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Your basic troubleshooting and discussion forum for all things Final Cut Pro X. If you are having issues with FCP 7 and below, post it in Cafe LA.
Re: Sorenson vs. Compressor - 17 years ago
Nope. MpegStreamClip does not recognize the *.MTS format of the AVCHD video. I'm patient, and one of the days there will be codecs to convert this format to something FCP can use. I just keep looking. Thanks, Cyrusby CyWar - Café LA
Re: Getting AVCHD video off Sony HDR-SR1 Camera - 17 years ago
Dave Hardy wrote: "Strange they should be Mpeg4 H264 files which Mpeg Streamclip handles with ease. I saw a posting from an SR1 user who claimed he was doing this. If I can locate the posting again I'll let you know." ========= Dave: Did you ever locate this posting? Thanks, Cyrusby CyWar - Café LA
Sorenson vs. Compressor - 17 years ago
Question: Will Sorenson Squeeze 4.5 Compression Suite be of any use to me for converting the AVCHD footage from the harddrive of my Sony HDR-SR1 camera? All the "streams" on the camera are named: 00000.mts; 00001.mts, etc., using the AVCHD codec (thanks Sony!). I tried, with no luck, a program called avc1Decoder. Additionaly, is this a better program than Compressor? It is about $500by CyWar - Café LA
Re: AVCHD from Sony HDR-SR1 Camera - 17 years ago
Oy! avsforum.com is way over my head....!!! Thanks for your imput, anyway. I'll just keep waiiting. Sooner or later someone will come out with a simple package. It would be terrific if MPEG StreamClip did it. Again, thanks for your response.by CyWar - Café LA
AVCHD from Sony HDR-SR1 Camera - 17 years ago
Anyone aware of anything new having been released for getting the AVCHD (MTS and/or M2TS) footage off a Sony HDR-SR1 Camera in a form that can be edited in FCP? All the codecs/software I find are still WindowsXP based. Anything new out there that will run on my iMac?by CyWar - Café LA
Re: FLV to MOV - 17 years ago
Don't know if this will help you, but I quite often download files from Youtube via KeepVid. When I add the .flv suffix I can just drop them onto MPEG Streamclip and convert them to various other formats (QuickTime movie is one of them). I've converted to QT format often and the results are acceptable for playback on my Mac. Have not tried any of the HD or larger format conversions. Don't know ifby CyWar - Café LA
Re: HD DV in ? - 17 years ago
Logan6 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Does anyone know of flat screens with a DV in? > (preferrably around 20"? I currently have my FCP > workstation hooked up to an older GL1 through 1394 > and then from there using a S video cable out to > an NTSC monitor. It would be nice if the monitor > just had DV in (1394 firewire in). Does anyby CyWar - Café LA
Re: OT: Just threw MS PowerPoint in Trash....!!! - 17 years ago
Thanks. I didn't really "trash" powerpoint; still have in my Offic for Mac programs; do realize will have need to translate when office provides "drafts" in powerpoint; however, Keynote is now definitely my tool of preference; particularly since I can deliver the final in QT and when they ask for my PowerPoint so it can be used by someone else for some other project........ weby CyWar - Café LA
OT: Just threw MS PowerPoint in Trash....!!! - 17 years ago
Stumbled across Keynote the other day. Didn't even know it was on my Mac (OK, so I need new glasses). After working with it, I am absolutely amazed at what it can do. Boy, does it solve problems for me in creating presentations at my office. That I can export to a Quicktime movie and still retain the all the slideshow attributes will make it so much easier to distribute in this format to variousby CyWar - Café LA
FCP Studio 5.1.2 and MP4 video - 17 years ago
Before I pull out any more hairs (maybe that should be "singular" as I don't have any to spare)...... I have some wonderful MP4 (mpeg4) video (about 10 minutes) that I want to edit in FCP: 854x480 29.97fps AAC audio 48kHz H.264 decoder Data rate 3047.12 kbits/sec (This is the info QT gave me about the clips). I've searched the forums, but have not found anything this specific aboby CyWar - Café LA
HD vs SD video Advantage? - 17 years ago
Is there any real advantage to shooting in HD rather than SD? What I'm asking is will the HD video produce better quality output for things like QuickTime movies? I don't want to produce HD output as most people don't have HD television or monitors. I'm trying to get the clearest and sharpest output I can. I deliver a lot of items in QT on CD or DVD (if really big) usually for playback on their cby CyWar - Café LA
QT Output for Computer Playback - 17 years ago
iMac 2.33Mhz Core 2 Duo; 2GB ram; 250GB HD Final Cut Pro Studio 5.1.2 Video: MPEG2 Muxed 4:3 MPEG StreamClip 1.8 Situation: Have been give about 7 minutes of video by my office and ask to make a "training" video in QuickTime format that can be played on a fairly wide varity of computers (primariy PC running WindowsXP). I'd like to produce the sharpest QT output I can. Would somby CyWar - Café LA
Re: Getting AVCHD video off Sony HDR-SR1 Camera - 17 years ago
Went to the Canopus website and it apperas their software if Windows based and doesn't run on Max platform. The system requirements listed only WindowsXP operating systems. I no longer have any Windows systems here and also removed the Parallels Desktop from the Mac (where I was also running WindowsXP) as it simply caused conflicts that were not worth the bother. If I ever have need for this iby CyWar - Café LA
