DVCPROHD MXF versus AVI

[GrassValley_MD]

You should be fine because you are basically just stripping the meta data and channels when you convert.


Mike

[PaulDetroit]

We haven't tested it yet but I believe the AVIs will work. I think I sent them a previous test sequence that incorporated an AVI.

Anyway, the problem isn't that they can't read the MXF files. They can. It's just that they can't properly relink to the MXF files when they import my aaf. I have the same problem when I try to import the aaf into Adobe Premiere CS3.

The post house said they would compare an original MXF with the AVI using a vectorscope, just to make sure there's no loss.

[STORMDAVE]

Do the AVI's exported out of EDIUS work ok on the AVID system? If yes, then go ahead and use that approach. As far as audio, you can always export tracks to individual .wav files and let the post house handle it.

[PaulDetroit]

Thanks. The AVIs seem to preserve timecode metadata which is all I really care about. Thanks for pointing this out as well as the 2-channel problem.

Unfortunately, I don't have much of a choice at this point. I have to take my timelines to a post house that uses Avid. All of the aafs I exported using MXF clips have had problems when imported into other applications.

[THoff]

I don't think there's a quality loss, but you will lose the metadata and I believe you can only have two audio tracks (stereo audio). Neither of those would be acceptable to me.

[PaulDetroit]

I have a Panasonic AG-HVX200 and have been shooting DVCPROHD onto P2 cards. For ease of use, I'm considering converting the original MXF files into DVCPROHD AVI files. Does anyone know if there is a quality loss in this conversion?