It's now possible to render Apple ProRes 4444 etc. in Windows for free. This is important because the Apple ProRes Windows codec is read-only, yet many clients expect files supplied in ProRes.
The tool that made it possible is ffmbc, which is a command line utility.
Some GUIs have sprung up to make life easier. Here are 3 free ones:
1. AWPro
2. Cinec
3. AnotherGUI
AnotherGUI requires manual installation of ffmbc, and probably ffmpeg too, plus some wrangling of the presets xml file to get it to do what you want. Tutorial here but the included versions of ffmbc and AnotherGUI in their download bundle are not the latest, so you might just want to just refer to their presets file to build your own presets.
I should point out that I've had trouble getting all 3 to work so far, but I put this largely down to my strange old XP x64 box (AWPro can't read files, Cinec won't run at all, and AnotherGUI won't encode). But others are reporting success and I saw Cinec running on Windows 7 today. Based on what I've seen and read today, I'd probably try AWPro first on a Windows 7/8 box.
The tool that made it possible is ffmbc, which is a command line utility.
Some GUIs have sprung up to make life easier. Here are 3 free ones:
1. AWPro
2. Cinec
3. AnotherGUI
AnotherGUI requires manual installation of ffmbc, and probably ffmpeg too, plus some wrangling of the presets xml file to get it to do what you want. Tutorial here but the included versions of ffmbc and AnotherGUI in their download bundle are not the latest, so you might just want to just refer to their presets file to build your own presets.
I should point out that I've had trouble getting all 3 to work so far, but I put this largely down to my strange old XP x64 box (AWPro can't read files, Cinec won't run at all, and AnotherGUI won't encode). But others are reporting success and I saw Cinec running on Windows 7 today. Based on what I've seen and read today, I'd probably try AWPro first on a Windows 7/8 box.