Ray Sherman
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Sorry about the double post 🙁
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Hi John, Thanks for the reply……..
[John Rofrano] “What codec does the AVI file use and does QuickTime support that codec? If yes, you want to look for a program that will just re-wrap. If no, you’ll need to transcode.
Unfortunately, I only have .avi clips not in a container. In addition, it’s all 720×480 non-widescreen. Looks like I’ll have to transcode.
I do not have Compressor as of yet, if you believe Compressor would do the trick without any quality loss, I’ll go for it. Thanks again for all your help, very much appreciated. Ray -
Hi John, Thanks for the reply……..
[John Rofrano] “What codec does the AVI file use and does QuickTime support that codec? If yes, you want to look for a program that will just re-wrap. If no, you’ll need to transcode.
Unfortunately, I only have .avi clips not in a container. In addition, it’s all 720×480 non-widescreen. Looks like I’ll have to transcode.
I do not have Compressor as of yet, if you believe Compressor would do the trick without any quality loss, I’ll go for it. Thanks again for all your help, very much appreciated. Ray -
Ok guys…….. Here’s another one for you. I came across a large amount of .avi media that needs to be converted as well. I know FCPX will accept .avi but, wouldn’t it in your opinion be best to convert it all to .mov before importing it into FCPX for editing? If so, do you have any suggestions for the best converter for this since EditReady won’t ingest it? I’ve tried the free one through Apple App’s called Free Video Converter but, the quality was terrible compared to the native .avi file. As always, your help would be most appreciated. Thanks, Ray
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Thanks Joe for all the advice……….. I just downloaded Apple Pro Video Formats 2.0.5 and your right, you can’t leave files in place. My 4K media is in a contained in the original card structure. I imported the entire folder and played back a couple clips natively which seemed to play fine. Of course this is straight up without any plugins, effects, chroma keying, etc.. I do want the best output when it comes to my 4K media therefore, I will try the things you mentioned on a few clips at a time once I’m up and running. I saved all the info. that you have given me and I can’t tell you enough how much I appreciate your help. A huge THANK YOU goes to you for taking the time in explaining the steps needed along with your advice. Ray
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[Joe Marler] “If you need 4k export you have two options, both of which will preserve the full 4k resolution for a crop/zoom:
(1) Edit the 4k material in a 1080p timeline (aka project) as described above, then when you are finished, copy/paste the entire timeline into a 4k project and export from that. Otherwise you can only export at the 1080p max project resolution.
(2) Edit 4k material in a 4k project and export from that at 4k. Editing performance won’t be quite as fast but if you are using proxy it likely won’t matter — it will be fast enough.”
Great advice……. Never thought of that.
[Joe Marler] “Provided you have installed Apple Pro Video Formats 2.0.5, FCPX should be able to handle MXF OK: https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1898?locale=en_US
However MXF media cannot be imported “in place” from a copy of the original card structure. You can theoretically copy the .MXF files outside the structure and import it in place from that location, but that is considered a poor practice and risks losing valuable metadata.”
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Awesome Joe!! I was typing the previous reply at the same time you were replying. You answered a lot of questions in my mind and for that I am very greatful! I did plan on “Leave Files in Place” simply due to being a solo offline editer. Once in FCPX, I will try Optimized along with ProRes 422. Also, I just started shooting in 4K about a year ago, mainly for the very answer you gave along with being able to zoom up to 200% without quality loss in a 1080p timeline. I also plan on exporting native 4K when not in a mixed format envirement. My 4K media is MXF H.264. With that being said, do you feel that I should rewrap my 4K as well or just use it native in FCPX? Again, thanks for your help. Ray
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I do have a question in regards to the Presets in EditReady……… If I convert the m2t media to ProRes 422 LT and/or ProRes 422 Proxy, will I be able to to optimize the media in FCPX to ProRes 422? Please correct me if I’m wrong but, wouldn’t I be degrading the media upon the conversion therefore, making it impossible to bring it back to it’s native quality in FCPX? I tried researching this but, I couldn’t find any definitive answers. Thanks, Ray
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Thanks John! I was playing around with EditReady yesterday and was amazed at how well it converts on my maxed out 2016 15″ MacBook Pro. Unfortunately, I received all the files I mentioned in .m2t clips only. I now see that a lot of storage is needed when I convert them to ProRes 422.
1 minute: Native m2t = 209MB
Converted to ProRes 422 = 976MB
I also converted a (1 minute 25 second) 4K MXF (H.264) clip:
Native = 1.06GB
ProRes and 422 = 6.06GB……WoW!!
At least FCPX will handle the 4K natively without conversion………
As a newbie, I need to learn about the presets along with how it affects final output in FCPX. I’d like to add, I do have Ripple’s Core training, Media Mgt. and Color correction training in which I am now getting started. I did come from Sony Vegas Pro and DVDA which should help me with the general basics. You, along with many others here have been a tremendous help to me and I sincerely appreciate it. Thanks, Ray -
Hi,
Just wanted to let everyone know that I’m going with EditReady as you suggested. A BIG PLUS for (Today Only) is that it’s 33% off due to their 10’th anniversary. It’s $33.49 instead of $49.99. Use this code 10years for the discount. https://www.divergentmedia.com/editready
I’d like to add, EditReady also had a new update on February 14’th as well….. ver. 1.4.7
I do have a couple questions;
1) Does anyone know if EditReady can be downloaded to more than one computer?
2) Are there free updates?
Thanks again for your help………. Ray