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Xfer hours of raw HD Quicktime footage for PC client
Hello!
Here is my quandary. I shot seven hours of HD Quicktime (1920x 1080) raw footage and edited it all together in Final Cut. No problem. Now my client wants all the raw footage for their archives. They all run PCs. When I tried this on a smaller scale, the raw HD Quicktime footage I copied onto a LaCie hard drive was not seen on a PC. I tried formatting for Fat32 and NTSF. There were 4GB file size issues. On this smaller scale the client had to go to a Mac shop and have the files rendered as AVI files. Do I have to render all my Quicktime files as AVI files so my PC client can see them? If so, what is the best way to do that? Any suggestions? Please ask me if I did not give you all the information that you need to help me.
Thanks so much for any responses!
Best wishes,
Bruce Wittman
Eagle Video Productions
https://www.eaglevideo.comFinal Cut 6.0.6
Quicktime 7.6.6Model Name: Power Mac G5 Quad
Model Identifier: PowerMac11,2
Processor Name: PowerPC G5 (1.1)
Processor Speed: 2.5 GHz
Number Of CPUs: 4
L2 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB
Memory: 8.5 GB
Bus Speed: 1.25 GHz
Boot ROM Version: 5.2.7f1Bruce Wittman
Executive Producer
Eagle Video Productions, Inc.
2201 Woodnell Drive
Raleigh, NC 27603-5240Website: https://www.eaglevideo.com
Email: br***@********eo.compho: 919-779-7891
cel: 919-818-5556 -
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What are the source files? What camera was it shot with? Many camera formats source files can’t be read directly, they need readers or editing software…like P2, XDCAM, AVCHD. You should provide those source masters as their archive. But whether or not they can VIEW them depends on the tools THEY have. They need to get the software needed to view those, like editing software, or whatever tools were made to make them readable (P2CMS, Sony Transfer Utility…stuff like that).
Give them the raw source. If they want some other PC file format, then’s the time to start charging hourly rates for conversion.
Shane
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Hello Shane,
Great advice! I shot with a Sony EX1-R using SxS cards. I will give them the raw BPAV files. Thanks!
Bruce Wittman
Executive ProducerEagle Video Productions, Inc.
2201 Woodnell Drive
Raleigh, NC 27603-5240Website: http://www.eaglevideo.com
Email: bruce@eaglevideo.compho: 919-779-7891
cel: 919-818-5556 -
Perfect. And put each one in separate folders, with unique names.
This is basically handing them the source tapes. How they view these files is on them. Not really your problem.
Shane
GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
Read my blog, Little Frog in High Def -
[Bruce Wittman] ” On this smaller scale the client had to go to a Mac shop and have the files rendered as AVI files.”
You can offer your customer to skip this.
You can re-wrap the EX/QT files as MFX for PC.
You also avoid transcoding, so the process is very fast.
You ca do it on the Mac or on the PC with one of those free applications:
https://www.convergent-design.com/Downloads/tabid/1650/Default.aspx
(scroll down)
rafael
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