DVCPRO HD Codec in QT

I have a 720P Video that uses the DVCPRO HD codec. I can play this back in Quicktime Pro 7.1 on my old Mac Mini. When I install these codecs on my new Core Duo Intel Mac Mini, it does not play. Are ther new versions of the codec for the intel machines?

Your shouldn't move components between OS's, versions and the new Intel Mac.
QuickTime 7.0.4 is "Universal" as is 7.1 and the recent 7.1 update should allow you to play DVCPRO HD files on the Intel machine.
Try running the file under a different user account. This can help isolate issues.
Compare the third party codecs installed on both machines. Remove them (drag to Desktop) and relaunch QT. Many have been linked to playback issues and other conflicts.

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DVCPro 50 Codec Conversion

I am currently using Adobe Premiere CS3 at my job and have run into yet another situation where I am forced to use someone else's Final Cut Pro files to edit with. Of course, they are Quicktime files with the dreaded DVCPro 50 codec.
In the past I have brought these home to my Macintosh and spent the time to convert the footage outside of work, but I have just discovered the Raylight Encoder Pro and thus far the demo version has allowed me to view all of the files I was given on my timeline, albeit with a watermark.
Before I purchase the full version, I would like to know if Adobe has any specific solutions they would recommend outside of using this third party software. Also, if third party is the way to go, does anyone has experience with using the Raylight Encoder Pro?
Here is their website:
http://www.dvfilm.com/raylight/EncoderPro/index.htm

I'm not aware of any built-in DVCPRO 50 solutions. Third party is the only way I know of to use them.

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Hi,
I have a Panasonic hdc-sd9 and just looking for a programm with which I can import the AVCHD (m2ts files).
I saw here( http://www.videoaktiv.de/200805171688/News/Camcorder/Panasonic-Broadcast-AVCHD-goes-profes sional.html ) that Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 with the Codec MainConcept DVCPro HD CODEC should work for the Panasonic File Format.
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Somebody can help me or provide me another programm which work?
Do somebody have the same problem ?
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Hi Harm,
Thanks for the answer.
But can an mpg File have 5.1 sorrund sound ? Is this not yet Stereo ?
This is one of the problems...
Do you maybe have an idea regarding the importing problem with the m2ts file too ?
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cheers
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DVCPRO HD codec (?)- Quicktime won't play video portion--have FDE 4

I have FCE 4 and want to edit a project created with a DVCPRO HD camera. We created quicktime files from the initial disc footage (using FCP) and put onto an external hard drive. Now with my computer (macbook 2.2 intel duo) and FCE 4 and Quicktime7.4.1 I can't open the video portion of the file--the audio plays but no image in both FCE and Quicktime-- and have gotten a message I need a codec (or codec could not be opened) Doesn't FCE have a dvcpro hd codec with the install? I just got this last month and haven't had a chance work with it til now.

The DVCPRO HD codec only comes with Final Cut Studio.

DVCPRO/HD Codec

Where can I get this codec?
As far as I understand, it is included in Final Cut Studio. I have Quicktime Pro, which does everything I need - except that in my current scenario, I'd like to use the DVCPRO/HD codec.
Is it available as a separate download?
If not, why not? Paying for a whole package of programs for just one component is ridiculous.

Does the DVCPRO/HD codec work with Final Cut Express?
If you mean "capture to" or "render to" DVCPRO HD for editing, then no, AIC is the default "native" HD editing codec. If you mean import and/or export from/to DVCPRO HD, then yes, like most QT editing applications, FCE has access to installed components whether installed as part of the basic OS package, iMovie, FCE, or FCP.

DVCPRO HD codec and After Effects

*THE CHALLENGE:* Getting DVCProHD video exported from Final Cut Pro 6, into After Effects CS3, and then back into Final Cut Pro without shifting color or gamma.
*THE PROBLEM:* Apple and Adobe interpret Gamma differently when using the DVCProHD codec. Each use their own version of a DVCProHD codec.
*POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS:*
1) Use a 3rd party codec for both apps (Mainconcept, Canopus, Cineform, Raylight)
Downside: Cost money and I'd rather not deal with them
2) Use the Animation codec
Downside: Animation is a buggy codec, dropping frames and such. Also, file sizes are ridiculously huge and impractical.
3) Export Prorez HQ from FCP and in AE make an adjustment layer and tweak the gamma to 1.24.
Downside: This is a crude, temporary fix and probably not perfect in the gamma matching either.
Has anyone heard of a fix that still uses Apple's DVCPRO HD codec or are we stuck with cheap workarounds until Adobe and Apple decide to play nice again?

