I have a customer that needs QuickTime 59.94/1080i 1920x1080 Codec Avid DHxHD 220 (or 145).

Does anyone know how to get this out of Final Cut? I shot the footage on EX1 1080p 30p and have it in Final Cut. For future work with them I guess I should shoot 1080i 60i.

Did you install the codec?

Hi Perrone,

I did not know I could install the codec. Where do I look to find it to install into FC?

Right here:

Answer (http://avidtechnology.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/avidtechnology.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=76710)

Perrone thank you,

I will see if that solves the problem looks like it should.

Post back and let us know.

Will do I will look at it today and tomorrow and let you know my findings.

Perrone uploaded the codec onto my Mac Pro and it does not show up in QT, FC, XDCAM EX Clip Browser, or any other application.

Is this something that you have used?

No, I don't have a Mac. Just something that is "supposed" to work. Might try asking a quick question on the Avid forum though. You can't be the first person who's done this.

-P

It should appear in the QT Pro codec list. At least, that's where I can see it. Don't know about FCP, but, it should see it, as well.

OK I seemed to have solved this problem.

If you have FC 6.0.5 and QT 7.5.5 you need to down load the following.

Avid QuickTime Codec LE 1.8

I tried 1.10 and it did not show up so after talking with a few Avid editors we found 1.8 and all seem to work fine. I will report back if there is a problem at the Avid end once they receive the footage.

Here is the link I used:
http://www.camuser.kr/zbxe/?document_srl=11752&mid=avid_free

Thanks for the update Paul!

No worry I will report back once the client has view.

Burning disk today to send to client since we shot for them again yesterday.

One thing to be aware of is the files converting to Avid DNxHD are 5 times the size of Final Cut QuickTime files both at full size.

The Client requested?

You are to go with DNxHD QT files. Here are your specs.
1080i/59.94 DHxHD 220 8-bit
Millions of Colors +
Color 709
Alfa: None

Paul...

DNx220 is 220mbps bitrate. By comparison, 2k images are 440mbps, so, DNx220 is about half the bitrate of 2k. I don't know what your source file bitrate is, but, 220 is a bit overkill for most sources. Not only is the file size pretty big, but, processor demands are higher, as well. Last year, I was involved with a super 16 film project. DNx175 was barely suitable for this effort. I would suspect DNx220 is a film delivery format.

Thanks Bill that makes sense why it is so big.

I also offered 145 but they picked 220. Also picked 8-bit over 10-bit which makes sense since it is EX1 footage.

Files transfers will keep a fast Mac Pro busy for one day since there are 350 clips.

On a different note I now have Toast 10 and the burn to DVD DL for the clips is much faster then then the Mac software.

Thanks Bill that makes sense why it is so big.

I also offered 145 but they picked 220. Also picked 8-bit over 10-bit which makes sense since it is EX1 footage.

Files transfers will keep a fast Mac Pro busy for one day since there are 350 clips.

On a different note I now have Toast 10 and the burn to DVD DL for the clips is much faster then then the Mac software.

The EX1 is natively doing 1080p to 35 Mbps but it's long GOP. The DVCProHD codec is writing 1280x1080 at 100Mbps. So 175 seems about right for full raster. But the bit rates tend to mirror ProResHQ nearly exactly so take that as a clue.

-P