[Ryan Holmes]

[Keith Betts] “How do I locate and install the correct codec in Final Cut Studio 2?”

What codec are you missing? What was the footage? What was it shot on? More info is needed for anybody here to help you.

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[Ryan Holmes]

I agree with Jim. I’ve been working with XDCAM footage since CS5.5 and it’s so smooth in Adobe (compared to FCP). No more time spent transcoding to ProRes, just grab the BPAV folder and copy it onto your RAID. PPro will see the BPAV folder, parse the XML file and just show you the mp4s without any clutter.

If you do want to transcode you can use Prelude (which will run everything through Media Encoder) without any issues. PPro and XDCAM = easy!

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[Ryan Holmes]

What type of computer do you have? What are the specs?

I run a 2010 8-core Mac Pro and haven’t had any problems with either compression scheme. We primarily use it in All-I format. The higher data rate will impact your hard drives more than your computer. The CPU is still decoding h.264 either way. As Shane said, the only codec the camera shoots to is h.264. Provided you have some type of RAID for your video files, you should have no problem.

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[Ryan Holmes]

You cannot import DNxHD MXF files natively, as Angelo states.

You can import DNxHD mov files after you install the free codecs from Avid. I believe Avid Quicktime Codecs LE 2.3.7 is the latest from Avid: https://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/Download/en423319

You’ll need to re-wrap the MXF files to mov for Premiere to ingest them.

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[Ryan Holmes]

You’ll have more luck posting this in the FCPX forum: https://forums.creativecow.net/fcpxtechnique

Why not just export out a full quality mov from FCPX and then import that stand-alone mov into Compressor or Quicktime Pro to encode to mp4 for YouTube upload? Vimeo has a good write up about how one should approach an encode for upload…while it’s Vimeo the principles apply equally to YouTube:https://vimeo.com/help/compression

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[Ryan Holmes]

[Ahmed Syed] “a codec that is the best replacement for Apple Pro Res HQ”

Why are your replacing ProRes?

I would say Avid’s DNxHD is the closest counterpart to Apple’s ProRes. Otherwise, Walter’s run down of the options is excellent!

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[Ryan Holmes]

Mike,
Your best bet is to purchase some on eBay or Craigslist. They are getting harder and harder to come by.

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[Ryan Holmes]

Welcome to the world of modern virtualized (i.e. hyper-threaded) CPU cores. This is how your machine is designed to run and Adobe has written code to take advantage of the added horsepower. So while you may only have 1 actual CPU core, it appears as 2 (or 3 or 4 depending on your machine) to the operating system. The software engineer can then take advantage of those extra “cores” to process material. Quite awesome actually! 😉

If you want to fall asleep or learn about it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper-threading
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Processor_affinity

If you want to monitor your machines progress, Activity Monitor is the free version. iStat Menu allows you to see everything going on inside your machine: https://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/

Now lay back and enjoy the speed!

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[Boris Tivchev] “There is nearly no lag at all when using it with Apple Color though.”

I’ve experienced the same thing. Which leads me to believe it’s more than just an IP issue. It may be how Resolve is written to interact with Eucon Control or maybe how Eucon feeds the panel while in Resolve?

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[Ryan Holmes]

Use Prelude and convert to your format/codec of choice.

Or use Canon’s XF Utility to convert footage to stand alone MXF files, drag into Media Encoder and convert.

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