I have Blackmagic capture cards, and a lot of people here probably do too. If you are on a Mac, a lot of people were lamenting not having HUFFVUY to capture with. There aren't a ton of codecs available for Mac that are good for capturing.
Prores is great, however it is only supposed to be available for use with Apple's Pro video apps. However, you can easily grab and install it yourself right from Apple.
Prores is meant for HD/2K editing and finishing, and the (HQ) version will compress between 3:1 and 5:1 depending on your video, the others much more. Much better than uncompressed. For 720p60, HQ seems to run about 40MB/sec, which is easily doable by a single drive.
There are several variations of Prores:
Prores 4444- Used primarily for 4K work or feature film finishing.
Prores 422 (HQ) - High quality used for HD finishing. Same as 422 but with higher datarate.
Prores 422 - Used for HD editing. broadcast quality.
Prores 422 LT - 2/3 the datarate of 422. Used for proxy work mostly.
Prores 422 (proxy) - 1/3 the datarate of 422. used for proxy work.
Capturing in 422 (HQ) and 422 both work wonderfully for 720p capture.
So how do you get it without buying Final Cut Pro?
Download the ProApps Codec Update from Apple - http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1396
Use http://www.timdoug.com/unpkg/ on the installer to crab the codec modules, and place them in Library/Quicktime manually.
That's it! You can now use prores in any app that understands quicktime, including BlackMagic Media express. You may have to restart first.
Prores is great, however it is only supposed to be available for use with Apple's Pro video apps. However, you can easily grab and install it yourself right from Apple.
Prores is meant for HD/2K editing and finishing, and the (HQ) version will compress between 3:1 and 5:1 depending on your video, the others much more. Much better than uncompressed. For 720p60, HQ seems to run about 40MB/sec, which is easily doable by a single drive.
There are several variations of Prores:
Prores 4444- Used primarily for 4K work or feature film finishing.
Prores 422 (HQ) - High quality used for HD finishing. Same as 422 but with higher datarate.
Prores 422 - Used for HD editing. broadcast quality.
Prores 422 LT - 2/3 the datarate of 422. Used for proxy work mostly.
Prores 422 (proxy) - 1/3 the datarate of 422. used for proxy work.
Capturing in 422 (HQ) and 422 both work wonderfully for 720p capture.
So how do you get it without buying Final Cut Pro?
Download the ProApps Codec Update from Apple - http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1396
Use http://www.timdoug.com/unpkg/ on the installer to crab the codec modules, and place them in Library/Quicktime manually.
That's it! You can now use prores in any app that understands quicktime, including BlackMagic Media express. You may have to restart first.
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