From an ongoing discussion at Creative Cow - http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/2/919924#939251
{quote}Apple has not released the DVCPRO HD codec for general QuickTime users, and especially not PC users. It's a closed-end format that can only be read by the codec included with FCP.
Adobe and Apple used to play nice, now their dvc pro hd codecs interpret gamma differently. Unless you can hack the decoder reader, you'll have to shell out some dough for the 3rd party codecs or rollback to an older FCP and AE.{quote}
And the Animation codec is buggy in that it drops frames randomly, changing the frame rate ever so slightly. But my bigger issue with the Animation codec (as mentioned before) is that the file sizes are WAY too big for me to use for any clip longer than a minute.

Should I convert what I did from DVCPro HD codec to ProRes?

I'm new to this so forgive me for my ignorance...
I've been editing HD video footages shot in PANASONIC HVX200 P2, shot in 23.976fps... Now that I'm almost done, I've been talking to a lot of people (including COLORISTS that I spoke to). They are asking why I did not use APPLE PRORES 422.
QUESTION: Should I convert what I did from DVCPro HD codec to ProRes? If YES, what's the easiest way for me to do this without starting from scratch. Is there an easy step in FCP that I can do to recapture from my RAW P2 files? If there is a way, will my existing sequences work fine if I just recapture raw files?
WHAT I HAVE:
RAW P2: from Panasonic HVX
Editing: Final Cut Pro 7
A/V FCP preset settings: DVCPRO HD 1080pa24
BTW, everything is fine with what I have but a couple of people I spoke with said I'll have better quality using Apple ProRes. Doing some test stuff, I noticed DVCPRO HD captures in 1280x1080, AND if I capture from APPLE PRORES it's 1440x1080. Since I'm not an expert on this, I'm not sure if the difference would be beneficial to what I'm doing.
I'm working on an indie digital movie hopefully for digital projection.
Thanks for the help!

First just a wee bit of advice .. you say in your post that you have FCP 7 - this is the FCPX forum you will always get faster maybe even better responses if you post in the Final Cut Studio forum which includes FCP 7. That said ..I will try to help ..
Your HVX200 captures onto the P2 card as DVCPRO HD (4:2:2) which is a compressed format not really intended to be an editing friendly codec .. (better than many others but still not ideal). When you ingest it into FCP 7 the Log and Transfer window has a wee preference tab in which you can set the codec .. I would use ProRes 422 or ProRes 422 (LT) if space is an issue. The incoming 'Transfer' is then decompressed and coded to ProRes 422 .. The main advantage is the ease of edit with no loss of quality.
Jim
http://www.panavision.co.uk/pdf/downloads/equipment-info/other/panasonic-ag-hvx2 00-faqs.pdf

DVCPro HD Codec for computers with Final Cut installed?

Why does the DVCPro HD Codec download say "DO NOT INSTALL CALIBRATED{Q} DECODE CODECS ON SYSTEMS WITH ANY VERSION OF FINAL CUT PRO INSTALLED"? I would like to be able to play HD quicktime videos, but I have Final Cut Express on my computer. Can I not download the codec? Is there something else I can download instead? Any advice would be appreciated, thanks!

Hi and welcome to Discussions,
Pro is not Express.
FC Pro supports DVCPro HD natively and thus the installation of the Calibrated one might interfere with it.
http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/finalcutpro/broad-format-support.html
FC Express is not mentioned as being not supported, so you might go ahead and install it.
Regards
Stefan

No Dv/DvcPro- NTSC codecs?

Hi i apologize if this a stupid question or has been asked before - but what happened to the dv/dvcpro-ntsc codec in Ae CS5? Has it changed to something else like dv25 or dv50 and i'm just not familiar enough with the codec to know the difference?
Thanks!

