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Greetings all.
There have been many-a-conversation about handling spanned ProRes files from DSMC2 type cameras. In fact, enough people have emailed me regarding various workflows that it lit a fire under my butt to make a useful tool. To compound issues, working with ProRes in general on Windows is often a bit no-so-fun.
I've created two new tools to make life easier when it comes to production and post production related task when dealing with ProRes on the Windows side.
First up, clipJoin:
Working with Apple ProRes on Windows based workstations is sometimes tricky. Some modern digital cinema cameras have the capability to record with the ProRes codec directly in camera. However, this often creates segmented or spanned .mov files in 4GB chunks due to FAT32 restrictions and not just one large file. Importing and reassembly takes time and re-encoding is time consuming as well.
The true solution join them in a non-lossy manner. That's the goal of clipJoin.
What clipJoin does is join spanned ProRes .mov files into a new file contain each of those clips.
How to use clipJoin:
This supports all ProRes formats with and without audio.
Next up, movMuxer:
Commonly on set and in post houses Apple ProRes files are generated, but the audio of the file needs to be tweaked a bit. Normalizing levels, adding ambiance, removing background noise, swap vocals, etc. Tasks that are often important for dailies or deliverables. You can extract the audio from the file in a multitude of ways, but often when you add it back to your .mov file and need to re-encode.
movMux is a Windows program that extracts audio in a .wav format from a .mov file.
It can also merge a .mov video with an audio .wav file.
How to use movMuxer:
How to get them?
You can purchase both here for a whopping $35 bucks.
*Side Note. Let me know if you have any thoughts or would like to see anything added.
**Double Side Note. I'm a full-time Director/Director of Photography and will do my best to support these crazy tools, but I shoot a bunch. So please be patient if anything is funky. I've tested these out on 5 boxes with Windows 7-10. They should be public-friendly at this point.
There have been many-a-conversation about handling spanned ProRes files from DSMC2 type cameras. In fact, enough people have emailed me regarding various workflows that it lit a fire under my butt to make a useful tool. To compound issues, working with ProRes in general on Windows is often a bit no-so-fun.
I've created two new tools to make life easier when it comes to production and post production related task when dealing with ProRes on the Windows side.
First up, clipJoin:
Working with Apple ProRes on Windows based workstations is sometimes tricky. Some modern digital cinema cameras have the capability to record with the ProRes codec directly in camera. However, this often creates segmented or spanned .mov files in 4GB chunks due to FAT32 restrictions and not just one large file. Importing and reassembly takes time and re-encoding is time consuming as well.
The true solution join them in a non-lossy manner. That's the goal of clipJoin.
What clipJoin does is join spanned ProRes .mov files into a new file contain each of those clips.
How to use clipJoin:
To join selected .mov files:
To join RED Apple ProRes spanned clips:
Notes on File Saving:
- Drag and Drop one or more .mov files onto clipJoin
* You will be prompted for a filename to save it as
* Clips are joined alphabetically/numerically
* You will be prompted for a filename to save it as
* Clips are joined alphabetically/numerically
To join RED Apple ProRes spanned clips:
- Drag and Drop any .RDC or .RDM folder(s) onto clipJoin
- Drag and Drop any folder containing .RDM(s)
* It is important that the mag folder structure is just like on the RED Media
example: A002_0101GS.RDM\A002_C001_0101F8.RDC
* RED ProRes .mov clips will be exported with the base filename to output path
* Yes, you can just drag and drop a mag straight onto the program
* If working on RED clips it will make mag directories in your output path
- Drag and Drop any folder containing .RDM(s)
* It is important that the mag folder structure is just like on the RED Media
example: A002_0101GS.RDM\A002_C001_0101F8.RDC
* RED ProRes .mov clips will be exported with the base filename to output path
* Yes, you can just drag and drop a mag straight onto the program
* If working on RED clips it will make mag directories in your output path
Notes on File Saving:
* You must enter an output path for your joined clips in the:
settings_clipJoin_outputPath.txt file (in the install directory)
example: E:\export\dailies
settings_clipJoin_outputPath.txt file (in the install directory)
example: E:\export\dailies
** Special note. If you try to edit "settings_clipJoin_outputPath.txt" and install the program in "Program Files" on Windows you will want to start notepad.exe "As Administrator" to edit and save the file.
This supports all ProRes formats with and without audio.
Next up, movMuxer:
Commonly on set and in post houses Apple ProRes files are generated, but the audio of the file needs to be tweaked a bit. Normalizing levels, adding ambiance, removing background noise, swap vocals, etc. Tasks that are often important for dailies or deliverables. You can extract the audio from the file in a multitude of ways, but often when you add it back to your .mov file and need to re-encode.
movMux is a Windows program that extracts audio in a .wav format from a .mov file.
It can also merge a .mov video with an audio .wav file.
How to use movMuxer:
To Extract Audio (demux):
To Merge Audio (mux):
- Drag and Drop one or more .mov files onto movMux
- Drag and Drop a folder containing .mov files onto movMux.
* Extracted audio .wav files will have the suffix "_extractedAudio"
- Drag and Drop a folder containing .mov files onto movMux.
* Extracted audio .wav files will have the suffix "_extractedAudio"
To Merge Audio (mux):
- Drag and Drop a .mov and a .wav file that you want to join onto movMux.
* The merged .mov file will have the suffix "_updatedAudio"
* Both the .mov and .wav file must be the same exact length of time.
* The merged .mov file will have the suffix "_updatedAudio"
* Both the .mov and .wav file must be the same exact length of time.
How to get them?
You can purchase both here for a whopping $35 bucks.
*Side Note. Let me know if you have any thoughts or would like to see anything added.
**Double Side Note. I'm a full-time Director/Director of Photography and will do my best to support these crazy tools, but I shoot a bunch. So please be patient if anything is funky. I've tested these out on 5 boxes with Windows 7-10. They should be public-friendly at this point.
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