SPOT UPDATE. MAC Ingested DVCPRO HD

LongTallTexan wrote on 5/9/2007, 5:09 AM
Well got the 1.5 Tera Drive back from HDNET. The drive is formated to Mac Specs. Through the use of MACDRIVE 7, I am able to see and use the files from the drive. Sweeet. I downloaded Raylight to pull the files into vegas. The files apear to be Quicktime files with a MooV file extension. The HDNET tech guy said they were ingested from HDCAM decks through Kona 2 as a DVCPRO HD format. The audio files are already split from the video files. The Raymaker converter only converts MXF Files and wont do anything to the Moov files. Need extra assistance as to how to proceed. When I try to open the files in quicktime it locks up and sometimes tells me I need a plugin and takes me to a third party plug in page with tons of plugs and no direction as to which one I need.

L.T.

Comments

GlennChan wrote on 5/9/2007, 2:26 PM
You probably need the DVCPRO HD codec on your system. I think matrox has a free download somewhere.

I don't work with DVCPRO HD (in Vegas) myself, so perhaps someone with more experience can chip in here...
rmack350 wrote on 5/9/2007, 3:23 PM
I was just googling around for you and ran across a thread stating that the Avid DV100 codec is the same as DVCpro HD. I can't prove it but the codec is free as part of a codec pack over at Avid. All I can say is that it installs and Vegas looks like it can render to the codecs. Go to the Avid site and do a search for "DVCPro HD Codec"

Rob Mack
rmack350 wrote on 5/9/2007, 3:25 PM
Links:

http://dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=40502

http://www.avid.com/onlineSupport/supportcontent.asp?browse=go&productID=0&contentID=10554

Rob
BarryGreen wrote on 5/9/2007, 9:02 PM
The Avid DV100 codec should work for you. You could also get DVFILM.com's "Quicktime Decoder" which is specifically designed to take Mac/FCP-originated DVCPRO-HD quicktime files and allow them to be used unmodified on a Windows system.
LongTallTexan wrote on 5/10/2007, 10:22 AM
tried installing the AVID codecs refered in last post but no luck.

L.T.
rmack350 wrote on 5/10/2007, 11:13 AM
Shoot. They lied then. That's what I hate about "Them".

Did installing the codecs make a difference with the quicktime player, by any chance?

Raylight is the other choice:
http://www.dvfilm.com/raylight/decoder/index.htm

I've got no practical experience with this, maybe barry will chime in again.

Rob Mack
LongTallTexan wrote on 5/10/2007, 11:56 AM
I spoke with the HDNET tech guru and he said the files were captured via a HDCAM Deck through a AJA KONA 2 card with the preset being KONA DVCPRO HD 1080 60I codec not the DVCPRO HD codec and he thinks its a proprietary thing. I went onto the AJA site and found a codec which suposedly allows a windows based system to see and play KONA 2 Captured DVCPRO HD files, installed it and still no luck. real headache at this point.

L.T.
Spot|DSE wrote on 5/10/2007, 1:10 PM
lots of experience with the Raylight, but if these files are proprietary to Kona, you might want to talk with Ted at AJA. He might have an answer.
LongTallTexan wrote on 5/10/2007, 3:09 PM
is he on this forum or do I contact him through Aja


l.t.