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Re: FCP7 conversions - 11 years ago
It sounds to me like you never learned to control your codec, frame size, frame rate, and other export options. Things do not "change from month to month". In fact, consumer computers -- the target for playback -- rarely change at all. For example, the common codec for QuickTime compression is still H.264, a 10-year-plus algorithm that took a few years to transition from the professiby derekmok - Café LA
Re: Print to video function - 11 years ago
Did you set up the timeline at non-drop-frame?by derekmok - Café LA
Re: Audio Levels - 11 years ago
> conversational dialogue is generally hitting around -18, > occasionally going up to -12 Yep, that's mixing to -20dB, which is generally good enough for low noise on dialogue and also keeps dynamic range. If dialogue levels are -30dB, then no matter how clean the signal was originally, by the time you boost it to acceptable levels, the noise will be very prominent.by derekmok - Café LA
Re: Audio Levels - 11 years ago
> I've gone through the audio for the first couple days and the levels are pretty low around -42 to -30db and occasionally peaking around -24db. > This is occurring for both the boom and lavs. Shouldn't the levels be around -12db? Not necessarily. It depends on what you're mixing to -- -12dB tone should get you peaks around -6dB. A -12dB peak would probably mean mixing to a -20dB refby derekmok - Café LA
Re: Audio rates 44100/32 vs 48000/6 - 11 years ago
> I was told it needs "a inline mic pre amp that receives low z mic level and outputs line level signal" that might as well be Greek to me, so I asked him to find it > online and I can talk to production about getting it. You may need a preamp unit in the chain. Microphones, guitar signals -- pretty much all audio signals have an impedance rating: Inby derekmok - Café LA
Re: Audio rates 44100/32 vs 48000/6 - 11 years ago
I don't think sync is his problem. The start/stop points on all those files probably match. I think he's simply annoyed with the fact that the multiple tracks aren't linked by default. That's how I ordinarily edit sound, myself -- everything unlinked like film tracks, since I almost never cut audio at the exact same point as video.by derekmok - Café LA
Re: Where to Get LTO backup done of a completed show, about 6 TB. - 11 years ago
> only 2.G is the maximum Huh? At the upper end, LTO tapes go up to something like 13TB apiece.by derekmok - Café LA
Re: Sync up audio and video with only TIME CODE in FCP 7 - 11 years ago
If timecode matches, why not just match the Sequence timecode to the clips' timecode and sync everything by hand? It should be very fast if everything has locked timecode.by derekmok - Café LA
Re: Music concert: how to shoot multi DSLRs - 11 years ago
> but would like to bypass the audio recording from the cameras completely. You never, ever record live video without the audio. Even if it's bad audio, it's 50 times faster to sync using an audio cue than to try to use visuals. > Is this a SMPTE thing or a something done with Final Cut Pro? DSLRs have no timecode, just a vague time-of-day stamp. To sync with DSLRs, using audio iby derekmok - Café LA
Re: log and transfer problem - 11 years ago
Oh, Lig and Transfer. You probably closed the file list -- common mistake. You need to look on the left side of the window And locate the "handle" (should be two little lines) and either double-click or drag it out sideways.by derekmok - Café LA
Re: log and transfer problem - 11 years ago
See my post above. You probably switched to a "Large Icon View". Switch back to "List View".by derekmok - Café LA
Re: log and transfer problem - 11 years ago
CONTROL-click on a blank part of the Browser and select the View option you want.by derekmok - Café LA
Re: Two Issues-Need Advice - 11 years ago
Still Image Duration only works on files imported after the preference was set. Previous imported files stay at their default length until you change it. Show Title Safe only works if Show Overlays is on.by derekmok - Café LA
Re: Editing in a foreign language - 11 years ago
I would use subtitles. I haven't done long-form in other languages, but I've done spots that have Vietnamese, Spanish and Korean dialogue. Dubbed voices take out your ability to judge performance. I always find it's better to watch in the original language even if you don't speak it. With subtitles, you can mesh the subtitles with the lines to create a sense of the performance. With overdubsby derekmok - Café LA
Re: What is the ideal folder structure for raw media? - 11 years ago
I usually don't include the project name into those Reel folders because it makes the name a bit long and harder to navigate, but if you juggle projects a lot on a system, or have an unusually large amount of media (eg. three seasons of the same TV show), then the extra characters are worth it. Rule of thumb for file management: You should always know what the folder/file is for, on sight, wiby derekmok - Café LA
Re: What is the ideal folder structure for raw media? - 11 years ago
