[Frameworks] FInal Cut Pro X

[Freya]

Off the top of my head, theres Avid DNxHD which is an open source lossy codec similar in concept to Quicktime prores and there is HuffyUV which is a common open source lossless codec.

DNxHD is available as a quicktime codec, so don't quote me, but you might be able to use it in FCP 7 right now?

love

Freya


--- On Tue, 6/28/11, D Dawson <decodawson at shaw.ca> wrote:

> From: D Dawson <decodawson at shaw.ca>
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] FInal Cut Pro X
> To: "Experimental Film Discussion List" <frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com>
> Date: Tuesday, June 28, 2011, 5:34 PM
> Hi Fred,
> 
> Well, yes and no.   Apple does own
> quicktime, but it has become so prevalent
> in the professional world that, what are you going to
> do?  Get stuck in the
> dark ages because it isn't an open format?  You may be
> suspicious,  but like
> anything, Apple makes money off of its developments. 
> They can invest
> millions of dollars into developing new codecs, it is
> harder to find that
> kind of research and development with open source
> material.   I mean NASA is
> closed source as well, but although I might want to go to
> the moon, I don't
> really have the research and development dough to make that
> happen.  China
> and Russia have alternatives, but until Billionaire Branson
> spends his own
> dough on an open source spaceship, I am willing to use
> Quicktime for its
> advancements.