2.5 Video Codec Acquisition
Due to licensing restrictions we are not allowed to ship any codecs along with our products.In order to obtain the appropriate professional Apple codecs (ProRes, IMX...) you need to have an already installed version of Final Cut Pro 7 or Final Cut Pro X on the machine used for playout. The professional codecs are also available via Apple's Software Update upon a new installation of Final Cut Pro X and some other applications or as an update installer under the following URL:
Please check regularly for new codec updates on Apple's support site or via the Software Update mechanism built-into OS X. Please note that this update installer will check for an already installed version of Final Cut Pro 7 or Final Cut Pro X. In order to be able to play out AVID compressed movies, please download and install the AVID LE/PE codecs which can be downloaded from the Avid website or which come with your AVID software.