Been through one of these and it took forever.

Now looking as 3 cam shoot with multiple segments to deliver.

Is there any P2 like scheme that could be utilized here? 

Or should I simply use something like MPEG Streamclip and have production make

DNxHD QTs for me for at least fast-import?

This will go out for grading and broadcast.  Starting with Canon H264 QTs, does it make

any sense to transcode to DNxHD 220x?  If not which res. should I choose.

Thanks for any help.

MC 3.5.4  8 core MacPro 10gb ram

I recently tried batch converting some Canon footage on a Mac Pro to DNxHD prior to importing to MC but had what I think were gamma issues with rather crushed blacks (It wasn't a 601/RGB issue).  Haven't had a chance to investigate fully yet. The files did fast import however, so would probably be fine for offline, but not online. I ended up doing a straight import.  Took about 5 times running time but was worth it in the end.

regards

Brian

Thanks for the reply.

Do you take a quality hit with "fast import"? (Re: your offline/online ref)  I assumed it was fast as it was in a friendly codec

Those clips I've transcoded to DNxHD with MPEG streamclip look great after I get them in.

I always feel like my clients and production co.s are assuming I'll be using FCP and seem dismayed when

I refer to these laborius ingest times.  They may have the right to be, but I think with Canon you still

need to transcode to ProRes for FCP. 

What if they (production) use a hardware encoder like Matrox and make DVCProHD clips for me?  They get a faster transcode on their end and I can still do fast import?

Hi there, i am not sure if i understood your problem the right way.

i simply just import the 5D /H264 footage to a 1920x1080 MC project with 30fps.

While importing the media is transcoded to mxf/dn x hd 120, 145 or if you like 220.

Maybe thats the wrong way but it seems to work. BUT it takes some time.

ingo