How to Export to Apple Prores?

[sneedbreedley]

I use Premiere Pro CS5 and CS6 in a Windows environment on a PC. The internet is hinting of a new method to export to Apple Prores HQ. Is this possible? Will it be possible soon, now that so many people are turned off to the latest FCP?

[Guest]

I found this website that explains  how to do it via an intermediate video file: http://www.authorityfx.com/encoding-videos-in-prores-4444-on-windows/

Hope it helps, I have not tried it myself!

[sneedbreedley]

Sorry, my client needs it in Apple Prores 422 (HQ).

[SimonHy]

Magnus' link is to a GUI program that works with FFMPEG, apparently you can use FFMPEG to encode to  ProRes422HQ:

http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/340454-FFMPEG-Prores-Encoder

I'm on a mac so haven't tested it myself.

[Guest]

In command line use -pix_fmt yuv422p10 or -profile hq instead of -pix_fmt yuv444p10.

I.e. the command line should look something like this:

ffmbc -i <SourceFileName> -vcodec prores -pix_fmt yuv422p10 -acodec copy <OutputFileName>.mov

DISCLAIMER:Although the resulting file is in ProRes, I was able to get a decent transcoding to ProRes with neither FFmbc nor FFmpeg so far (i.e. to get the same quality as with encoding to other 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 production codecs accordingly via After Effects or Adobe Media Encoder)

[sneedbreedley]

I don't know where this "command line" is. Is there a better, simpler solution to export to ProRes?

[Jeff Bellune]

There is, but it's expensive and you won't like it.  Buying a Mac would solve your ProRes export problem.  It's probably the simplest solution, and it's the best solution from several points of view.

Here's a free Windows program -- no guarantee of suitability or stability:

PC Windows ProRes encoder

If I find other software solutions, I'll edit the post.

Jeff

Here's a plug-in for After Effects, but it doesn't look simple:

ProRes 422 Conversion for After Effects (Windows) « Dubon

And another free program -- same caveats:

Pro Res Encoding on Windows 7