In previous versions of After Effects, the imprecise names of the codecs as supplied by QuickTime were used. In After Effects CS5, the more precise names of the codecs are presented in the UI. For example, 'DV25' is what is usually meant when people say 'DV codec', even though it's just one of many DV codecs.
This is also being discussed on this thread:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/3038136

Problems with DVCPRO HD codec QT's from a P2

I've been given rushes from a P2 camera that have been created as DVCPRO HD QT's.I believe they shot onto a fire store rather than a P2 card.
I know that this codec was licensed from panasonic to apple for FCP but not Quicktime.
My problem is that I need to get these into an Avid, and was expecting to receive MXF files.
I have FCP but version 5.1 which doesn't seem to support the codec, does anyone have any idea how I can somehow convert these files and be able to work with them?
Thanks

PC.
It's a Symphony Nitris. Which has issues with P2 import as it is.
I managed to get hold of the DVCPRO codec. So I can now open the files in Quicktime and then I'm re-exporting them as uncompressed which seems to work but takes forever! I tried the Avid meridian codec but it didn't look as good.
Any better ideas much appreciated.

Animation vs DV/DVCPRO NTSC Codec

I'm tring to run my project down to a DVD via iDVD. Inside the project I have various Photoshop graphics and text I created in FCP. When I export my project as a straight QuickTime movie using the default DVCPRO Codec. All my text and graphics are low res. When I export the project as Animation all the graphics and FCP text is perfect but all the video footage is interlaced. I've change my seq. settings to Animation and exported the mov. as Animation as well but it's still interlaced, why?
Thank you,

Never judge quality based on what you see on the desktop.
To see that you will get on the DVD, you need to have an external monitor (TV) connected to your computer while you have FCP open.
#8 External Monitor Viewing.
Shane's Stock Answer #8:
A simple path is mac > firewire > camera or deck > rca cables > tv
Then start up your camera and tv, then open fcp.
Then go View > External video > all frames
Video playback should be Apple firewire NTSC (If you are using an NTSC set)
Audio playback should be Audio follows Video
Techinially, this should send synched video to your TV
If for some reason you can't view your timeline on your external monitor, there are a few things to try:
1) Make sure that the camera/deck is connected and powered on BEFORE you open FCP.
2) In the Final Cut Pro menu select AUDIO/VIDEO Preferences and make sure your signal is being sent out thru Firewire DV.
3) Go to the menu and select VIEW>EXTERNAL>ALL FRAMES.
4) Click in the % box above the image and select FIT TO WINDOW.
5) Go to VIEW->refresh A/V devices
6) Make sure the Log & Capture window is closed
If you want it to play in both the canvas and the external monitor you need to go to the FINAL CUT PRO menu and select AUDIO/VIDIO settings and make sure MIRROR ON DESKTOP is selected under the PLAYBACK OUTPUT section
Shane
"There's no need to fear, UNDERDOG is here!"

DVCPro HD won't play ... Codecs are there!

This is weird.... but here I go
My laptop : MacBook Pro, OS10.4.8, FCP 5.1.2, QT 7.1.3, no software updates available... it worked fine with all DVC Pro HD footage from a Panasonic HVX200 camera. In fact I have a demo sequence I use regularly for demonstration... so it's a known quantity.
OK, a student gives me a QT movie made by "exporting an image sequence from QT 7.1.3 as a DVCPro HD 720p 60 fps movie". The original image sequence was made in Maya, and comprised of Iff stills which were opened in QT as an image sequence. I'm not familiar with IFF .. but they open in in QT individually and as a still sequence.
The exported QT movie played fine on the machine that rendered it (I saw it) but wouldn't play on a playback machine attached to a projector. It just showed a white screen. That was odd, since that playback machine had DVCPro Codecs just for this type of playback. However, I figured it was a Codec issue.... probably in the export process.
So took the movie to my laptop (specced as above) and tried to play it. Just a white screen. Huh? I know I have the right codecs. I inspected the movie's properties. Sure enough it's a DVCPro HD movie.
So then I opened my DVCPro demo sequence in FCP....remember I've played with this in FCP dozens of times on this machine.... and I get the message
"codec not found you may be using a compression type without the corresponding hardware card"
I checked in the ~Library/Quicktime folder and saw the following CODECS
DVCPROHDMuxer.component
DVCPROHDVideoDigitizer.component
DVCPROHDVideoOutputCodec.component
DVCPROHDVideoOutputClock.component
DVCPROHDVideoOutput.component
But no still DVCProHD playback in FCP or QT.
So I deleted all the ~Library/Quicktime codecs and reinstalled QT 7.1.3. No difference.
Then I uninstalled the complete FCP Studio using App Zapper and reinstalled FCP Studio 5.1 from the DVD's. Tried to play the demo DVCPro HD movie...No Difference.
Then I updated FCP 5.1 to 5.1.2. Still no difference. I can't play any DVCProHD material at all!
Predictably, the DVCPro HD codecs are back in the ~Library/Quicktime folder, but no playback.
It's like the movie made from the Maya stills has destroyed my FCP !
Anyone got a clue? I'm at a loss right now! I must be missing something...
Thanks
Lee

