FCP 7 and Panasonic G5 footage
FCP 7 and Panasonic G5 footage
(September 19, 2019 10:44AM)
jakethesnake
Hello,
I'm a little rusty, because I have not edited in a while. I'm prepping for an edit that someone else is shooting on a G5. I wanna make sure that FCP 7 can handle the video files. Here's specs:
MAC OS 10.6.8 / FCP 7 / Compressor 3.5
Test clips from G5 was given to me in these specs:
File.MOV 1920x1080 @ 23.98 (H.264 video / 48KHz audio)
Now, if I remember correctly, FCP does NOT like to edit H.264 files. Is that correct? I was also very surprised the G5 shoots in H.264. I thought you use H.264 when you compress files for the web and only to use it has a distribution file and not a native editing file.
1) Should I convert H.264 files to Apple ProRes? ProRes was/is my usual workflow anyway.
2) What's the best settings in Compressor for ProRes files based on the .MOV clips mentioned above?
3) Is there a way to do Log and Capture clips from a USB hard drive?
Thanks in advance.
Jake
Re: FCP 7 and Panasonic G5 footage
(October 05, 2019 01:41PM)
Alexander
Hi Jake
1. Yes ProRes, H264 is not an editing codec
2. Use the free app MPEG stream clip
3. Drag and drop
Cheers
Alexander
Re: FCP 7 and Panasonic G5 footage
(October 14, 2019 04:24AM)
Trig Simon
Re: FCP 7 and Panasonic G5 footage
(October 22, 2019 02:58AM)
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