1080psf 23.976 capture codec for Arri?

I need an update that includes a 1080psf 23.976 capture codec for Arri.

I am a working video assist on movie sets. I need the codec to capture a scratch track for playback purposes. The Arri outputs have a 1080p option, but the preferred codec of DIT's and camera operators is 1080psf. Video Assist is a job on movie sets that provides instant replay for Directors, Actors, Producers, Department Heads, Stunts, and Script Supervisors. DIT is the Digital Imaging Technition. The camera is cabled to a DIT who is cabled to the Video Assist. Simply put I need the codec to better perform my job, without having to spend $17,000 for Qtake software. Final Cut 7 has a psf codec, but Adobe Premier Pro is much nicer to operate.

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I guess I'm not being clear.
A San Diego production house hired me to do a shoot for their client. That client wanted it shot in HD, for whatever reason.
I sent the tapes to SD, they can't capture them into their FCP system, again for whatever reason (I've broached this topic on other forums).
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You could have exported AIFFs then, and forgone the unnecessary bulk of even the DV MOVs.
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You're gonna laugh.. but years ago I bought the first " videoblaster " card and actually 'captured' video with it from cable tv....( at 15 fps , dropping every other frame basically )... and had a lot of fun with it.. and that was when AVI was introduced...
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Audio Video Interleaved (also Audio Video Interleave), known by its initials AVI, is a multimedia container format introduced by Microsoft in November 1992 as part of its Video for Windows technology
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So , anyway, just cause it's " microsoft " doesn't necessarily mean it's junk...

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There will always be that "trial and error" aspect. With the number of programs, cameras, etc., that use various CODEC's and new ones coming out monthly (or variations on existing ones), a user has to do their homework to stay current. As I stated up-thread, camera mfgr's. are always looking to squeeze a touch more quality into a smaller package, so their coders are always looking to tweak what's already out there, or create a new CODEC.
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In the pro ranks, the Red camera and its files are right around the corner for Adobe. There is much speculation that Red and Adobe will have it all working with the CS4 4.1 release - due any day now. A new CODEC for Adobe is on the horizon. Some of the older "players" like CineForm have yet to update their output to match what is currently available. There material works well in CS3, but has yet to be updated to CS4, or had not been, last time I checked.
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A good book on all things DVD, DVD Demystified, by Taylor, Johnson & Crawford, Mc Graw Hill, has a lot of great info on CODEC's, but because it's printed material, will never be at the cutting edge. Even though it just covers the CODEC's used in the production of DVD's and BD, it will always be behind the development curve with regards to the latest developments. Even on-line material lags behind. Catching pod-casts from all of the "players" is about as good as we can get, and then one often has to "read between the lines."
Yes, the world of CODEC's is a wonderous and mysterious realm. In video (and still) production, we need them daily, and will always be behind the curve, but we usually do not need to know how to write them. With tools like G-Spot, Google and fora like this one, we can pretty much stay as current, as we need to be.
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I've never gotten anything thing one way or the other from Adobe about it (no surprise there). I get the same crap performance on my dual-core MacBook Pro as I do on my new 3+Ghz Octomac. And I won't even get started on how completely worthless HDV is. I haven't edited an HDV file for over two years, I just got too many damn MPEG stream errors and didn't want to deal with it.
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