Peter Dearmond
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Yes, that is working fine for me so far. But again, it would be nice to hear from the Media 100 folks…
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I heard that Don Smith over at News Video in Dallas is selling his. You can reach him at https://www.newsvideo.com
I have one, but I’m sure not selling it — love this camera!
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I have the Radeon 5770 in my Mac Pro, and that works fine. Apple is committed to using Open Computing Language (Open CL) which makes use of the graphics cards (not the main central processing unit) for better performance in video software. Unfortunately Open CL needs the more modern graphics cards. Interesting that the new iMacs have the graphics cards that will run FCPX, Motion, Compressor, etc. Most of us doing video believe that Apple will stop making the Mac Pro towers and steer us toward the iMacs, to which you can connect a Thunderbolt RAID.
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Okay, so after you have ProRes installed, when you launch a new project in Media 100, go to Project Settings>Codecs and select Apple ProRes 422 (there are choices, you might try HQ). Then, when you go to import the file into Media 100, it will convert your file to ProRes. It’s probably going to take a while, so I suggest importing a small file first and see how it looks in Media 100.
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MPEG Streamclip does give ProRes as a choice if you have ProRes preinstalled on your system. At least, it does for me. You have to scroll way up for all the choices.
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When you install Compressor all the ProRes and related codecs are installed and should be available when you’re using Media 100.
Yes, you can use Compressor, but let me back up and make sure I understand what you’re doing. Are you talking about importing the Canon footage into Media 100? If so you don’t have to convert it first; Media 100 will do that for you.
If you’re talking about working with an exported Media 100 file, then I suggest exporting the file as “uncompressed” and then bringing it into your compression program, such as Compressor.
You might also consider Handbrake:
https://handbrake.fr/downloads.php
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Sorry about that. I thought there was a time when Apple was making it available gratis. But I think if you buy Compressor (just 50 bucks) then you’ll get the PreRes codecs.
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You can download the ProRes codecs directly from Apple here:
https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1396?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
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There’s no issue that I’ve heard of with Lion (I’m also using 10.7.3). I don’t think XDCAM Transfer is needed at all — I’ve certainly never used it.
Sounds to me like the jittery video is related more to trying to use a single external drive for playback. For example, my array (RAID 0) is four drives connected to a Sonnet Tempo E4P card. Moves the data really fast and I have zero playback problems. I’d recommend getting a drive array and a dedicated PCIe card for processing.
You can build your own array (that’s what I did) and get an enclosure and card from very helpful folks at MacGurus (https://www.macgurus.com)
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I have the JVC HM700 (love this camera!) and I’ve recently started using FCPX. I’m not having any problems with jerky playback. In your playback preferences, is the playback quality set for “better performance”?
My workflow probably is typical: I copy the video files to an internal backup drive on my Mac before even launching FCPX. I have an external SATA RAID, and when I’m importing a file into FCPX I always save it to the RAID. All of my footage is shot at 720p60 (59.94) at HQ, 35 MB/s.
JVC had a good idea in promoting the fact that their cameras could save your footage as Quicktime files so you could import them directly into FCP, but everyone I know always backs up first. Anyway, the files the camera shoots certainly are compatible with FCPX.