Re: Getting AVCHD video off Sony HDR-SR1 Camera - 17 years ago
I have no problems when I film in SD HQ 16:9 or 4:3; they are simply MPEG2 files that I can copy from the camera and use directly in FCP (albeit, I need to strip out the audio with Streamclip or convert to MP4). It this pesk AVCHD codec/format (?) that I can't seem to translate. Cyrusby CyWar - Café LA
Re: Getting AVCHD video off Sony HDR-SR1 Camera - 17 years ago
Interestingly, each of the files in the AVCHD folder (on the camera), when I "get info" on the Mac, it tells me they are Unix Executable Files. They have names like: 00000.CPI INDEX.BDM MOVIEOBJ.BDM 00000.MPL 00000.MTS There are 2 top level folders: AVHD and AVF_INFO Again, thanks for you help. I just think this rather odd marketing strategy for Sony to use. What's the use ofby CyWar - Café LA
Re: Getting AVCHD video off Sony HDR-SR1 Camera - 17 years ago
Thanks for the heads-up on the new release of MPEG Streamclip. It has some terrific enhancements. However....... My problem still exists. When I shoot in HD on the camera, I get folders and files that (I suspect) are really designed for the Windows platform. In the "Stream" folder is the first file named 00000.MTS (which is suspect is the HD video), but has a small "exec" iby CyWar - Café LA
Re: Getting AVCHD video off Sony HDR-SR1 Camera - 17 years ago
I had to buy it.... I drooled and licked the screen..... ;-) I'm waiting for the new MacPro (?) (replacement for the G5?) to be released; my Mac store person tells me it will have 4 processors and should fly like hot "you know what"...... and I figure 8GB of ram would be nice..... At that point, I'll start inquiry about what configuration I should get. The iMac will become a giftby CyWar - Café LA
Getting AVCHD video off Sony HDR-SR1 Camera - 17 years ago
Not smartest purchase I ever made.... teach me to do some reading before... OK, it was an impulse buy... it was so cute and it needed me..... ;-) Has anyone figured out how to get the HD footage off a Sony HDR-SR1 to iMac? I have the new iMac, 24" screen, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB Ram, 250GB HD. Final Cut Pro Studio 5.2.1 DVD Pro 4 If I record in SD HQ, I can attach the camera via USby CyWar - Café LA
Re: MPEG2 Muxed (H.264) to HDV 720p30 format - 17 years ago
Sorry about that. Don't know where I got that from. The Sony HDSR-1 does boht HD and SD formats (apparently final to disk); maybe the H.264 is in the HD format. Since there is (currently) no way to get a HD footage off the camera to edit (thanks, Sony!), the footage was in SD HQ 16:9 format. I'm glad I discovered that before I took the video. When I select "Get Info" on the Mac, it saysby CyWar - Café LA
MPEG2 Muxed (H.264) to HDV 720p30 format - 17 years ago
If I convert footage from a Sony HDSR-1 MPEG2 Muxed H.264 16:9 format via Compressor to HDV 720p30 format, can anyone tell me if I'm unknowning creating a problem for final output to DVD via DVD Studio Pro? Or, will this produce acceptable DVD results? This is footage of my Mom's 100th Birthday Party in Arizona last month and I'm trying to create a DVD I can send to the all family who attended. Tby CyWar - Café LA
Re: running out of room so....External Drive? - 17 years ago
If you are possibly looking at any of the G-Raid external HD units, here is my experience. I have a 1TB G-Raid attached to my iMac 2.33 MHz Core 2 Duo. Just wanted to alert you to an intermitent problem I have with the unit: it will run just fine for days on end, then suddenly it begins to "unexpectedly" unmount from the Mac. Apparently the G-Technology company is aware of this problby CyWar - Café LA
Format for FCP Studio to DVD Studio Pro - 17 years ago
I've tried some many variations on a theme, my eyes a burning......!! Any help from anyone would be greatly appreciated. Computer: iMac, 2.33Mhz Intel Core 2 Duo, 24" monitor, 250GB HD Software: Final Cut Pro Studio 5.2.1 and DVD Studio Pro 4 (also MPEGStreamClip) Video: From Sony HDSR-1 30GB internal HD; vidoe setting is SD HQ 16:9 (appears to be) MPEG2 Muxed (H.264?) I can use theby CyWar - Café LA
Re: Sony HDR-SR1 - 17 years ago
Again, thank you so much. I went to the square5.com site and downloaded and installed the Mac version of (beta) MPEG Streamclip. After a couple of attempts at converting to various formats, when I tried "dv" output, it would import into iMoveHD (vidoe and audio) with quality very acceptable for my current purposes. Am going to Arizona on Thursday to my Mother's 100th Birthday party andby CyWar - Café LA
Re: Sony HDR-SR1 - 17 years ago
Thanks, Mike. This will teach me to read the "fine print" before I plunk out over $1K to get something unuseable. I don't recall any of Sony's advertising firmly indicating this camera incompatible with Mac. What is curious is that I can copy of SD footage directly from the camera on my iMac and it is excellent quality, just no audio! In reading around, it seems that editing programs foby CyWar - Café LA
Sony HDR-SR1 - 17 years ago
After capturing the video on my PC with the Picture Motion Browser, then export as mpg2, move the iMac, I can play the mpg2 with QuickTime and get both video and sound. However, if I import that same clip in the FCP there is no sound. If I export out of QT to any other format, there is no sound, only video. I'm bit new to all of this. Any idea what is happening to the audio in my clips. Thanks.by CyWar - Café LA
