[John Pale]

1) Open Compressor
2) Go to Settings Pane
3) In Apple/Audio Formats select AIFF 48/16
4) Go to File/Save Droplet As…

Save the droplet to the desktop or some other convenient place. You can also drag it to the dock, top or sidebar of a Finder Window.
You can also select a folder where the converted AIFF files will end up….usually you would put this folder on your media drive.

This is better than Quicktime Pro, as you can easily do lots of files in the background. It may also be better for some than iTunes, as you do not need to mess with your iTunes encoding or library location setting. Utilizing the Destination settings in Compressor, you can also make the files conform to whatever naming scheme you like.

[John Pale]

search for “dynamic trimming” in the help guide

[John Pale]

make sure they are not CMYK. they should be RGB.
also make sure they are not using compression and are not using layers.

[John Pale]

Please detail the steps and settings you are using. Also what codec is your editing timeline?

There are some settings you might be tempted to crank up thinking it will give you the “highest quality” that are unnecessary and will cause the encoding time to be glacially slow.

[John Pale]

You cannot use the old Avid Meridien Codec, as the Meridien board pre-dates Avid’s HD support. The latest Avid Quicktime Codec includes all HD resolutions, but causes FCP to crash on startup on many systems…on other systems it causes other odd behavior. I would avoid it, but if you want to give it a try, you can download it here (download the one dated Sept 27, 2006):

https://www.avid.com/onlineSupport/browse.asp?productID=0&topicID=404&browse=

A better option might be to download the Blackmagic Codec, which is available for both Mac and Windows systems. Install it on both the Avid and the FCP systems. This codec does not require Blackmagic Decklink hardware.

https://decklink.com/support/software/

[John Pale]

[dale] “the fluid film effect doesn’t work with other effects so do that first then do a mixdown of the clip and you can do whatever you want.”

Yes it does. I do it all the time. Just hold down the alt key and drag the effect you want to the clip.

[John Pale]

Have you tried opening it in Soundtrack Pro? Do the waveforms look clipped there too?

[John Pale]

[aumount] “Comp: Uncompressed 10-bit 4:2:2”

This is your problem. To use the uncompressed codec, you must have FCP installed on your system.

As an alternative, you can use the Animation Codec or download the Blackmagic Uncompressed codecs, which are available for both Mac and PC.

https://decklink.com/support/software/

You do not need a Decklink card to use these codecs.

[John Pale]

[Thax] “Quicktime Pro works great, too, but I’m just MAD at ’em for wanting to charge me AGAIN after I upgrade the QT on the Mac… I paid $30 once, why do I need to buy it AGAIN?”

You dont have to buy it again. If you have an FCP license you have Quicktime Pro. It’s automatic, if you have FCP 5.x.

PS: You can also create a droplet in Compressor for this purpose.

[John Pale]

[mtbakerstu] “As an alternative, I have tried exporting the Avid Bins into DV NTSC DV/DVCPRO files. Now these files behave correctly when edited in FCP, but the thing is, the image looks soft when you begin to play the source file in a sequence. (When you play the source file in the Quicktime Player, the image does not go soft. Why is this?)”

I think the Avid DV files use a 720 x 486 frame size rather than the native frame size of DV which is 720 x 480. Try moving the clip up or down 1 line in the motion tab and see if that helps.