Posted by Toby on 12/23/42 11:27

"Jukka Aho" <jukka.aho@iki.fi> wrote in message
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> Toby wrote:
>
>> I'm working on an Avid Meridian Newscutter, which doesn't support file
>> conversion from its native OMFI format. So what I am going to have to do
>> is to play out to tape (or anyway to analog), and then capture that
>> playout of the tape or the Avid on another computer, converting to
>> whatever file format Switzerland wants.
>
> There are some apps out there that claim to be able to read in Avid
> OMF files and convert them to other formats (such as AVI, QuickTime,
> and MPEG-1/2.) See the following links:
>
> "Firestore DV Standards Converter" and "Firestore DV File Converter":
>
> <http://www.focusinfo.com/products/firestore/dvconversionsuite/dvcsuite.html>
>
> "Heuris MPEG Power Professional"
>
> <http://www.heuris.com/MPEGProducts/MPP2/mpp2line.htm>

I appreciate that, and I will check it out, but I can't install non-approved
apps on the Avid computer, and I understand that at least one of these apps
only works on the DNA based version of Avid, which plays out via software
instead of the hardware Meridian.

Toby

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