Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Re: [FCP-L] how do I convert Microsoft DV AVI files to a Mac?

 

Greetings:
I appreciate the input regarding the question of converting avi's for use in Final Cut...

what is your experience when you have placed avi's on timeline in FC without conversion ?
the files that I am dealing with are widescreen DV and 4:3 , Standard Def..

on my initial query, I assumed that the avi's had to be converted, hence my request for converters; but I heard from an editor who said avi's are not a problem in FC even if QT puts a "bogus" warning.. but then another editor said avi's are not happy with Final Cut or QT ? I remain uncertain..

Ultimately, my goal in this exercise is to advise a client who had a cabaret show shot in a tapeless medium and wants to have the files archived on her hard drive in the right format ready for either a PC or Mac editor to work on without having to deal with conversions....if that is possible ... so far whe has a ntfs drive with avi's...if I can advise her she can take that anywhere, just like the good ol' tape days, then that would be the solution and we won't be concerned about conversions....and I would equally be able to take any of my avi media and bring to FC when needed...While the original shooter-editor has Premiere on PC, I do not...I have FC Studio 1 and Sony Vegas Pro 8.Thanks

Stan

Stan Kurtis
skvisual@earthlink.net

----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Hullfish
To: FinalCutPro-L@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: [FCP-L] how do I convert Microsoft DV AVI files to a Mac?

Adobe has an article on how to work between FCP and Premiere Pro.
Maybe you should just create a selects reel in Premiere Pro and then
do your fine cut once you've got the media down to a manageable size?

There are two docs - one on HOW to switch between FCP and PPro and
another on WHY you'd want to. Both are on links on this page under
"For FInal Cut Pro users."

http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/production/openworkflows/

On Oct 5, 2009, at 10:43 AM, skvisual wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I have footage shot in widescreen DV ( 720 x 480, 1.2)
>
> It was captured via firewire to a PC with Adobe Premiere CS4, and
> the DV AVI files were copied to a USB hard drive formatted NTFS.
>
> How does a Final Cut editor deal with those very large AVI files on
> a Mac ? Can something transcode AVIs to Quicktime ?
>
> I understand that avi's don't play well with Final Cut
>
> How do Macs deal with an NTFS drive ?
>
> How do Macs deal with a 60 gig avi file ?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Stan
>
> Stan Kurtis
> skvisual@earthlink.net
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>

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