Re: Final Cut Movie File vs QuickTime files

Shane is right, why not just capture in Premiere Pro? In fact, you don't have to 'capture' DVCProHD in Premiere because it understands something other than Quicktime! ;-)

In Premiere Pro CS4's Media Browser panel, you can view the P2 card directly, load the clips into the source view, mark an in/out and take to the timeline. In a pinch, you can edit directly off of the P2 card.

Also as Shane and I have discussed, there is a question about what you need to do to edit FCP ProRes with systems. My understanding is that the later versions of Quicktime already include the ProRes codecs, so downloading the QT decoder isn't necessary.