Convert 1080i50 to 1080i60
by FCP_Toby
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Jun 1, 2007 at 5:17:28 pm
I have 600 Gigabytes of P2 MXF files that were accidentally shot at 1080i50. I can use Apple Compressor to convert to 1080i60, but it will take a couple weeks. Currently editing on a machine with Kona LHE. Does anyone know of a quicker solution?
Re: Convert 1080i50 to 1080i60 by FCP_Toby on Jun 1, 2007 at 7:22:48 pm
I think I will edit in 1080i50, but I have a lot of SD stock and some additional 1080i60 material to use as well, so there will definitely be some rendering going on somewhere.
An Apple Pro tech suggested upgrading to FCP 6 which would allow all formats and frame rates to exist on the same timeline. Has anyone tried this yet?
Hmmm, when we tried it earlier this year it did not work and I even asked him for advice to convert 1080i/50 to 60 at the time. Maybe he's made improvements to it or something.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
http://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Broadcast and independent productions.
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Re: Convert 1080i50 to 1080i60 by walter biscardi on Jun 1, 2007 at 7:15:25 pm
[FCP_Toby]"I have 600 Gigabytes of P2 MXF files that were accidentally shot at 1080i50. I can use Apple Compressor to convert to 1080i60, but it will take a couple weeks. Currently editing on a machine with Kona LHE. Does anyone know of a quicker solution?"
Edit the entire show in 1080i/50 and then send it to a post house like PostWorks in New York to convert to 1080i/60 at the end. No issues with that workflow at all. We cut a show in 1080i/60 and have PostWorks convert to 1080i/50 for us right now.
The new Compressor can supposedly do this but I have not tried it.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
http://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Broadcast and independent productions.
All Things Apple Podcast! http://cowcast.creativecow.net/all_things_apple/index.html