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Handy Programs to go with Final Cut Pro. What about you ?

Hello ,

The following is a list of program that I use with Final Cut Pro to help out when I need to deal with clients that have source material in Mpeg2 and Mpeg4 ( ##$%$#%! Don't like Mpeg2 ^%#@#$). Compressor is good dealing with conveting to Mpeg2 for final output but there are other tools that can take Mpeg2 to Quicktime etc.

The following list are free software or shareware. Check them out.

MPEG Streamclip

http://www.squared5.com/

Really cool and easy to use. You can also get it from Apple Site.

iSquint
http://www.isquint.org/

Just to get my video into ipod. Really handy to have around.

FFmegX
http://homepage.mac.com/major4/

The science tool kit of format conversion. Really good with dealing with no broadcast tyep format converstion but it is a bit of a science tool kit and take a bit of time to get used to it.

How about you ? Do you have any tools that you use to deal with conversion issue ?

The Bmonster.