Creating Grass Valley HQ/HQX File from Fusion

I don't think this is possible but thought I'd check.

I edit on a Grass Valley Edius system which uses many formats but the primary GV formats I use are HQ and HQX. I would like to be able to render straight to one of these formats (rather than having to render out 11000 frames only to then encode them into an HQX). When I create a Saver and choose the AVI format, I can choose either the HQ or HQX formats. But when I try to render, it fails.

Is there any way to make a Grass Valley HQ or HQX format render successfully?

Thanks!

I've been able to do this with Fusion. You just have to choose the correct codec from the output options. Pick AVI from the Output Format on the File tab, go to the Format tab, and select the Grass Valley codec you prefer from the dropdown menu. If you're running Fusion on the same machine that you're running Edius on, you'll have the Grass Valley codec pack already installed and the codecs should be available there.

Thanks for the ideas!

I am already doing those steps but get an error when trying to render (see attached image). I have a feeling that those settings in the format tab don't properly apply to HQ or HQX AVI files. I have tried various settings to no avail.

Thanks again.

I should also note, that the GV codecs are all properly installed as this machine also runs Edius 7.41.28.

Thanks!

They do apply, I've used them successfully. I've also run into that sort of error a couple of times, it's usually been due to a save error, usually from either having a bogus path selected (which can happen if you're writing to an external disc and it gets disconnected or powered down by accident), or permissions.

I'm not sure about the best way to troubleshoot that since I'm also fairly new with Fusion, but I am sure that Fusion can render to Grass Valley's codecs, because I've done it a few times.

Thank you Rakesh.

I think I've got it sorted now. The frame format of the (older) comp I was trying to output to an HQ file was D1. When I changed the frame format in Preferences to HD720, it successfully renders without error. (I also set the IO avi preferences to the GV HQ format so maybe that made it happy?).

Thanks again.

No problem.

I'm glad you got it working