sony mxf or dnxhd for tl playback?

i usually transcode my ex1's mp4's to mxf for use in resolve, but read somewhere that dnxhd was better suited to resolve's playback.

looking for easiest playback option for i7 4770k

tia

should add working in hd only

usually transcode my ex1's mp4's to mxf for use in resolve, but read somewhere that dnxhd was better suited to resolve's playback.

What you are realizing with the transcode is creating an intra format that doesn't have as much to do with the container as it does with getting rid of the Long-GOP media structure. There may be slight differences between DNxHD and ProRes, for example, but very little difference between the MXF and MOV containers that you could create with either codec. And I don't think Media Composer, Premiere, or Resolve have that big a preference for any of those -- aside from the ultra-orthodox source path structure that AVID still seems to harbour some weakness for.

It used to be that MXF was a non-starter for a number of NLEs, and Final Cut couldn't handle it at all without Flip4Mac, which was another layer of processing.

jPo

thanks jpo, much appreciated.

i'll therefore stick to my usual practice and transcode to mxf.

again, thanks