![]() They’re more demanding than AIC, but less demanding than rewrapped files. Both codecs are pretty good when it comes to CPU overhead as well. While there are situations in which you can measure a numerical quality difference between the source and encoded files, the differences are visually imperceptible. In terms of quality, both codecs deliver. The advertisements promised us that we’d be editing our next feature film from the window seat of a 747. Rather than needing 200 megabytes per second of video, they promised the same quality in only 30 megabytes per second. Both were introduced as an alternative to uncompressed video. The monocle and tophat wearing members of the codec club, ProRes and DNxHD are designed for high end production. For this reason, some users will choose to only transcode the footage they know they’ll be using, rather than transcoding each and every second they shoot. An hour of AVCHD footage might take up 10 gigabytes of disk space. AIC is far less aggressive than either acquisition codec, and is unlikely to introduce new artifacts to your footage.Īs mentioned, the tradeoff with AIC is disk space. ![]() When working with HDV or AVCHD, your footage has already been squeezed to the edge of acceptability by the camera. While AIC can’t deliver quite the level of quality that Apple ProRes and Avid DNxHD offer, it’s often a often a better balance of disk size to quality. It is supported by iMovie, Final Cut Express, and Final Cut Pro.Īpple Intermediate (AIC) is the go-to choice for most “prosumer” post-production. Most Macintoshes have this codec installed because it’s included with the iLife suite. It provides high speed, low overhead decoding, at the expense of a bit of disk space. Apple IntermediateĪpple Intermediate Codec is an intra-frame (more on this in a future blog post) codec designed for post production. Both are good choices for bringing new content into an existing project, but for new projects, we’d recommend steering clear. This difference in pixel aspect ratios means you’re losing up to 35% of your horizontal resolution, and ClipWrap has to resize your frame to fit this lower res container. Most AVCHD cameras now capture “full raster” video, at 1920×1080. This is because HDV internally stores footage at 1440×1080, while DVCProHD stores footage at 1280×1080. With either codec, there’s the possibility that you’ll introduce artifacts into your footage, and you’ll also see a noticeable drop in resolution or blurring. HDV and DVCProHD are both HD codecs, but both are relatively aggressive in terms of compression. DV is a standard definition format, so only choose that one if you’ll be bringing your HD footage into a standard definition project. They’re a bit creaky, but they’re reliable, known quantities. These formats have long beards and yell at kids to get off their lawn. While we can’t tell you how to handle every situation, we’ll cover some basics. For every season, there is a reason, and for every workflow, there is a codec. For editing, go with a transcode.ĭepending on your computer, you’ll have 2 or more choices for transcoding. For these reasons, we recommend AVCHD users use rewraps for dailies, sharing with producers, or other forms of simple playback. Because of the high CPU demands of the AVCHD H.264 format, Final Cut will chug and churn a bit, and you’ll lose the ability to use the realtime effects features. Final Cut Pro will play rewrapped AVCHD files, but it’ll secretly hate you for it. ![]() If you’re working with AVCHD, the choice is a little more complicated. Final Cut Pro is well-optimized for the rewrapped HDV that ClipWrap generates from your M2T files. If you’re working with HDV content, using Final Cut Pro, and don’t plan to be incorporating higher end codecs into your project, stick with rewrapping. So which one is right? Well, that all depends.įirst, let’s talk rewrapping. You can choose Apple Intermediate, DV, DVCProHD, HDV, along with a pile of variations on ProRes and Avid DNxHD. One of the most common questions we receive from ClipWrap users is “Which format should I use?” ClipWrap provides users a variety of choices beyond rewrapping.
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