Repair Permissions with the Disk Utility.
Download and run FCP Rescue (might have missed a preference file with that removal app)
Uhm....do the Hokey Pokey?
Shane

DVCPro HD 1080i60 codec mismatch in CS5

Hello,
I am trying to render in After Effects to a playback device in my TV station called the Omneon, which specifies it wants DVCPRO HD 1080i60.
In CS3, this worked perfectly, rendering out a 16x9 render at 1920x1080. However, now that we’ve upgraded to CS5, I get a ‘mismatch’ warning and the render ends up squished horizontally. The warning reads: "Warning: Output file will be resized from 1920x1080 to 1280x1080 to meet format constraints." Can I render a composition as DVCPRO HD 1080i60 and force it to be 1920×1080, not 1280×1080? Any help would be great. Thank you.

Yes, thank you, Tim! That is very clear. It doesn't make me like it, though! I did a test and it looks normal in the place I am rendering it to..so even though it looks odd to me, it still works.
I'll send your note to the team so everyone knows why this happened.
Have a great day!
K E L L Y S T O C K D A L E V R A N E S I C
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:01:23 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: DVCPro HD 1080i60 codec mismatch in CS5
The mismatch warning is correct. The DVCPRO HD 1080i60 specification is 1280x1080 at 1.5 PAR. If you want to put 1920x1080 into your QuickTime file then you will need to choose a different codec, one which supports that size. (Note that none of the DVCPRO HD codecs support that size.)
Apple's documentation details the different DVCPRO HD flavors pretty well. ( I assume you're using their codec on a Mac with Final Cut Studio installed.)
http://documentation.apple.com/en/finalcutpro/professionalformatsandworkflows/index.html#c hapter=3%26section=6%26tasks=true
So that leaves the question of "Why did After Effects CS3 let you stuff 1920x1080 into a codec that doesn't support that size, while After Effects CS5 won't?"
Put simply, QuickTime can be lazy, and After Effects CS5 is a little smarter than its predecessors.
Individual codecs can advertise to applications what dimensions, frame rate, PAR, etc. they will accept. However, QuickTime itself does not necessarily enforce these restrictions. When you rendered a QuickTime movie from After Effects CS3 and CS4, it talked directly to the QuickTime API. Because QuickTime doesn't enforce the format constraints, After Effects didn't complain if the constraints were violated.
After Effects CS5 doesn't use the QuickTime API directly. There is no 64-bit version of QuickTime, so in order for Adobe's 64-bit applications to write QuickTime files we had to write an intermediate 32-bit application that could talk to QuickTime. It's called Adobe QT32 Server, and it runs silently in the background whenever After Effects CS5, Premiere Pro CS5, or Adobe Media Encoder CS5 are running. When QT32 Server opens a codec to write files, it enforces the advertised constraints. There are cases where not enforcing the constraints will cause errors or a bad render, so the bottom line is that if a codec tells you that it only supports certain sizes or frame rates, it's best to believe it.
Thus, when Apple's DVCPRO HD 1080i60 codec tells QT32 Server that it wants 1280x1080, 1.5 PAR, 29.97fps, field separated video, that's the only format QT32 Server will give it. After Effects will transform the comp frames to those standards before QT32 Server writes the file. The warning dialog is there to tell you what's happening.
Clear? As mud?
-=TimK
-=After Effects and Adobe Media Encoder QE
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Codec missing: DVCPRO HD 720p60

