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May 11th, 2011, 05:56 PM | #16 |
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Re: What's the deal with MXF on Mac's
Some good advice in this thread already, thanks for the replies.
I got my Mac the other day but haven't set it up yet. Can someone point me in the right direction for some good tutorials (video or text) on FCP? I am a complete novice in FCP and Macs but have some knowledge of Vegas and Prem Pro. |
May 11th, 2011, 06:20 PM | #17 |
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Re: What's the deal with MXF on Mac's
If you do not have FCP yet wait a few weeks and get the new FCP X in June for $299.
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May 11th, 2011, 06:53 PM | #18 |
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Re: What's the deal with MXF on Mac's
I am wondering how well it will run on my Mac because it's a 2010 Core2Duo one not a new i5/i7. My brother runs the current FCP pretty well on his Mac which is three years old so mine might be ok with FCP X.
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No one know for sure what the system requirements of FCPX are, but it does use the graphics card for acceleration and early hints are that it will be significantly faster than FCP 7, and will process in the background as you work much more efficently than the current FCP.
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Re: What's the deal with MXF on Mac's
It really depends on your sequence settings, doesn't it? I usually don't have to render when I'm editing an HD timeline because I try to use sequence settings that match my raw footage whenever possible. It sounds like you are using sequence settings that are different than your XDCAM raw footage (Canon files are actually XDCAM), thus FCP needs to do some quick rendering. In either case, I prefer to leave my raw footage in the native codec because the files sizes are a lot smaller and the ingest is faster.
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Apropos, it's interesting that FCP thinks the right compressor for my Sequence is XDCAM 422 24P 50mbps. Is that the same as MXF?
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My MXF clips also say XDCAM HD422 720p50 at 50Mb/s.
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In FCS I and II media manager was working well: I could shorten clips from different sources (DV, analog, Digibeta, etc.). With FCS III media manager doesn´t work well in my setup and it is not possible to shorten DV, HDV, XDCAm-Clips. Has anybody made better experiences? Reinhard |
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Yes, Media Manager on Final Cut Pro 7 does shorten XDCAM clips and Canon clips on my computer.
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