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What’s tour mastering codec on PC?
I was wondering since there is no ProRes encode on PC what is the mastering codec/format you use on PC?
Mathieu Marano
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Avid DNxHD and the new DNxHD444 MXF codecs look pretty interesting as Pro-Res replacements. I think it would be great if Apple would smarten up and allow pro-Res writing on the PC but they probably wont.
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I would add Cineform to that list. Pretty fantastic cross platform mastering codec
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Numerous bits of Windows software can make ProRes, just at a fee. Telestream Episode 6 is one of them.
Jack Jones
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Prores output is listed as Mac Only. -
I still haven’t seen any Windows software that can output Prores yet. I have been looking around a lot…
However, finally there’s a free and open source route: ffmpeg has just added Prores encoding and decoding support:
That means Mac, Unix/Linux and Windows support for encoding/decoding Prores via the ffmpeg libraries.
Perhaps this is something that could be incorporated into Resolve for Windows?
/Andreas
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Here’s what I use for ProRes on Windows… Perfect and free of any colour/gamma shifts!
Jack Jones
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why not go with uncompressed 😉
there was something called mjpeg on pc with BM products. but it did not seem to cross platform on mac side.
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Margus
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[Jack Jones] “Telestream Episode 6 is one of them.”
Episode Engine running on Windows Server 2008 can encode ProRes; the desktop versions of Episode running on Windows 7 cannot.
I’ll second DNxHD and CineForm as good mastering codecs on Windows.
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