My machine has been a bit buggy lately so I reinstalled the OS and FCP studio 1, ran software update till nothing shows up. Now I have imported some P2 shot at DVCPRO HD 720p23.98 and when I attempt to load a sequence preset I get an error that -
"Video Compressor DVCPRO HD 720p60 was not found. Please check that the hardware is present and enabled for this compressor. Setting the video compressor to Animation."
What am I missing, not doing or doing that is preventing me from using this codec?
Thanks, Sam

There's no 24p DVCPRO HD codec. The 720p60 codec is used for 24p media. It doesn't change the media to 60p, it's just the name of the codec. It's a little confusing, but it works. My suggestion would be a full uninstall of FCS using FCS Remover and reinstall.

Is there a way to access more of my codecs to render with in AE 4.1 ?

Hi all,
I'm a new user using an old version of AE 4.1 on Windows 7.
Is there a way to access more of my available codecs to render with in AE 4.1 ?
When I go to export as an AVI file in AE 4.1 I only have the CINEPAK, DV-PAL, DV/DVCPRO-NTSC and DVCPRO-PAL codecs available as choices, and then NONE for uncompressed output.
Yet when I render to AVI in Adobe Premiere I have the CAMSTUDIO LOSSLESS, CINEPAK, HUFFYUV, INTEL IYUV, LAGARITH LOSSLESS, MICROSOFT RLE, MICROSOFT VIDEO 1, MSU SCREEN CAPTURE LOSSLESS, x264VFW-H.264/MPEG-4 AVC and the XVID MPEG-4 codecs all available to render with. I usually use the XVID MPEG-4 codec to render with for best quality for file size, or the LAGARITH LOSSLESS codec to render with if I need to plug a file back in to Premiere since Premiere has limited AVI file codec import capabilities.
Why aren't the rest of my codecs available to render with in AE 4.1 ?
The problems are (as seen in the screenshots below)...
1) The CINEPAK codec renders the correct file format size and aspect-ratio that my project is (1280x720) but outputs an AVI file that can not be imported in to Premiere and can not be converted by two different converters.
2) The NONE-UNCOMPRESSED option renders the correct size format file but outputs an AVI file so large (over 6 gigs) that it can not be use practically in Premiere and it will not even play in a video player.
3) The DV-PAL, DV/DVCPRO-NTSC and DVCPRO-PAL codecs render in incorrect aspect ratio and format sizes (770x576) regardless of which aspect ratio is selected (as seen at the bottom of the screenshot below), resizing my project size and they will not import in to Premiere... these can be converted to an H.264 AVI file in one of my converters that Premeire will then import, but they are still the wrong size and they loose sharpness if they are resized (stretched) during conversion.
Please see the screenshots below for clarification.
Thanks for any input,
digi

Wow, thanks again Andrew. That works.
All my codecs showing up via Composition/Make Movie. Its weird, when I tried using the H.264 codec (Premiere likes H.264 and Lagarith Lossless), the H.264 rendered a strange 800 and something by 720 size instead of the selected and displayed 1280x720 format that the project is in and speced in the Render interface.
But when I used the Lagarith Lossless codec, I get the right size and everything looks good at 1280x720.
Before you wrote back, I was able to convert one of the 770x576 size DV-PAL files to H.264 via the Freemake converter, and then that imported in to my Premiere file... but that is a moot point now that I can get the correct size file with the Lagarith codec.
I would have been able to use the converted 770x576 (properties says 720x576, but it measures out at 770x576) DV-PAL files for this project with the digital clock and get it to import in to Premiere correctly... since I could just place the clock face when blackscreened in my 1280x720 Premiere project, but now I can use the full size Lagarith rendered file for this and other projects from AE that require the full frame of composition.
Thanks so much... your the most efficient forum guy I've ever had answer a question... no restating or misunderstanding... just pure useful answers.
Thanks a trillion,
digi

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