How to export edited 5D material into same Format

Question

Hello ppl!
Just maybe someone can help me with this one...
I know it is more of Technical side of 5D, but my Q has something to do with it;
As we know, 5D shoots video, compresses it with H.264 codec and saves it in .MOV container!
For EDITING purposes I use ADOBE CS5 (strong working station with CUDA Mercury engine and everything)...
Anyhow, I was just shooting "Making Of" for some Feature film - and what I wanna do is CLEAR FOOTAGE MATERIALS of unnecessary parts - and then export it back to HDD and give it to Film production
But how do I get to export edited material in the same container and with same properties as originally shot footage was????
ADOBE has quite powerful MEDIA ENCODER, but you can't save h.264 file to have .MOV extension!!!
You can choose H.264, but then your file will have [b]*.mp4[/b] extension... -- Further on - will that file be of the same quality as the file I downloaded from my CF-card???
Any ideas about that - or maybe an advice for some other ENCODER???? ----- Just don't suggest MAC cause I can't afford it at the moment!!!!
What I can do is use AVID MEDIA COMPOSER 4 or 5 (also on my Windows workstation) - but since AVID recodes all footage as the first step when importing it, I am not sure it would fullfill my needs!!!!!
Hope someone will know how to handle it!!!!
Cheers!
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Answer 1

-You see, the problem is that my Premier, actually my Adobe Media Encoder can't export to any MOV file higher than Standard Def... Why is it so, I don't know, maybe cause my QT isn't PRO???? Do you think that going PRO would help this matter?
No, you don't need QT Pro for export (or import, for that matter). Are you selecting Preset or Video Codec in the Export Settings window? Like this:
Do you have these, or at least most of them?
-- you also mention ProRes and Proxy here as well, but I am stuck with PC - I wonder how are those AVID QT CODECS gonna work with PREMIERE - are they also gonna re-encode the entire material???
The Avid codecs work fine with Premiere on a PC--I use them frequently myself. But, yes--regardless of the codec you use to export these files, they will be transcoded/re-encoded. I just checked with an FCP buddy, and he said that his Canon T2i clips (similar/same format to the 5D) will import directly into FCP, so if that's what you're using on the Mac, you can forgo the transcoding. That said, transcoding to DNxHD (or ProRes) is not going to incur a visual quality hit, though the files will be larger.
- which Format (codec) are the final files gonna be???
H.264! They're the same as the originals, just trimmed to length.
- Thanx for that one! I hope it works on Windows as well, since Windows is my OS - and thnx for coupon code:))))
Well, you use this plug-in on the Mac; it enables you to read NTFS-formatted drives on the Mac. You'd just continue to do what you've always done, and the Mac user would need the plug-in. If you want to read HFS formatted drives on a PC, you can use Paragon HFS for Windows or MacDrive. Either of those will be good for HFS drives on a PC. Of course, you only need one of these drivers; either NTFS on Mac, or HFS on PC.
There was some mention of using Quick Time PRO as only solution here... Do you have any idea what is that all about??? What can be done - editing wise - with QT PRO??? Or is it just bringing up some more Codecs into the game????
I prefer MPEG Streamclip; it does all the editing (well, the editing you need) that QT Pro does, and it doesn't cost anything. I recommend checking that out first before sending Steve Jobs any money