A Mac Mini and the excellent qt_export command line tool for transcoding may be a cost effective option: http://omino.com/sw/qt_tools/ JF On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 7:59 AM, Mike Owen wrote: > Hi, > Is there any open-source or other alternative way to be able to encode to > Apple Pro Res 25P using Premiere Pro on Windows? > I don't have access to Final Cut Studio or a Mac. > I understand that this codec normally only comes with FCS? I also understand > that a decoder codec is available from Apple to view such encoded files, but > I need to encode to this format! > Is it?simply?a case of somebody being nice and sending me a link to download > the codec?! > Any ideas? > Thanks, > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > StudioSysAdmins-Discuss mailing list > StudioSysAdmins-Discuss@mailman.studiosysadmins.com > http://mailman.studiosysadmins.com/mailman/listinfo/studiosysadmins-discuss > > _______________________________________________ StudioSysAdmins-Discuss mailing list StudioSysAdmins-Discuss@mailman.studiosysadmins.com http://mailman.studiosysadmins.com/mailman/listinfo/studiosysadmins-discuss

Command line Shake is also a great solution, and has the advantage of being able to import/export image sequences. qt_export is a great tool, but it only knows how to transcode QuickTime files, so you may need something else in the pipeline to convert image files into an uncompressed QuickTime. JF On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 3:17 AM, Hugh Macdonald wrote: > Very cool - thanks for that link... > I've been using Shake for making automated quicktimes for ages now - it's > not the most fun in the world, but it does the job... This'll give me far > more flexibility... > Thanks > > _______________________________________________ StudioSysAdmins-Discuss mailing list StudioSysAdmins-Discuss@mailman.studiosysadmins.com http://mailman.studiosysadmins.com/mailman/listinfo/studiosysadmins-discuss

Shake is hard to beat for these things ... the only real hassle is creating the "magic number" field for the QT output. It's a 128 byte (I think) string that encodes the codec, resolution, frame rate, etc. as one big horrible blob of data and it's pretty much impossible to reverse engineer. Usually the easier route is gin up a few Shake templates for the most common codecs, frame rates, and resolutions and put it together in a script that spits out the desired magic number, and pass that as a command line argument. Still ... worth the trouble. Klaus On 3/11/10 3:30 AM, "Hugh Macdonald" etched on stone tablets: > Ahhh - I was hoping that qt_export could take in image sequences... > > To be honest, thinking about it, I will almost certainly stick with > Shake - I use Shake for doing colour space transformations and burnins > already, and it would be silly to lose that... > > Hugh Macdonald > nvizible ? VISUAL EFFECTS > > +44(0) 207 659 2369 > +44(0) 7773 764 708 > > www.nvizible.com > > On 11 Mar 2010, at 11:23, Jean-Francois Panisset wrote: > >> Command line Shake is also a great solution, and has the advantage of >> being able to import/export image sequences. qt_export is a great >> tool, but it only knows how to transcode QuickTime files, so you may >> need something else in the pipeline to convert image files into an >> uncompressed QuickTime. >> >> JF >> >> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 3:17 AM, Hugh Macdonald >> wrote: >>> Very cool - thanks for that link... >>> I've been using Shake for making automated quicktimes for ages now >>> - it's >>> not the most fun in the world, but it does the job... This'll give >>> me far >>> more flexibility... >>> Thanks >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> StudioSysAdmins-Discuss mailing list >> StudioSysAdmins-Discuss@mailman.studiosysadmins.com >> http://mailman.studiosysadmins.com/mailman/listinfo/studiosysadmins-discuss > > _______________________________________________ > StudioSysAdmins-Discuss mailing list > StudioSysAdmins-Discuss@mailman.studiosysadmins.com > http://mailman.studiosysadmins.com/mailman/listinfo/studiosysadmins-discuss _______________________________________________ StudioSysAdmins-Discuss mailing list StudioSysAdmins-Discuss@mailman.studiosysadmins.com http://mailman.studiosysadmins.com/mailman/listinfo/studiosysadmins-discuss