AVC Intra support and suggestions

We are in the market for a new camera, and we want to stay panasonic to match our existing library, mostly footage shot on an HDX900. We are debating on the HPX2000 or another HDX900. We understand they are very comparable in quality with an slight(?) edge going to 2000 with the AVC Intra codec.
The question comes down to FCP. I know it supports AVC-I to an extent in that must be transcoded to ProRes. I read that the transcode takes about 2 x realtime. We have a Mac Pro 2.66 dual core with 6 GB Ram writing out to a SATA RAID tower, does that still seem accurate?
I don't know if FCP has any plans to run AVC-I natively anytime soon. So would anyone with any AVC-I experience please let me know if it the transcode is worth my time?
Thanks.

So would anyone with any AVC-I experience please let me know if it the transcode is worth my time?
Yeah...definately worth your time. The 2000 and AVCintra...vs the 2000 and DVCPRO HD is night and day. 10 bit codec vs 8-bit DVCPRO HD...your colorist will LOVE you. And you will see the difference.
And this is what assistants are for...paid less to do all of the grunt work.
Shane

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If the camera does component or sdi out, you can use a Kona3 or io hd to convert to ProRes422 during real time playback.
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AVC-Intra support in On Location 5.5

Does On Location CS 5.5 allow monitoring and DVR recording of cameras set to the AVC-Intra 100 format?

I don't think you can get AVC-I out of a camera. Both SDI and HDMI will be Uncompressed, and I've never heard of it coming out over FireWire, which is the only connection OnLocation can access.

FCP 7 is supposed to work with AVC Intra 50 and 100.... BUT

Ok this one is very strange. You can log AVC Intra 100 (from a Panasonic P2 HD cam) in its native AVC Intra 100 format.... but here comes the great puzzle....
There is no Setting in the Sequence Settings drop down menu to match that??????? Did Apple forget to put that specifik codec there or what?
So what you get is a Sequence that has to be ProRes but your footage is AVC Intra...
OK you lost me on this one....

Yes Codec wise the MXF files are an I-frame H264 MPEG 4 compression - but that is not what I uppose against.
Its Apple banging the big drum saying, that now FCP 7 works naitivly with AVC Intra both 50 and 100.
AND.... thats NOT true. Anyhow... its not logical that you dont have a Apple AVCIntra codec choise in your sequence settings.
YES I know to set the Sequence settings for ProRes... But that I have done for 2 years now and had to wait for FCP to transcode the AVCIntra MXF files to ProRES....
Now I have to wait for my sequence to render all the time, and I dont think thats a great trade off - more like a pain in the but

Does CS4 support AVC-Intra. Smoke and mirrors on the Adobe site

Just wondering if CS4 does support P2 AVC-Intra format? On the supported codec Adobe page it's no...
Quote: Panasonic P2 import with browsing and metadata support
Enjoy support for native editing of content from Panasonic P2 cameras in DVCPRO, DVCPRO HD, and across multiple P2 cards.
http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/premiere/supportedformats.html
but on the Google cached site it says yes...
Quote Panasonic P2 import with browsing and metadata support
Enjoy support for native editing of content from Panasonic P2 cameras in DVCPRO, DVCPRO HD, and AVC-Intra formats, and across multiple P2 cards.
http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:HEb3cZ9XKwQJ:www.adobe.com/uk/products/premiere/suppo rtedformats.html+premiere+pro+cs4+avc-intra&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=au
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I too am VERY interested in this support. We shoot quite a bit in AVC-Intra 100 and I was counting the days until the 4.1 update because from what I understood from NAB that codec would be supported in the update.
Adobe gurus...any update or timeframe?? As this is an important part of our workflow I would appreciate any feedback possible.

Premier 4.1 Update and AVC-Intra codec

I am very interested in when Adobe is going to release support for Panasonic's professional codec, AVC-Intra 100. We love Premier but use the AVC-Intra codec now almost exclusively (along with RED). We understood from NAB that Premier was working natively with AVC-Intra codec and that it was likely going to be included in the big 4.1 update.
Any news Adobe gurus? This would be a huge help to many studios.
Cheers.

