AVC-Intra Support
The Log and Transfer window now includes support for transfer of AVC-Intra footage. Keep in mind the following requirements for working with AVC-Intra footage:
• AVC-Intra footage must be transcoded to the Apple ProRes 422 codec.
• Only Intel-based Macintosh computers include support for AVC-Intra footage.
• An icon indicating limited preview playback appears when AVC-Intra footage cannot be played back at its full frame rate. When in limited preview playback mode, audio preview will be disabled.
• Full video preview of AVC-Intra footage requires a Mac Pro computer.
• An AVC-Intra codec, available from Panasonic, must be installed.
For more information, open Final Cut Pro and choose Help > HD and Broadcast Formats.
Re: problem importing avc-i100 from P2 by shaiful azmeer othman on Jun 24, 2009 at 5:57:03 am
thanks dave..
i use the intel based mac but still cant open the footage in the fcp...
i tried changing the capture setting to apple prores 422 but still facing the same problem...
any other way to settle this ??
And one more thing, the footage already formatted in the p2 card...now the footage is in my external harddisk, so i tried to open from the custom path in the log n transfer window...
can i import the footage without "LASTCIP.TXT" file ?? bcoz ive deleted the file...
Re: problem importing avc-i100 from P2 by Dave Roberts on Jun 24, 2009 at 3:08:59 pm
In order to ingest AVC-Intra to FCP, you will first need to make sure that FCP version 6.0.2 or higher is installed on your system. You will then be able to ingest AVC-Intra footage into FCP using Log and Transfer feature under File menu.
File/folder structure must be preserved to take advantage of Log and Transfer support for AVC-Intra, therefore if you have moved files/folders around related to the P2 data, you may run into problems.
All of the above information is described in 'HD and Broadcast Formats' under FCP Help menu. Please refer specifically to 'Working with AVC-Intra' on chapter 7, p. 117and 'Panasonic P2 Card Format Specifications' on p.109.
These are Final Cut Pro questions regarding direct import of P2 clips, and they don't specifically relate to the V4HD. You may want to check in the Final Cut Pro or Panasonic forums. I'm sure there are many Final Cut Pro and P2 experts there that can offer you additional advice.
Re: problem importing avc-i100 from P2 by shaiful azmeer othman on Jun 25, 2009 at 8:19:45 am
thank you so much..
i still cannot ingest the file from the log n transfer...but i manage to drag the footage from the folder straight to the fcp timeline after converting the mxf files using calibrated(Q) MXF...and upgrade the quicktime to the latest version will do the job...
thank you for cooperation, i can sleep well now...
Re: problem importing avc-i100 from P2 by kaku Ito on Aug 19, 2009 at 2:14:26 pm
Isn't the native AVCIntra support provide only with FCP7?
I just tried some AVCIntra clips that I shot while ago, with FCP7 and V4HD, it worked really nicely.
AVCIntra in Mac is only decoding at this moment, so using Log and Transfer, you are able to ingest the AVCIntra clips as AVCIntra clips, but the editing timeline will be ProRes422HQ and won't be able to render in AVCIntra (not problem). If this works even with Mac Book Pro, that would be really nice (1080 AVCIntra on Mac shows 14.xxMB/sec so maybe possilbe?).