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Show all posts by userYour basic troubleshooting forum for all things FCP Legacy (FCP 7 and below.) And general discussion on topics that do not fit in the other forums.
Not registered? Click HERE to register now Fastest way to get 4/3 compressed MPEG 2 file from HD video? - 10 years agoI've recently started doing legal video and am shooting with an HD camera (Panasonic HMC150 3 chip). Of course, most clients want the final output to be 4/3 video. To get there, I am taking the HD footage and bringing it into a 4/3 timeline in FCP 7.03. This takes about 4 hours to render 2 hours of video before I can export it with Compressor to an MPEG2 file, which takes another couple of hoursby aquaimage - Café LA Re: Display converter for Panasonic monitor with FCP 7.04 with Mountain Lion? - 11 years agoYes, I have contacted them. They claim they have a driver "coming soon," whatever that means....by aquaimage - Café LA Display converter for Panasonic monitor with FCP 7.04 with Mountain Lion? - 11 years agoI recently upgraded my OS to Mountain Lion on my MacPro due to system lockup issues I was experiencing. I reinstalled FCP 7.04 and now find that my Matrox MXO2 will not work with the OS (no driver) and supply the link I need to view the FCP external display on my external Panasonic Pro video monitor. Does anybody have any suggestions for another way to interface this monitor with my system? Thankby aquaimage - Café LA Re: Re: Unable to transfer files from PMW-EX1 with FCP 7.03 - 12 years agoI will give it a try! Many thanks.by aquaimage - Café LA Re: Re: Unable to transfer files from PMW-EX1 with FCP 7.03 - 12 years agoThe link you provided was for the Canada site. I was trying to access the US site. Also, your link was for the PMW EX3, I am using the EX1.....by aquaimage - Café LA Re: Re: Unable to transfer files from PMW-EX1 with FCP 7.03 - 12 years agoWell, all I can tell you is it was when I went there earlier today. Thank you.by aquaimage - Café LA Re: Unable to transfer files from PMW-EX1 with FCP 7.03 - 12 years agoI will try that. Right now that portion of their site is down for maintenance. At the moment, I am having a difficult time maintaining my perspective and thinking it's "interesting"! Currently I feel it is scr***d! I need a better perspective!by aquaimage - Café LA Unable to transfer files from PMW-EX1 with FCP 7.03 - 12 years agoSeveral months back I had Sony upgrade the firmware in my PMW-EX1 to version 1.2. I did not use the camera for several months until this past week. When I went to transfer the files to my Macpro, using the log and transfer function, the files do not appear in the media window. The cards do appear on the desktop and I have upgraded the SXS drivers on my Mac to version 1.052020. I am trying toby aquaimage - Café LA Re: Recommendations for under $1000.00 field monitor? - 12 years agoThank you, Clay!by aquaimage - Café LA Re: Recommendations for under $1000.00 field monitor? - 12 years agoImage quality and portability are most important. Any screen between 5 and 9 inches will work. Ability to adjust color is probably least important as long as it produces reasonable flesh tones.by aquaimage - Café LA Recommendations for under $1000.00 field monitor? - 12 years agoDoes anyone have any recommendations for an under $1000.00 field monitor for use with a system with a Panasonic AG-HMC150PJ and either a Ki Pro or Nanoflash? I am setting up to record legal depositions in the field.by aquaimage - Café LA Re: Recording direct to a hard drive and SXS cards simultaneously with PMW-EX1 - 13 years agoShane, Thanks for the explanation and clarification! At least I know which direction to head now....by aquaimage - Café LA Re: Recording direct to a hard drive and SXS cards simultaneously with PMW-EX1 - 13 years agoThanks for the suggestions! Is there no way to record directly to a Mac Laptop? I am trying to do this the most economical and simple way that I can find (although those two requirements may not be compatible!)...by aquaimage - Café LA Recording direct to a hard drive and SXS cards simultaneously with PMW-EX1 - 13 years agoHello, Does anyone have any experience simultaneously recording to a hard drive or laptop while also recording to SXS cards with this camera? I have a need to do this and wanted to know what works. Thanks!by aquaimage - Café LA Re: Simulator works fine but burned DVD does not - 13 years agoHal, I should have posted the solution sooner! I was able to solve the problem with the aid of Bruce Nazarian (after beating my head against the wall for 8 hours trying to solve it on my own). I sent the file via FTP to Bruce and he was able to diagnose it quickly. I had put in a 1 second delay after playback before the end jump and this is what caused all of my headaches. Took it out and everytby aquaimage - DVD Studio Pro Simulator works fine but burned DVD does not - 13 years agoI have just finished programming my first DVD from HD footage (Sony XDCAM). I compressed everything in Compressor to standard definition 16:9 format. Everything works perfectly in DVD Studio Pros simulator but when I burn a disk it does not work like the