore, likely because Canon and Apple had not exchanged the info necessary. I’m glad it’s simpler now.

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[Oliver Peters]

Yes, you have to make sure to have the correct Canon plug-in.

Oliver

Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
http://www.oliverpeters.com

[Jane Kailey]

YES! New Mac Pro (Late 2013), 6 core: Minimum and constant 100% CPU usage when doing nothing at all. (FCPS 10.1.2).