help - exporting uncompressed AVI

Hello,

I am trying to export an uncompressed AVI from FCP 5 - not my choice as I hate the format. I export as quicktime conversion; select AVI; options for compression none; I select thousands of colors (if I selet millions I cannot play anything at all). It takes the old G5 5 minutes or so to export a file that is 3 minutes long (on the timeline it is HD DVCPro 720p). When the process is done the files are larger than the raw. It seems as if it is doing the job. However, when I go back to check the files there is a strange pattern. If the file is under 4 GB I can view the entire file; 4GB-6GB I can view about 30-40seconds or so; over 6 and I cannot view it at all. When I import the AVI files back into FCP I get the same results. I have Flip4Mac on the computer I am using (I am not 100 percent that it is a full version). I can view the clips that are under 4 GB (clips are usually 2-3 miutes in length, but these are done with thousands of colors not millions. When I do millions they don't play and FCP won't recognize the file). The files that are being exported are all larger than the raw. So, is FCP creating the right files?

Lost between a PC and Mac,

John

>I am trying to export an uncompressed AVI from FCP 5 - not my choice as I hate the format.

So do I. Why use it?



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That is what the client has requested and I have no options. I tried to get them to accept quicktime with no success.

Do you have a PC?
If so try this.
Export as pro Res mov from the mac.
Port to the PC.
Use adobe media encoder or super (freeware)
to convert to uncompressed.

proRes is visually lossless, so this
cheat should work.





saintmarino Wrote:
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> Hello,
>
> I am trying to export an uncompressed AVI from FCP
> 5 - not my choice as I hate the format. I export
> as quicktime conversion; select AVI; options for
> compression none; I select thousands of colors (if
> I selet millions I cannot play anything at all).
> It takes the old G5 5 minutes or so to export a
> file that is 3 minutes long (on the timeline it is
> HD DVCPro 720p). When the process is done the
> files are larger than the raw. It seems as if it
> is doing the job. However, when I go back to
> check the files there is a strange pattern. If
> the file is under 4 GB I can view the entire file;
> 4GB-6GB I can view about 30-40seconds or so; over
> 6 and I cannot view it at all. When I import the
> AVI files back into FCP I get the same results. I
> have Flip4Mac on the computer I am using (I am not
> 100 percent that it is a full version). I can
> view the clips that are under 4 GB (clips are
> usually 2-3 miutes in length, but these are done
> with thousands of colors not millions. When I do
> millions they don't play and FCP won't recognize
> the file). The files that are being exported are
> all larger than the raw. So, is FCP creating the
> right files?
>
> Lost between a PC and Mac,
>
> John