Importing DVCPRO-HD Quicktimes

TimTyler wrote on 12/13/2007, 12:14 PM
I have a client with a DVCPRO-HD 720p project that is passing me the edited piece so that I can incorporate it into my Raylight-enabled Vegas 720p project.

After several attempts, the only way I could get the quicktime into Vegas was to install an Edius 4 Demo, import the quicktime into Edius and then render it from Edius into RBG AVI. The AVI imports into Vegas without issue.

Things that wouldn't work:
- Installed Canopus PlaybackCodecsPack_v303
- Installed Avid AvidCodecsLE_1.6PC
- Even after Edius and its codecs are installed in my system, Vegas can't see the video portion of the Quicktime.

Anybody got a simpler workflow suggestion?

Comments

rmack350 wrote on 12/13/2007, 1:28 PM
Raylight is supposed to work but if FCP created the files I hear they aren't compatible with much of anything but FCP.

Specifically, I hear that if the FCP user is ingesting via SDI and saving the video in its' DVCPRO-HD format then the media is nearly useless out of FCP.

Just repeating what I've read on this forum. I don't have direct experience but I suppose I could check. We just installed an FCP station specifically to deal with HDCPro-HD footage, so I could get some media onto my machine, I think.

Rob Mack

Spot|DSE wrote on 12/13/2007, 1:44 PM
You should be able to import these with QT Pro installed?
TimTyler wrote on 12/13/2007, 1:50 PM
I have QT pro installed and it won't play them either. Actually, QTP and Vegas cn play the audio from the files, but not the video. Edius sees them fine though.

The files originated on P2 and were ingested into FCP as data files.


[I]UPDATE:[/I]
Here's a two-second 16MB test clip created in FCP if anybody wants to give it a whirl. http://inventivepictures.com/dvcpro-hd-test.zip
rmack350 wrote on 12/13/2007, 6:04 PM
Well, the raylight thing was just me not knowing what I was talking about. Big surprise there. So I went to the site, downloaded the wrong demo, tried it, failed, then downloaded the Raylight Quicktime decoder.

That works and it's 95 bucks. Doesn't look good but I'm hoping that's because of demo status or operator error. You have more of a vested interest in it than I do so you might try harder.

Rob Mack
TimTyler wrote on 12/13/2007, 7:00 PM
Thx, Rob.

I bought it. Works perfectly :)