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Buba Kastorski December 28th, 2009 10:38 PM

MXF In iMovie
 
Is there any way to open MXf in iMovie?

I am a PC person, but one of my clients asked me for a raw footage for her son, to play and learn; it was shot on EX1, but I didn't keep originals.
so unless there is a way I'll have to recompress everything to qt,
many thanks.

Robert Lane December 29th, 2009 09:27 AM

In short, no.

iMovie cannot read XDCAM MXF files (it's not designed to handle professional camera codecs) however if you have Final Cut Pro you can transcode XDCAM into AIC for import into iMovie keeping the files HD. Otherwise your only option would be to use the Sony-supplied ClipBrowser to convert XDCAM into raw DV (SD, not HD).

Since your on a PC and not knowing what software you're using for editing I don't know what conversion options you have available but a standard H.264 QT should work.

Hans Ledel December 29th, 2009 11:45 AM

iMovie 08 or later will handle any codec you have on your computer.

I have FCS 1 and Imovie 08 and I edit HDV files or any codec that my FCP have in iMovie 08

I just copy the files via import in iMovie and they donīt get converted to AIC they are native.

Iīve also tested with other codec and I have zero problems, all work native in iMovie08

Robert Lane December 29th, 2009 01:14 PM

To be clear:

iMovie can only import files when it has access to that codec *on the machine*. If your client's son does not have FCP on their system then they cannot import anything that iMovie does not natively support, which includes all professional codecs such as XDCAM, DVCPRO, RED etc.

Think about it: If iMovie could *natively* handle pro codecs then they would kill the market for Final Cut Express.

For a full list of supported formats and cameras see this link:

iMovie ?09: Camcorder Support

Buba Kastorski December 30th, 2009 12:45 AM

Thanks guys , i knew FC has no problems to access MXF, but that's the problem, the boy does not have it,
Thanks again,

Hans Ledel December 30th, 2009 01:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robert Lane (Post 1465800)
To be clear:

iMovie can only import files when it has access to that codec *on the machine*. If your client's son does not have FCP on their system then they cannot import anything that iMovie does not natively support, which includes all professional codecs such as XDCAM, DVCPRO, RED etc.

Think about it: If iMovie could *natively* handle pro codecs then they would kill the market for Final Cut Express.

For a full list of supported formats and cameras see this link:

iMovie ?09: Camcorder Support

That is what I said, if you read my first sentence "on your computer"

My answer where a reply to your statement that iMovie only worked with AIC and did not handle professional camera codecs, it does.

iMovie will never kill FCE
It is just a basic program but it is more capable than FCE when it comes to codecs

You could try adding "Perian codecs" if you donīt have FCP

Cheers

Hans


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