Re: FCP Coded for Avid

You're still going to be stuck I believe. The FCP DVCPro HD Codec/Wrapper is not compatible with Avid's, and also is only available with the FCP Pro Apps.

You will have to export from FCP as some other codec (Animation or Uncompressed is most likely to work, Avid codecs are quick and don't require another level of transcoding to work in Avid).

Or, you can use something like Compressor on the FCP machine, as it will be able to read the FCP format (assuming FCP is installed) and write to whatever format you need.

I haven't actually used FCP with P2 however, so if the original P2 MXF files have just been copied (rather than re-encapsulated in a QT file) then you can probably just chuck them in a directory in the 'Avid MediaFiles' directory (create a new 'number' directory in the MediaFiles directory, and put them in there). They should show up in the Media Tool then, with no Project associated, you can then drag them into a bin and Consolidate them into your project (not totally necessary, but it sets the Project association).