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Excellent. Thanks for following up for me!

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Thanks, Phil! Appreciated.

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Download MPGStreamclip and import your clips.
Select Export as QT Movie.
Change the codec to Prores and uncheck the Interlaced processing button.
Leave the rest as it is.

Rafael, can you confirm something for me? I need to convert my Canon 7D clips to ProRes LT. I presume MPEG Streamclip is a good tool. Following your instructions above, I notice that the QT “Quality” bar is defaulted to 50%. Shouldn’t I change that to 100%, or do as you say and change the codec, but leave everything else alone?

Thank you!

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Thanks, Phil.

Whomever tagged this thread with “Should move to FCP Basics Forum”, sorry about that. I had no idea there was a basics forum. Not sure how I’m supposed to know what is basic (it all seems advanced to me sometimes!), but I will try to make best guesses and post appropriately.

Thanks!

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That’s the way it seemed to me. Just wanted to confirm with the Pros before I chased my tail!

Thank you for the quick response.

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Thanks, gentlemen. Ian, I did EXACTLY that, but my compression from FC version actually looked better. Go figure.

Jerry, I may need a little more detail to understand your language…

Try skipping the QT conversion. Instead, just compress to MPEG-2 directly from the ProRes HQ sequence.

Are you saying do what Ian described and output a standalone QT file with existing timeline settings, then take that file to Compressor?

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Michael, that is very cool of you to pursue this and “hold my hand” to ensure I am covered. Very cool. Thank you!

The clips were not MXF-types and thus Log & Transfer was not necessary. The clips are recorded and originate as QT files. The files were ready and able to be imported directly into my Project bins.

The CODEC is XDCAM HD422 1080i60 (50Mb/s). As for the Sequence settings, I allow FC to dictate the setting by recognizing the clip I bring in, which it did effectively.
y from the camera into FCP, rather than using Log & Transfer to correctly import non edit codec files.

And although the QTChange software warns it can be a destructive process to the file if not careful with settings, the replacement files changed so fast I could tell it did not alter video compression or quality, but only striped new timecode. My examination of the resulting clips seems to support that assessment.

Anyway, even though I’m “shooting in the dark” a bit knowledge-wise, I think I accomplished my goal, thanks to your direction.

Any additional comments/cautions/direction is greatly appreciated. Thank you for taking your time for me.

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I have no idea of the Codec. I am very layman on the technical side.

HOWEVER, your first suggestion to use QTChange WORKED! It was a snap. Within 5 minutes, I converted 90 files into usable timecode.

Even cooler, The replacement files copied onto the original files in the same directory, and when I re opened FC, my edits remained 100% in tact with only the timecode changes.

By the way, I did back those files up prior to this exercise! 😉

Thank you for your quick response and a VERY GOOD solution. $25 and it was worth ten times that to me.

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Unfortunately, I do not know the name of the recorder system, but this was a Sony HD Professional camera with a recorder chip configuration on board. It records QT file clips, and is basically the same process as a Panasonic MXF file recording. The difference being, it outputs QT type files as opposed to MXF files.

I am viewing the original raw media clips in FC and the timecode original clip timecode is duplicated. Weird. Never seen this.

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Heidi, unfortunately I’m on your side of the fence in this forum. Hopefully one of “The Gurus” will pick this up and guide you. I just don’t know enough to help beyond my isolated problem.

Good luck and hang in there!

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