simulator. This is a scuba diving instructional video, so after the first play of the copyright, the program makes a jump to a series of warnby aquaimage - DVD Studio Pro Re: Button dissolve in DVD studio pro - 13 years agoThank you so much for your excellent explanation of how to do this. I was stumped.by aquaimage - DVD Studio Pro Button dissolve in DVD studio pro - 13 years agoDoes anybody know how to make simple buttons dissolve in to a motion menu in DVD studio pro? I created the background scenes in Motion and have the text dissolve in. Just need to know how to get the buttons to dissolve in. Any help would be appreciated.by aquaimage - DVD Studio Pro In Praise of Caldigit - 14 years agoI am the owner of a Caldigit HD0ne 4 TB raid, formatted as Raid 5. Recently one of the drives died. I called CalDigit and they immediately sent me a new drive. I installed the new drive and using their Raid Shield software, the drive was rebuilt with all of the data intact. Even though I had just backed up my entire 45 minute XDCAM project, it was still comforting to have the security of Caldigitby aquaimage - News and Announcements Re: Need a DVD replication recommendation - 14 years agoIf you are in LA, suggest you contact Duplitech. They may not be the cheapest, but I have replicated 7 projects with them over the past 7 years and they have been reliable, on time, and good quality. Tel 310-781-1101by aquaimage - Café LA Re: Known bug in latest Compressor Update - 14 years agoI've tried that method and can get it to Compressor. The problem is the results out of Compressor are lousy - serious aliasing. If you're getting good results, that's great, but there are lots of people who have also posted on Apple's website in the Compressor section who are not...by aquaimage - Compressor - Media Compression and Conversion Re: Known bug in latest Compressor Update - 14 years agoYes, it was a dumb mistake on my part. I did it because someone else had responded to a post I made about being unable to name XD-CAM Clips with the shot numbers in Sony's XD-CAM Transfer. They pointed out that the new version of Final Cut Studio has a log and transfer function that allows naming and works great - it does. I have a big project with lots of shooting left to do so I thought thaby aquaimage - Compressor - Media Compression and Conversion Known bug in latest Compressor Update - 14 years agoAfter checking on the Apple Website under Compressor I have learned that there is a known bug in the latest version of Compressor. Numerous people have complained about unusable output and supposedly Apple is working on the problem.by aquaimage - Compressor - Media Compression and Conversion Re: Serious aliasing in Standard Def DVD created from XDCAM - 14 years agoI am pretty sure that's where I had it set when I tried the Compressor version. The aliasing is definitely worse when I exported using the "Share" command than it was when I used Compressor by itself. If you open up the options in Share you see the compressor selections. I've got it set for a 90 minute DVD, best quality, same as I had it when using Compressor by itself. I am usinby aquaimage - Compressor - Media Compression and Conversion Re: Serious aliasing in Standard Def DVD created from XDCAM - 14 years agoThanks for the suggestion. I am working with 1080P material. I spoke with Apple this morning and they suggested that I export directly from Final Cut using the Share command from the menu. Compression still takes place through Compressor, you just don't have to go there. I tried this and the results are even worse than before. I also found a bug in Motion that Apple agreed was there and diby aquaimage - Compressor - Media Compression and Conversion Serious aliasing in Standard Def DVD created from XDCAM - 14 years agoI've just finished editing my first short video with my PMW-EX1. The footage is beautiful on my 30 inch Mac Monitor and external HD monitor. I had my sequence settings in Apple ProRes 422 XDCam in Final Cut Pro 7. I exported my program as a complete Quicktime movie at full resolution. I then pulled the program into Compressor and used the settings DVD Best Quality 90 minutes. Everything stillby aquaimage - Compressor - Media Compression and Conversion Re: Naming clips while importing with XDCam Transfer - 14 years agoThanks for the heads up!by aquaimage - Café LA Naming clips while importing with XDCam Transfer - 14 years agoHello, I am working away on my first big project with my PMW-EX1. After losing a clip when XDCAM transfer unexpectedly quit, I now lock my cards before importing clips. My problem is (and I am not sure that this is because the cards are locked) when I try to assign a name to the clip from my script/shot list, the clips import, but only with the file name generated by the camera. This makes wby aquaimage - Café LA How to check firmware version of PMW-EX1? - 14 years agoDoes anyone know how to check the firmware version of the PMW-EX1? I can't find this info anywhere in the manual or in the menus. I am interested in using the Hoodman SXS adapter and Raw cards and don't have a Sony dealer close by.by aquaimage - Café LA |
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