Michael Hancock
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No, Avid isn’t approved for Leopard yet, but there are folks running it using some workarounds to get it to run. Word on the street is 2nd quarter support for Leopard (if I remember right).
Your problem could be quicktime 7.4–also not approved for Avid (is it approved for any application, yet, besides iTunes?). If you need to export DNxHD, try rolling back to Quicktime 7.3 and try again.
Michael.
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If you’re talking about sending them your Reel to land a job, send it on VHS unless they ask for a Beta or DVD. You’d be surprised how many news directors still don’t have DVD players in the their office, and if your disc won’t play for any reason at all–they’ll toss it in the trash and call the next guy. VHS always plays, even though the quality stinks.
Michael.
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But how do you get it on a PC?
Michael.
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I didn’t answer before because I honestly don’t know if what you want to do will work. I’ve never used those cameras. But they record to .mov (quicktime) files, so there’s hope!
You can import quicktime movies into Avid without a problem. Because these cameras are recording to H.264 you might have problems, but probably not. The biggest issue is the transcode time–Avid going to take every clip from this camera and transcode it to MXF media (since you’re working in HD), and that will take a while. Definitely test this with your system to make sure it’s going to import correctly, and to get an idea of the import time you’ll be looking at. It might take so long to import one clip that you decide it’s just not worth it.
If you like the quality of the cameras but don’t like the import time, consider loading all the footage onto one (or several) systems and running each clip through a program like Sorenson Squeeze or ProCoder. If you transcode them to an Avid friendly codec (like the Avid codecs themselves) you’ll save an enormous amount of import time, and can work with your other footage while your transcode machine converts away.
You don’t list all the specs for your laptop, but it might run Avid. You can install Avid on as many machines as you want–just take your dongle along to run it. I installed Avid on my wife’s Dell laptop at home–it’s way out of spec and, in theory, never should have booted into the program but it did and it actually runs quite well. So try it–you might be surprised!
Let us know if you get a chance to test this and whether or not it works.
Good luck!
Michael.
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tubesock will let you capture youtube videos, but the options of compression are limited. You’d likely have to run them through compressor to make them a FCP friendly format. I don’t believe it will work for other sites, though–just youtube. The demo will let you save 30 seconds of video–you can test it to see if it works. If it does and you need longer pieces it’s pretty cheap.
Michael.
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As far as I know, ProRes isn’t available unless FCP is installed. Even then, I don’t know if it would be available for Avid to read during import. You could always try, but if I were you I would reencode the quicktimes to an Avid codec.
Regarding the 23.98fps versus 29.97–I have no idea. I haven’t had the pleasure(?) of working with it, but I assume you’ll eventually have to take it back to 29.97 for broadcast.
Is there a reason you’re not just editing it on FCP?
Michael.
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The product linked below was discussed in length on the Business and Marketing forum. I know some of the heavyweights on the COW are using it and love it (and by heavyweights I mean the seasoned pros–nothing to do with girth or physical size!).
It looks like it was designed for what you’re wanting. Here’s the thread in the Business and Marketing forum that discussed it:
https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/17/858547
I haven’t use it, but I’m very interested in it. If things go as we’re expecting this year I’m going to propose setting it up for our clients.
Michael.
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EOL=End of Life.
Michael.
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I didn’t realize it had SDI out. Thanks for the clarification.
Michael.
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No, it’s not supported yet. Yes, it will be. When? Those who know can’t say. Those who say don’t know. If you have to shoot with this camera right now and edit it right now–yes, you should go with Final Cut, if it supports it. No reason to wait when you could be working. Remember, these are just tools and Avid isn’t the right one (right now) for this job.
Michael.