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Captain_Corduroy
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August 9, 2011
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Avid DNxHD into Premiere Pro CS5.5?

  • August 9, 2011
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Howdy. New to Premiere Pro and trying the demo. Unfortunately I'm having a issues right off the bat.

I'm trying to import Avid DNxHD 36 media from Media Composer 5.5. But I get some issue saying that the codec isn't supported. Am I wrong that DNxHD is supposed to be native in Premiere Pro CS5+?

Thanks!

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    Rob Shaver
    Inspiring
    January 22, 2012

    Now that BlackMagic has added DNxHD MXF comperssion to the HyperDeck Shuttle 2, this codec is going to be a useful aquisition format. That means all NLEs will benefit from being able to use it.

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    Anonymous
    January 24, 2012

    r39525 wrote:

    Now that BlackMagic has added DNxHD MXF comperssion to the HyperDeck Shuttle 2, this codec is going to be a useful aquisition format. That means all NLEs will benefit from being able to use it.

    Yup balls in your court Adobe - our facility is looking to purchase a number of these units and has been more than a little interested in MC6...really want to stick with CS6 but if the workflow isnt there...

    jabloomf1230
    jabloomf1230
    Participating Frequently
    January 29, 2012

    Just use ffmbc to rewrap the DNxHD MXF to MOV

    Colin Brougham
    Colin Brougham
    Participating Frequently
    August 9, 2011
    Am I wrong that DNxHD is supposed to be native in Premiere Pro CS5+?

    Correct; DNxHD is not native--meaning that Premiere Pro does not ship with encoders or decoders for it. Since DNxHD uses QuickTime for containering, however, it's a simple (and free) add-on: Avid QuickTime Codecs LE 2.3.4

    Once installed, any Avid-encoded QuickTimes will import into PPro without issue, and you can even encode back to an Avid codec (DNxHD and many others) when you select QuickTime as your export Format. Pick the codec you like from the Video tab, and you can configure the encoder as necessary.

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    JFPhoton
    Inspiring
    August 9, 2011

    .......but, does Avid DNxHD then bog down PPro because it might trigger a 32 bit operation because of Quick Time?? If not, can anyone explain?

                  JFPhoton

    Colin Brougham
    Colin Brougham
    Participating Frequently
    August 9, 2011

    Sure, you're using the 32-bit QuickTime bridge when using some QuickTime files--DNxHD files included--but I wouldn't get all worked up about it. Despite all the boogity-boogity that goes on around here regarding QuickTime, DNxHD and other QuickTime codecs (ProRes, for example) work just fine in Premiere Pro, on both Windows and Mac.

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    Captain_CorduroyAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    August 9, 2011

    Almost forgot, my hardware = Mac Pro w/ 12GB RAM. Nvidia GT120. OS 10.6.7.

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