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farss wrote on 7/18/2005, 2:05 PM
I think you'll need the same codec sintalled on your PC as they were captured with on the Mac. Someone here I thought had got this to work, try a search for DVCProHD
Bob.
kentwolf wrote on 7/18/2005, 7:30 PM
I don't know how much footage you have, but I recently had a similar issue.

They couldn't play my AVI files I submitted for a presentation...VERY shortly before it was to run.

As per the suggestion of the Vegas ForumAdmin, I transferred them to mini DV tape and all went perfectly.

It turns out they were using Final Cut Pro on Apple. Nothing Windows about their setup.

I did not know they were using Apple computers...all turned out OK though...
p@mast3rs wrote on 7/18/2005, 9:20 PM
I would assume that when the new MacTels hit the market next year, we will have a lot of people using both FCP/Vegas sicne the MacTels will allow you to dual boot between OSX and XP. Then I am sure we will have more issues like this one.
musman wrote on 7/18/2005, 9:40 PM
I sure hope so. It would be nice to work b/t the 2 programs. Been trying to move files from fcp into vegas for audio work and nothing has worked right. The AAF route is a no go so far as FCP crashes upon trying to open an AAF file. Also, AAF files from fcp to Vegas are a total mess.
I'm a little confused here about Varicam files. If there's a way to make them work in Vegas that would be huge.
GlennChan wrote on 7/18/2005, 10:23 PM
jlafferty:

You could try this:
In FCP, use the media manager and make a copy of your project with a copy of all the media.
For format, choose AVI (because quicktime is really slow in Vegas). For the codec, use uncompressed. Vegas doesn't have a DVCPRO100mbps codec by default, although you may be able to use the Matrox one?

Half-way there. You now need the files in a file format your PC can read. If you have access to the Mac, you may be able to share the files on the Mac and read them from the PC?
Otherwise... transfer the files over a network onto a fast RAID array on your PC (or edit at DV resolution with gearshift or something, then uprez and output using FCP).
Or, use a firewire drive. You will need software (~$50) to write onto NTFS, or read from Mac OS X extended file system.
jlafferty wrote on 7/19/2005, 8:33 AM
glenn,

OK, sounds like some good ideas.

All the files I do have now are native whatever that FCP captures from a deck. They're just saved as data files to a DVDR. I'm thinking I'll just go into the studio, recompress them to a format I'm pretty sure Vegas should recognize, and burn them out to DVDR again.

I'm pretty sure I can't get them uncompressed out to DVD because of the size :(

Do any of you know if/how OSX (Tiger) mounts an NTFS external firewire drive? I've got a 120gb drive in an ADS enclosure and I've been thinking I'd just take that in instead of burning to DVDR.

Thanks again,

- jim
GlennChan wrote on 7/19/2005, 8:43 PM
Jim,
check out
this thread on the cow about NTFS

You should get one of those programs. That seems like the best way to do things.

The DVD route doesn't sound like fun.
jlafferty wrote on 7/21/2005, 9:22 AM
Thanks glenn.