[Joel Wiersema]

I can add a bit about my experience and how the last two days have led me to figure out WHY my multicam wouldn’t work. Basically. I had two 960×540 ProRes files. I resized to 1280×720 which is 25% larger. Works. Wow. Took forever to discover this, but I did it. Ug. I used Compressor and duplicated the ProRes setting and did a custom 16:9. Done.

Originally I had H.264 that I converted from WMV from a Canon camcorder. AND I had a Flip video. So I converted Flip to a H.264 and shrunk it down to match. (originally I did this so i wouldn’t have to render.) That worked. Then I hit the MultiCam wall. That caused many a curse words. So I converted both files to Apple Pro Res. Still same problem. Everything I read said ProRes was the way to go. Then in this thread, I saw written In Sacci’s post, he mentioned:

[Michael Sacci] “So I’m pretty sure only 1920×1080, 1280×720 or 720×280 will work. (of course PAL and DVCProHD equivalent will also work)”

I passed over it first, then went back and thought AH HA! So i did two samples. Worked. So now I’ll resize all. THANK YOU, Sacci.

[Joel Wiersema]

Shane,
Thank you for the reply, and I understand what you mean in regards to them capturing the footage. However, it’s just my cousin, he lives in Florida, he is very busy and he doesn’t have the equipment that I have to import (the deck) AND he hired ME to do it. Also, because it was shot on the Sony Z1U, we are limited with how to import because you either need the deck or the camera. So in retrospect, we’ve made some mistakes, but I am learning a lot, and we must press on.

Maybe its just a sign of my ‘still learning’ brain, but I just can’t believe there isn’t some way for me to get these files to my cousin for him to use. It just seems so weird that captured HD can not be used by a PC. Does QT AND FCP put a codec on the captured files??

My next question, what would be the best way to export these files to something he could use with the best quality of video? In other words, he can’t have the raw HD files, so what can I make for him?

Thank you again,

JOEL
Chicago