Comments on: ProRes Codecs now a free download

By: Kaosxs

Kaosxs — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:54:21 +0000

Thank you! unpkg worked : )

By: Bounce Collective

Bounce Collective — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:58:14 +0000

Thanks for this – Was struggling for a while to get it working and tim Dougs unpkg works seamlessly.!! Nice one – Great post

By: Karl Soule

Karl Soule — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 01:56:46 +0000

The ProRes codecs are only made available on the Mac Platform. Apple has not released any official ProRes encoders for Windows at this time.

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:16:02 +0000

Alternately, installing the Final Cut Pro trial will allow the ProApps Codec installer to run. You don’t need to even start FCP for the first time, should you want to postpone the start of the 30-day trial.

By: Mike DeWolfe

Mike DeWolfe — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:39:02 +0000

My question: how can I export a sequence as a ProRes file using Adobe CS5 Premiere from a PC (Win7)? The Apple download is for an Apple .dmg file.

By: William

William — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:22:18 +0000

Props to SERGEY for the unpkg suggestion. Worked perfect for me that way!

By: Sergey

Sergey — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:29:50 +0000

As I found out, thanks to Thomas Worth, one doesn’t need nor Motion or Compressor from FCP to work in Premier Pro 5 with Pro Res 4444 encoded .mov files.
You can download the Apple codecs here:

http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1396

You’ll have to unpack the PKG file and install the codecs manually,
because Apple doesn’t want you to install them unless you have Final
Cut Pro already installed. Use a utility like unpkg to extract the
files, then copy them into /Library/QuickTime:

You can download unpkg for free here:
http://www.timdoug.com/unpkg/

After one done all that, PrPro5 and Adobe Media Encoder automatically add these codecs to Quick Time export codecs and work with Pro Res 4444 .mov containers natively, and I would say even smoother , than with .MOVs .
To me, in such setup CS5 Production becomes the best option for Mac.

By: Karl Soule

Karl Soule — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:44:34 +0000

The new Motion or Compressor also work.

By: Karl Soule

Karl Soule — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:44:06 +0000

Sadly, there is not an official place to get the codec for free. I was hoping that this knowledgebase article finally provided an installer that wasn’t tied to the Apple pro apps, but the installer checks for one of the pro apps before it installs.

By: Don

Don — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:39:37 +0000

Getting the ProRes Codec – Creative Cow’s Final Cut Pro forum is headed … Or by chance is there a secret codec somewhere that you can download? … Avid provides free access to their codecs