<philip@intelligentassistance.com> wrote:
>
> On Dec 7, 2011, at 9:00 AM, David Ross wrote:
>
>> As I understand it, QT reference movies use XML. FCP-X does not read XML,
>> so therefore won't play (or export) reference movies. I think you're stuck
>> with re-exporting as self-contained to use them in FCP-X.
>>
>> Mr Hodgetts may chime in with a better explanation/solution…
>
> QT reference movies are text files (not XML) that point to media files and in/out points. Very much like an EDL.
>
> XML is a flexible format that can contain many types of data http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/xml_hodgetts.html. Like a QT movie, knowing that something is XML is unhelpful.
>
> Final Cut Pro X understands FCPXML - a new format for Event and Project information (still a work in progress)
>
> Final Cut pro 7 could export xmeml - a format suitable for Final Cut Pro 7 projects
>
> Motion projects are XML.
>
> Premiere Pro projects are XML
>
> but all are different flavors of XML.
>
> As to why QT X can't play a reference movie - you've got me there. QT X on Lion is AVFoundation based (not QT) but AV Foundation supports reference movies.
Could this be a PE versus LE codecs thing? I noticed when we removed
the LE codec package and installed the PE codec package, QuickTime
playback of anything Dnx was more reliable.
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