Cineform based workflow giving me problems

wm_b wrote on 2/22/2016, 10:34 AM
I used to have a workflow for editing long action camera video clips (gopro, contour, etc) that involved converting the files to cineform avi files that were much easier to work with. I returned to this workflow after a long break and the first 90 minute mp4 clip I converted last night has a Medialooks watermark. I have a license for GoPro Studio Premium as my last product from my initial cineform purchase so I'm not quite sure what is happening. I did my conversion in HDLink which is how I've always done it.

Should I be doing this with a different intermediate type now? All I want to do is be able to work with two 720p 60fps clips that are 90 minutes long. I need to do some picture in picture stuff, and editing between the two clips but my system can't handle that with mp4s however it could with two cineform avi files when I was doing more of this stuff.

I'm using Vegas 12 Pro, windows 10 64bit. The computer is a bit old but I was doing this stuff on it a few years ago without much trouble.

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VidMus wrote on 2/22/2016, 11:18 AM
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windowslive/forum/moviemaker-av/why-is-the-medialooks-icon-being-burned-onto-all/4f3fb468-8653-4d31-a023-25d47393063f?auth=1

JohnnyRoy wrote on 2/22/2016, 1:50 PM
> "Should I be doing this with a different intermediate type now?"

No, I don't see why you should change. CineForm is still the best native digital intermediary on Windows.

I have an old HDLink license as well but I've been using the CineForm codec from the free GoPro Studio with Vegas Pro without any problems. I doubt the Medialooks watermark has anything to do with CineForm. I've never seen it.

So the answer to your questions is: Yes, this is still a perfectly acceptable workflow.

~jr
wm_b wrote on 2/22/2016, 2:21 PM
Okay, thanks for the confirmation. I have seen the medialooks watermark one other time long aog but I can't remember the cause or solution.
wm_b wrote on 2/22/2016, 2:45 PM
I uninstalled quicktime pro and reinstalled it again and was able to make a new test clip without the watermark. I'll have to convert my other clips again and it took forever to do a 90 minute clip.
astar wrote on 2/22/2016, 4:35 PM
Cineform is a good workflow.

An alternative would be XDCAM-EX 720-60p, under .mxf profiles, which will produce smaller files, can be uploaded directly to YouTube, and in certain timeline cases smart render (video codec copy vs re-rendering frames.) XDCAM is also a very light weight, Vegas optimized codec, which should work well on weaker hardware.