[John Pale]

[John Pale] “You do not have to do anything to your Avid system and you do not need to re-export or convert anything.”

Let me re-phrase that…if you exported from the Quicktime movies from the Avid using the Avid Quicktime codec, you do not need to re-export or convert anything.

[John Pale]

Once you install them on the computer you have Final Cut installed on, it will be able to play the Quicktimes exported from your Avid. Without the codecs, it wont.

You do not have to do anything to your Avid system and you do not need to re-export or convert anything.

[John Pale]

The Avid codec allows you to play Avid Quicktimes in Quicktime applications (like FCP)..without it, it wont work.

you can download the codec here

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

Download and install the one at the top that’s called “Latest Avid Codecs for Mac and PC”

Note that Avid Quicktimes do not retain the timecode from the original source tapes, so if you are relying on logs, you will have a problem.

Note also, that Avid Quicktimes in the past did not perform well within FCP (they are more intended for non-realtime programs like After Effects)…I have not had a chance to try the new codecs yet…the old ones would cause weird problems sometimes in FCP.

[John Pale]

[walter biscardi] “Now if Avid, Apple, Panasonic and everyone else wants to talk to the networks and convince them that NTSC and PAL no longer exist, by all means I’m all for it. But until then, we’re stuck with the mess of “he said, she said” and we all figure it out for ourselves.”

Perfectly said. And I agree with you. I probably should have avoided the subject with the original poster, but since he gave so little info in the original question I was not totally sure what he wanted to accomplish…though I was able to make an educated guess.

Technically speaking…PAL and NTSC were only supposed to refer to the color encoding processes…though in general usage, they have come to be descriptions of frame rate and frame size. Note that SECAM is also a color encoding system, but no NLE has presets for SECAM projects. Note also, that FCP and Avid do not refer to PAL and NTSC HD in their software, and AJA does not refer to PAL and NTSC HD in their Easy Setups. Really its the networks, in their effort to simply things, that are causing all the confusion.

[John Pale]

Walter,

Not trying to be argumentative…I deeply repspect your knowlege and experience…but here’s an excerpt from “Understanding HD”…an informational booklet published by AVID (yes, the purple guys). It jibes with everything I have been taught…in technical terms my original answer is correct, though from a practical standpoint, you are totally correct, too.

PAL and NTSC do not exist in HD. They do not exist in
modern SD digital television either

[John Pale]

there is no such thing as PAL or NTSC in HD.

Are you trying to convert DVCPRO-HD 1080i/60 to DVCPRO-HD 1080i/50 ?

[John Pale]

Call Huge. I am sure they have seen this before and they have great customer support. Your first move should be contacting them, not posting here.

[John Pale]

Sounds like you have a Quicktime reference movie in the timeline, but do not have available some of the footage (or render files) the reference file is pointing to.

Try not having your media drive online…this will cause everything to be offline. Remove the reference movie clip from the timeline. Quit. Remount your media drive, then re-open FCP. It shouldnt look for the missing file anymore.

[John Pale]

[fosterd] “I have 2 sequences – a seamless and a cut-to-clock. I have decomposed the seamless and began to ingest HD footage. “

You know you can put both the “seamless” and the “cut-to-clock” sequences in the same bin, select them both and decompose….it will not double the footage you need to digitize and will make it easier next time.

I think you should be able to relink the “cut to clock” after the fact (as long as the necessary timecode for the shots is available), but in any areas where it differs from the other seq. you will have to digitize..but you knew that already.

[John Pale]

I am sure others will be able to chime in about a good FTP service….

Keep in mind, you do not need to use an FTP service…any Mac connected to the internet can be an FTP server…all you need to do is turn it on in your Sharing Preference pane.
To make things a bit more secure you can use this free software..Pure FTP.

https://jeanmatthieu.free.fr/pureftpd/