Does FCP X Trial come with HVEC export (including 10bit)

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Does FCP X Trial come with HVEC export (including 10bit)

Hi,

I need to export in HVEC, using the trial version, running Catalina, have the current Pro video formats installed, however no destination appears for Apple devices 4K HVEC or where the export for Master File is selected the Video Codec selection does not include HVEC either, as H264 appears with no 10bit option, where only the other 422s etc that appear allow the WG HDR output (Rec.2020 HLG).

The link for the FCP X trial doesn't seem to advise that it doesn't.

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Posted on Sep 9, 2020 11:03 PM

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Alchroma

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Sep 10, 2020 12:48 AM in response to BHAussie

BHAussie wrote:

Cool thanks very much Al. I'm the trying the Finder method.

As you cannot select 10 bit via this method (e.g. HEVC 2160p), if you've had any experience with this method, do you know if that is automatic for the source file or will it be the 8 bit? (additionally, do you know what the 'Preserve transparency' selection does? and is there a status of the output task anywhere?) Thank you

The result will be 8 bit.

The Preserve Transparency does what it says for codecs that support transparency.

Regards the status:

Sort of, there is a spinning wheel in the Task Bar top of Finder.

It only means it's working on something.

All I can say is HEVC is sloooow.

A 2 mins conversion takes about 30 mins on my Mac. H.264 > H.265.

Al

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BHAussie Author

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Sep 9, 2020 11:56 PM in response to Alchroma

Cool thanks very much Al. I'm the trying the Finder method.

As you cannot select 10 bit via this method (e.g. HEVC 2160p), if you've had any experience with this method, do you know if that is automatic for the source file or will it be the 8 bit? (additionally, do you know what the 'Preserve transparency' selection does? and is there a status of the output task anywhere?) Thank you

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Alchroma

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Sep 9, 2020 11:35 PM in response to BHAussie

Even the full version does not support HEVC.

Compressor can and also the Finder can in the newer OS versions:

Al

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BHAussie Author

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Sep 10, 2020 12:37 AM in response to BHAussie

Doesn't appear to support 10bit (from a sample I tried).

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BHAussie Author

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Sep 10, 2020 12:54 AM in response to Alchroma

Cheers Al.

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Sep 10, 2020 1:26 AM in response to Alchroma

I recently tried HEVC from DaVinci Resolve and it was surprisingly fast. I didn't clock it but it seemed faster than its two-pass H.264. The quality was about the same with half the filesize.

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