Personally I don't like the structure above. Because you will have many folders called simply "Video" and "Audio". Also, if you name your reels "Roll 01", "Roll 002" above, then your video and audio roll folders will have identical names. Identical names means that a mistake in operation could result in one folder overwriting another despite having diffeby derekmok - Café LA
Re: Creating a small, decent QT file - 11 years ago
Then crunch the file to 320x240px, 500-800kbps. Reduce the FPS, and keep audio to mono, 64kbps.by derekmok - Café LA
Re: Creating a small, decent QT file - 11 years ago
8-10MB? That's tiny by today's standards. Aim for more like 40-80MB. A three-minute video at Standard Def should look pretty decent at 1000-3000kbps, H.264, 29.97fps, de-interlaced, multi-pass. Forget e-mail. The attachment limitations there tend to be so low that they're not practical for video. Use an FTP site like Mediafire.by derekmok - Café LA
Re: HDV clip convert to SD - 11 years ago
I shouldn't have written "conform". Should have written "convert". "Conform" is a general term (I just had to conform a whole short film by hand/by eye, so the word's in my head), but has a more specific application when it comes to frame rates.by derekmok - Café LA
Re: HDV clip convert to SD - 11 years ago
You're still doing this wrong. You have 1920x1080 pixels to use. Why would you want to confine them to a 720x480 frame, re-export, and then have only an SD clip to use? You lose all flexibility in reframing when you do this. Just edit them into the timeline. Conform their frame rates first to the rest of the footage (use Compressor -- but don't abandon the HD frame), because FCP doesn't do aby derekmok - Café LA
Re: what after Cinema Tools? - 11 years ago
Forgot our friend Jon Chappell? Digital Rebellion Pro Media Tools. I'll admit, I'm still using Cinema Tools. Then again, I'm still running OS 10.6.8. And I'm not updating again, not on this station.by derekmok - Café LA
Re: LACIE drive not working - 11 years ago
DiskWarrior can see drives that the Mac OS and Disk Utility cannot. However, if the light doesn't turn on, then it could be your drive that's dead, or the enclosure, or the power supply. Swap out the power supply and try that first.by derekmok - Café LA
Re: LACIE drive not working - 11 years ago
Lacie *is* trouble. If it doesn't mount, run DiskWarrior and try to repair the directory. If that doesn't work, chances are you'll need to open the chassis, remove the drive, and find a new enclosure and try again. If not, then find a technician to run data recovery. Lacies are the worst drives possible. If you leave one lying around for longer than three months without checking it, you haby derekmok - Café LA
Re: CONVERSION FROM MAC TO NTFS - 11 years ago
> Of course i run Mac and they need the quicktime clips to be windows friendly NTFS. Windows Media Player should handle QuickTime movies just fine. > how do i transfer these clips from my desktop to their laptops? All Macs are able to format drives as FAT (either 32 or 64). The only limitation is that files are restricted to either 2GB or 4GB, but if your clips are small enough,by derekmok - Café LA
Re: Importing from AVCHD to FCP 6.06 - 11 years ago
> when imported into FCP 6.06 the audio is nearly a minute behind the video and merely gets clipped off at the end of the video clip. That's what happens when you have bad timecode, improperly converted files, corruptions etc. If I were you, I'd start from scratch and ditch "Wondershare". ; For less than $70 you could have gotten Divergent Media's ClipWrap or Shedworx' Voby derekmok - Café LA
Re: Importing from AVCHD to FCP 6.06 - 11 years ago
What kind of storage drive are you using?by derekmok - Café LA
Re: FCP HD Studio 6 - 11 years ago
> One version is FCP HD Studio 6 There's no such thing. "Final Cut Pro HD" was the nickname for Final Cut Pro 4.5 (nicknamed as such because it was the first FCP version to handle HD), which does not work on Intel Macs. If I remember correctly, there is a "Crossgrade" version that works on both PowerPCs and Intel Macs, but that's Final Cut Pro 5.1. "Final Cut Sby derekmok - Café LA
Re: red exclamation mark when importing AVCHD Footage - 11 years ago
Did you switch storage drives by any chance? Perhaps you are using a FAT32- or FAT64-formatted drive by mistake.by derekmok - Café LA
Re: further clarification -- interlacing? compression? - 11 years ago
> Also, besides compression settings -- could this have anything to do with interlacing or de-interlacing video on export? You said you were on 30fps. If I remember correctly, the 5DmkII doesn't shoot 29.97fps interlaced -- only 30p progressive. If you're taking progressive footage, putting it into an interlaced timeline, and then exporting with de-interlace... Exactly what compressionby derekmok - Café LA
Re: Super helpful, thank you -- On Compression though, one last question - 11 years ago
> the footage shot on the Canon 5D MKII just looked AWFUL. Well, your formats are all over the place. Editing in Standard Def pretty much puts your resolution through the meat grinder, and you're also working in DV NTSC, possibly the weakest of all the editable SD codecs. From what I'm seeing above, you don't have a specific setting problem. You have a global problem -- did you plan thby derekmok - Café LA
