hd1a and final cut pro not working together.

Todd Pinsonneault · December 23rd, 2006, 10:31 PM

Scott- have you tried changing the sequence settings (not the project settings, which wouldn't have MPEG-4 as an option). I went into the FCE manual, and the sequence settings window in FCE has a pulldown for compressor, and MPEG-4 is supported in Quicktime, where FCE gets its choice of codecs from. Just guessing here, as I don't have a copy of FCE in front of me.

Scott Weston · December 24th, 2006, 10:04 AM

Yeah tried changing it there too. You can change things like the Pixel Aspect and Field Dominance, right clicking there gives you a drop down selection list but sadly the Compressor has no equivalent (it just says "No shortcuts", see the two attachments).

If there is a way to get FCE to work with MPEG4 I would love to figure it out tho :) It's quite depressing considering that iMovie can work with MPEG4 files without having to transcode to edit as can FCP, so it's a little unfair IMHO.

Todd Pinsonneault · December 24th, 2006, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Scott Weston

Yeah tried changing it there too. You can change things like the Pixel Aspect and Field Dominance, right clicking there gives you a drop down selection list but sadly the Compressor has no equivalent (it just says "No shortcuts", see the two attachments).

If there is a way to get FCE to work with MPEG4 I would love to figure it out tho :) It's quite depressing considering that iMovie can work with MPEG4 files without having to transcode to edit as can FCP, so it's a little unfair IMHO.

How frustrating. Perhaps they will unlock this in the future, with the growing popularity of hard drive or memory cameras.

Scott Weston · December 24th, 2006, 10:33 AM

Well I have sent them through a feature request for this, maybe if enough FCE owners do that we'll get it :)

Jerry Jones · December 25th, 2006, 07:19 AM

I've decided my next computer upgrade will be a Macintosh.

But I don't think I'll be able to afford Final Cut Pro.

So I'm looking at Final Cut Express.

I agree that MPEG-4 support would be nice in that program.

Jerry Jones
http://www.jonesgroup.net

Peter Solmssen · December 26th, 2006, 03:52 PM

I have a Mac Mini dual core attached to my HDTV. I import Sanyo files with a card reader, then import to iMovie, which converts the files to Apple Intermediate HD 1280 x 720P. This doesn't take long, and permits cutting on the frame. I am used to a professional NLE (Vegas) but have found that I can pretty much do what I need in iMovie. I then render in the Apple codec or in Quicktime H.264, which looks just about as good and takes one tenth of the storage space.

If I felt the need for FCP, I imagine I could just drag the files to the timeline and export to FCP. Rendering seems to take just a little bit longer than real time.

December 24th, 2006, 10:04 AM	#17
Scott Weston New Boot Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 8	Yeah tried changing it there too. You can change things like the Pixel Aspect and Field Dominance, right clicking there gives you a drop down selection list but sadly the Compressor has no equivalent (it just says "No shortcuts", see the two attachments). If there is a way to get FCE to work with MPEG4 I would love to figure it out tho :) It's quite depressing considering that iMovie can work with MPEG4 files without having to transcode to edit as can FCP, so it's a little unfair IMHO. Attached Thumbnails Attached Images

December 23rd, 2006, 10:31 PM	#16
Todd Pinsonneault New Boot Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Lake Placid, NY Posts: 5	Scott- have you tried changing the sequence settings (not the project settings, which wouldn't have MPEG-4 as an option). I went into the FCE manual, and the sequence settings window in FCE has a pulldown for compressor, and MPEG-4 is supported in Quicktime, where FCE gets its choice of codecs from. Just guessing here, as I don't have a copy of FCE in front of me.

December 24th, 2006, 10:33 AM	#19
Scott Weston New Boot Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 8	Well I have sent them through a feature request for this, maybe if enough FCE owners do that we'll get it :)

December 25th, 2006, 07:19 AM	#20
Jerry Jones Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 54	I've decided my next computer upgrade will be a Macintosh. But I don't think I'll be able to afford Final Cut Pro. So I'm looking at Final Cut Express. I agree that MPEG-4 support would be nice in that program. Jerry Jones http://www.jonesgroup.net

December 26th, 2006, 03:52 PM	#21
Peter Solmssen Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Palo Alto, CA Posts: 133	I have a Mac Mini dual core attached to my HDTV. I import Sanyo files with a card reader, then import to iMovie, which converts the files to Apple Intermediate HD 1280 x 720P. This doesn't take long, and permits cutting on the frame. I am used to a professional NLE (Vegas) but have found that I can pretty much do what I need in iMovie. I then render in the Apple codec or in Quicktime H.264, which looks just about as good and takes one tenth of the storage space. If I felt the need for FCP, I imagine I could just drag the files to the timeline and export to FCP. Rendering seems to take just a little bit longer than real time.