Final Cut Pro to Avid Express Pro
by Jay Williams
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Jun 12, 2008 at 5:44:19 pm
I have a Final Cut System that I edit a fishing segment on from my office. I deliver it to a local TV station that airs it each week. Normally as a quicktime file in DV codec that works fine in their Avid Newscutter system.
So what's the big deal right? Well, I just started shooting it in HD and can edit and theoretically deliver an HD copy that they would then air during a newscast. Problem - they're not set up to really do HD through the control room, but they CAN air it in HD with a work around that they've been using for a few months.
Is there a file that I can export from FCP that will play nice in Express Pro, so they can then take it from there and air it in HD?
Re: Final Cut Pro to Avid Express Pro by Jay Williams on Jun 12, 2008 at 9:27:58 pm
I feel really out of the loop trying to go back and forth between the two, but I just downloaded the Avid Codecs and have Quicktime Pro processing right now. I'll give it a try. Until you mentioned it I really didn't think to check if Avid had their own codecs. Thanks for the suggestion. If it doesn't work I'll be back.
Re: Final Cut Pro to Avid Express Pro by Jay Williams on Jul 2, 2008 at 4:18:38 am
Actually it's been a couple weeks of spinning my wheels.
I downloaded the avid codecs and gave them a couple versions to test. There are a couple people who want to get this segment on in HD (if it's not much more work - Me too!) but some people don't want to step outside of their normal day to get things figured out.
We'll see how it turns out. I'm going to keep trying on a limited basis, but I can't get anyone to test it on their end and get back to me, so I'm not holding my breath.