Let me start by saying that I don't have any more info then most on this site, but I disagree with you, Eddie.
If I had to bet, I'd say we see AVC-Intra in another update before the years out. I think we're a long way from CS5 (maybe NAB 2010 timeframe?), and for the presets to be there now tells me that they are working on it...they were showing it at NAB so they can't be that far off.
CS3 had quite a few updates, and CS4 has only had 2 so far. I think it's within the realm of possibility that we could see another update or two...hopefully one that fixes the program monitor freeze issue.
And as for Adobe announcing patches, they very rarely seem to do that - it seems like we hear about them no to long before they come out.
Again, you could be completely right. Who knows. But I tend to think it'll be soon...but not soon enough for many of us waiting for it.

Does CS4 support AVC-Intra?

Does CS4 support AVC-Intra? I'm interested in purchasing the Panasonic HPX300 but an old article said Premiere CS4 does not support AVC-Intra but would soon. I have CS4 Master Suite.
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Art

I too am VERY interested in this support. We shoot quite a bit in AVC-Intra 100 and I was counting the days until the 4.1 update because from what I understood from NAB that codec would be supported in the update.
Adobe gurus...any update or timeframe?? As this is an important part of our workflow I would appreciate any feedback possible.

FinalCut Pro and AVC-Intra

When is Apple going to release the AVC-Intra codec for FinalCutPro
NAB 2007
Panasonic AVC-Intra
AVC comes from MPEG-4 Part 10 H.264, now often referred to as just
AVC (Advanced Video Coding). AVC is about twice as efficient as MPEG-2, meaning that comparable HD video quality can be achieved at half the bitrate (AVC-Intra at 50Mbps = MPEG-2 Intra at 100Mbps). Panasonic states that AVC-Intra-50 achieves approx. the same compressed HD quality as their DVCPRO-HD (100Mbps). Their AVC-Intra-100 (100Mbps) achieves approx. the same compressed HD quality as Panasonic's famous master quality D5HD video tape recorder format. Thus, Panasonic in 2007 will offer two (2) truly professional intra-frame HD compression modes in their new HD camcorders: High quality ENG and broad market EFP with AVC-Intra-50 and network origination quality EFP with AVC-Intra-100.

Its against the forum's terms of use to speculate about future Apple developments. If anyone knew, they couldn't say. But don't worry ... you can always find out as soon as it's released or included in an update by checking here often (especially around NAB time).
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Using AVC Intra for Log & Transfer

Just checking,
Can you use the AVC Inra setting in Log & Transfer for XDCAM instead of AVCHD and if so what is the difference the two settings?
Jeff

Hi Thrillcat,
The reason I asked this question is I was told that when importing XDCAM ftg I should use the AVCHD setting in Log & Transfer . I just noticed the AVC-Intra setting and thought this was a new flavor of AVC and thought I might use this as well for my XDCAM import.
Could you set me straight?
Thanks
Jeff

AVC Intra, how is it supported?

I am asuming that even though DVCPRO HD is supported by Premiere CS 3.1.1 that AVC Intra is not supported yet... right?
I hope Cineform have an answer, soon. Or Adobe.

Three ways (at least) to look at this.
1. What is the final output (result required) ie. web, DVD, feature film, TV broadcast etc...
2. Is it necessary to stay "native" from shoot to output? If so why and how?
2. Is DVCProHD good enough to do the job?
I also have an opinion that it pays to capture/film/photograph with best possible camera/medium/codec etc... This will show a quality difference in the final output. eg. shoot 35mm film and post produce DV is better than shoot DV and post produce DV. I guess shooting AVC-Intra would be considered a reasonable quality capture in comparison to some others.
Suggestion was just a possible workflow for the OP and I have not tried it because I do not have any AVC-Intra to test.

Since last Premiere Pro CC Update no more MXF AVC-Intra Class 100 Playback. Any suggestions?

I updated Premiere Pro CC two hours ago and since then there is no more realtime playback of my MXF AVC-Intra Class100 1080p footage, which worked perfectly bevore. When paused it shows the current frame of the footage after about 10 seconds. Does anyone else have this problem or are there suggestions what I can do?
Thank you! David

Hi Vinay,
the reset of the preferences did the job! Thank you very much for your help! For everyone else having the same problem, press "ALT" while starting premiere to reset the preferences.
Thank you very much!!
Regards, David

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If the camera does component or sdi out, you can use a Kona3 or io hd to convert to ProRes422 during real time playback.
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