I just bought a copy of Final Cut Express 3.5 on eBay to run on my G5. I have a person converting some old VHS tapes to DVDs for me. As a favor, he is willing to export a copy of the material in a format that is ready for me to edit into clips for YouTube. He's not a Mac person (SHAME!), but says he can export the file in many different ways and just needs to know what I want. The problem is, I don't know!
My question (I think) is this: what codec/compressor should my friend use that is native to and/or comes with Final Cut Express? I just want to edit up short 3-5 minutes clips that have decent video/audio quality for YouTube.
I might be able to figure this out eventually, but he's working on my tapes now and I won't actually have Final Cut Express in my hands for a week or so. Plus - I'm a TOTAL newbie to Final Cut and video editing.
Any help most appreciated!
Thanks,
Michael
My question (I think) is this: what codec/compressor should my friend use that is native to and/or comes with Final Cut Express? I just want to edit up short 3-5 minutes clips that have decent video/audio quality for YouTube.
I might be able to figure this out eventually, but he's working on my tapes now and I won't actually have Final Cut Express in my hands for a week or so. Plus - I'm a TOTAL newbie to Final Cut and video editing.
Any help most appreciated!
Thanks,
Michael