[Ryan Holmes]

I’m curious what export times you are expecting? You do realize that you are export (1) Mixed resolutions, (2) Mixed frame rates, and (3) mixed codecs (ProRes, R3D, h264). So you’re asking AME to resize the media, add/remove pulldown, and transcode….that’s a lot in my book.

Given your hardware setup those times don’t strike me as ridiculous. Painful? Yes. Ridiculous? No (not given what you are asking of it). A 12 core machine would probably help a bit (but that’s probably not worth the $4K investment), but I’m not sure there’s much help to offer.

As for it hanging, you may better results exporting directly from the app itself – PPro or AE – instead of going through AME. You can still use your presets inside of those programs. Problem is in PPro you can’t que up several things to run. It’s a one at a time deal. Though AE does allow you to que up multiple comps in the render queue.

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[Ryan Holmes]

Not sure about your particular problem. Off the top of my head I would:
(1) Repair disk permissions
(2) Clean out the cache in Premiere (Preferences–>Media)
(3) Verify storage locations inside of Audition (Preferences–>Media & Disk Cache)
(4) Remove any effects on audio tracks in Premiere
(5) Verify your formats are in fact 48kHz WAV files

As a simple workaround you can export an OMF of your timeline and bring that into Audition to do audio. Or you can export the clips as self contained WAV files and bring those into Audition.

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[Ryan Holmes]

Read the config guide, setup accordingly:
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/media/4662727/Resolve%20Mac%20Config%20Guide%202012-07-31.pdf

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[Ryan Holmes]

To answer your original question though, I-Frame Only MPEG is an option on Mac’s as well. I have it as a preview rendering codec option on my Mac Pro.

But like I said, that shouldn’t be impacting your file opening abilities. You could have the PC Premiere send you a XML or EDL file to get all the footage reassembled as a workaround.

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[Ryan Holmes]

But it’s the Preview File format….that won’t make a difference when initially connecting media in the timeline. It only matters if you preview or render your footage.

Is the footage in the ProRes format still? Did the PC guys possibly change it while doing FX or color work (PC’s can’t write ProRes so they would’ve picked a different format). Does the footage import properly on it’s own into another project? If not….what’s the error?

I’ve just never heard of or experienced a preview setting be the deterrent for a project failing to connect properly…..though with technology I guess it’s always a possibility!

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[Ryan Holmes]

Or use this page – it’s free:
https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/topics.html

Or Press the “F1” key inside of Premiere Pro.

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[Ryan Holmes]

What codec is the video in? You solve that question and that may well fix your problem.

Is the original media in mxf, avi or mov format? Then within that container what codec is used – DNxHD, ProRes, Uncompressed, h.264, etc.

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[Ryan Holmes]

Jonathan – both Bret and Rafael are correct. It just depends on what you’re going to do with the output. So your two options to drop down to widescreen SD are really:
(1) 853×480 Square Pixel Aspect Ratio (good for web posting)
(2) 720×480 Anamorphic 16×9 (good if you’re burning a DVD or going to SD broadcast)

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[Ryan Holmes]

You’re dealing with PAR (Pixel Aspect Ratio) values here, not so much physical dimensions. You’re on the right track though.

Suffice it to say, the Bret is exactly right. Just encode in Compressor as 720×480 with a 16×9 Pixel Aspect box selected (NTSC CCIR 601). It’s located in the Geometry tab inside the Inspector in Compressor. Select that, recompress and enjoy!

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[Ryan Holmes]

Use MPEG Streamclip to rip the DVD into the codec and format of your choice.
https://www.squared5.com

In the future it’s probably best to ask FCP X questions in the FCP X forum (not the FCP7 forum):
https://forums.creativecow.net/fcpxtechnique

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