Tutorial - Avid DNxHD MXF from Premiere Pro CC Windows to HyperDeck Studio Pro
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Tutorial - Avid DNxHD MXF from Premiere Pro CC Windows to HyperDeck Studio Pro
IMPORTANT: Put “-guess_layout_max 0” before your input in all your FFmpeg arguments for audio channel counts of 8 and below!
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For the REVERSE direction, see my latest tutorial video on DNxHD QT to DNxHD MXF OP1a for Premiere or similar: https://vimeo.com/181025969
Contrary to what I said in this video, DNxHD MXF is no longer a recommended recording mode to set your HyperDeck to. See the latest tutorial video to know why, and to prevent yourself from data corruption nightmares.
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UPDATE! The FFmpeg Zeranoe page now uses standard ZIP files instead of 7zip! A managed system can now extract FFmpeg without getting PeaZip! Skip the PeaZip step and extract ffmpeg.exe using the standard built-in Windows ZIP extractor.
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This tutorial shows how to Export from a Windows 64bit version of Premiere Pro CC or Media Encoder CC to a Blackmagic HyperDeck Studio Pro without touching ProRes at a single point during the process and purely rewrapping the content with no re-encoding.
First, you need to choose the “DNX (bitrate)X” (10-bit) preset from the DNxHD MXF OP1a format. Then, immediately modify the audio tab from “Stereo” to “16 channel” and from 16bit to 24bit. In Video, turn off the “Enable Smart Rendering codec” Render your output as you usually do.
Next, get FFmpeg from Zeranoe’s page: https://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/ Put your ffmpeg.exe in the same folder as your render folder and Shift + Right click to select “Open Command Window Here.” Type “ffmpeg -guess_layout_max 0 -i “(input MXF file name)” -c:v copy -c:a pcm_s24le “(output file name).mov” into your command prompt and press enter.
Copy this render to your SSD. Then rename it under the naming convention Blackmagic uses for their files, which is “CaptureXXXX.mov” If there already exists a CaptureXXXX.mov and/or a CaptureXXXX(V, A1 and A2).mxf file on the SSD, increment your render to the next number after the last existing file number. Recent firmware updates may mean random filenames work as well, but to be sure, follow Blackmagic’s naming conventions.
Set your HyperDeck’s Recording format in the recording menu to “DNxHD QT” and you should be able to now play your renders out. I highly recommend a dedicated playback deck and a dedicated recording deck. DNxHD MXF is no longer a recommended mode to be in for the HyperDeck, which is contrary to what I said in this video, but is very important to know.
As an added bonus, the files produced through this method also work with Blackmagic Media Express, so if you lack a HyperDeck, you can still use a Intensity, Decklink or Ultrastudio as a playout for short clips. Unfortunately, Media Express is a 32bit application and tries to cache ENTIRE FILES in RAM, so longer MOVs will crash the program.
Hope everyone finds this useful. I know ProRes is a PAIN in Windows, but this bypasses it completely. Likes: 2 Viewed: source
