[Ben Mullins]

Hi Chris,

Yes I have FCP installed and yes the files work in Quicktime.

Thanks,

Ben.

[Ben Mullins]

Yes, Quicktime 7 Pro. I’ve tried encoding at the smallest bitrate I can without losing quality but it doesn’t make any difference.

[Ben Mullins]

Hi Dave,

Sorry if I was misleading, I’m not editing with H264 it’s the playback in Quicktime that I have a problem with.

Ben.

[Ben Mullins]

…you can just drag a clip down to the New Item icon and when the new sequence is created it will automatically match your clip settings, then go into your sequence settings and the codec will be displayed. You could then make a note of it in the Notes metadata column if necessary.

EDIT – Actually I’m not sure this is the case! When I tried this before the codec seems to automatically match but the field order was incorrect, which makes me doubt the codec now. Will need to do a couple more tests!

[Ben Mullins]

Thanks for the link Peter, interesting discussion. I have already made the decision to switch over to Adobe and am in the process of doing so. Initially not having codec info was a little annoying (although you can just drag a clip down to the New Item icon and when the new sequence is created it will automatically match your clip settings, then go into your sequence settings and the codec will be displayed. You could then make a note of it in the Notes metadata column if necessary). Reading your other thread I agree that it probably isn’t as important as it was in FCP, and certainly not a reason to ignore Premiere, however I would like to have that info all the same. If I don’t need to use it great, but I’d rather that was by choice and not by force.

In general I am very happy with Premiere Pro and feel I have made the right choice in switching. It’s not that I am discounting Apple completely and perhaps X will become the software Apple claims it to be, but why wait for that when Adobe is offering a superior platform today? If X develops into something great I will pick it up then, but for now it’s Adobe for me. Incidentally I really like Media Composer as well however I work with people who, whilst not editors themselves, are required to do basic editing now and then and I feel they would struggle more with a switch to MC than to Premiere, hence the Adobe choice.

Ben.

[Ben Mullins]

Hi Peter,

I have exactly the same question (also coming from FCP). Where is the codec info found?

Thanks,

Ben.

[Ben Mullins]

Thanks guys.

[Ben Mullins]

Thanks for the info guys. I just tried adding a different DVCPRO HD QT file and this one was accepted. I then tried several files and some are fine and work no problem and others are refused. They are all exported from FCP exactly the same so I don’t understand what the problem is (I am switching over from FCP so just getting to grips with the Adobe system.)

I purchased the Production Premium Suite CS5.5, does this include the MainConcept codec pack as part of the installation? I have the DVCPRO HD Quicktime codec installed on my Mac and have never had any issues with this file type through FCP.

Also, how does Premiere Pro handle DVCPRO HD footage and is there a particular workflow I should be aware of?

Thanks,

Ben.

[Ben Mullins]

Thanks for the advice guys, all good to know.

[Ben Mullins]

Glen Hurd
The weakness with Apple’s “let the 3rd party developers solve these problems” is that it makes for an inherently inferior product – for now the product not only has to rely on the ongoing development of a somewhat psychotic company, but also on 3rd party developers who, by and large, are kept in the dark about future developments as much as we are.

I agree absolutely, if Apple are going to rely so heavily on 3rd party developers they need to build much better relationships with them, and open their communication channels a lot wider. What incentive is it to be forced to play catch-up when 3rd parties can simply develop for someone else like Adobe who seem to handle relationships a lot better. Most businesses try to plan as far ahead in to the future as possible in order to maximise stability, but how can anyone do that and work with Apple when Apple sneak around like a Ninja doing everything in secret?