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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: Compressing/Exporting.... - 19 years ago
Who are your targeted employers? If it's video facilities they should be able to play Quicktime mov (I would not use H.264 yet since it requires QT7 and is only a "preview" release on Windows). If you do corporate work you'd want WMV. Many business don't have Quicktime on their servers. For Quicktime you should use Sorenson Pro (NOT Sorenson) codec. You'd have to purchase it forby craig seeman - Café LA
Re: Compressing/Exporting.... - 19 years ago
What is your ultimate playback goal? Web or computer desktop for example? How broad of a "reach" do you want? All recent macs, all recent pcs, just for a particular person's use? What are you compressing with and which version? You don't mention how long (time) each file is.by craig seeman - Café LA
Re: Creating Windows Media Files... - 19 years ago
Kate wrote: > Great, so it looks like the popwire product works well for > making the windows media files and it's only $30.00. Does it > work well? Thanks again, the advise is so helpful! With Flip4Mac Studio and Studio Pro you also get Player Pro. This allows you to "go the other way." You can open and wmv file and simply save it as a mov (Quicktime). You can also open anby craig seeman - Café LA
Re: Creating Windows Media Files... - 19 years ago
derekmok wrote: > Flip4Mac works fine -- the trial version will only convert a > very small portion of whatever file you're exporting. There > *have* been reports of WMVs created in Flip4Mac that don't run > on certain PCs, though. Those issues have been fixed. Craig Seeman Third Planet Video Flip4Mac Consultantby craig seeman - Café LA
Re: .wmv files - 19 years ago
Look at Flip4Mac presets. You'll find 240x180 an actual standard frame size coming from 720x480. BTW you'd find the same preset for Quicktime frame sizes for standard video aspect. Don't forget Video pixels are not the same as Computer/Print pixels. You're coming from video and displaying on computer screen. 720x480 will look stretched on computer. 640x480 will look normal on computer coming fromby craig seeman - Café LA
Re: .wmv files - 19 years ago
FYI, Bumping frame rate to 15fps only cuts file size 20-30% give or take (really depends on content). While you have fewer frames you're giving the encoder more work in the "change per frame" area so it doesn't cut file size as much as one would think. Personally I wouldn't cut frame rate if you're showing off aesthetic work. It just doesn't look good to me, especially if you haveby craig seeman - Café LA
Re: .wmv files - 19 years ago
WMV Studio does "Quality" based VBR encoding. WMV Studio Pro does bit rate (2 pass VBR) based encoding. Input should be Interlace Lower Field First (DV source). Frame size should likely be 240x180. Bit rate is "ghosted" not selectable/not active for 1 Pass VBR encoding. Your quality setting seem too high. Your other seetings seem ok with above exceptions noted. Since 1 passby craig seeman - Café LA
Re: .wmv files - 19 years ago
You really need to post your settings because there's no reason to get an unusually large file. What an how long is your source duration? What is your encoding type, 1 pass CBR, 2 pass, CBR, 1 pass VBR, 2 pass VBR? What did you set your data rate to? What is your frame rate? What you want as a results depends on your target. mms streaming server or http progressive download? Are you tragby craig seeman - Café LA
Re: .wmv files - 19 years ago
Hi Robert, It's not clear to me whether you want to import or export to WMV but here's the Flip4Mac options. WMV Player Pro allow you to import WMV in Quicktime and edit and convert to MOV (Quicktime files) you can also import and edit WMV in FCP. It's $49. You can also get Studio (allows to to export to WMV) $99 or Studio Pro $179 (includes 2 pass encoding and WMV HD (high Def) export. Both alby craig seeman - Café LA
Re: asymetric trimming - 19 years ago
Most important thing to show the Avid editor using FCP is the FCP Help menu. It's the entire manual. Type "asymetric trimming." The example even includes nice color pictures. Asymmetrical Trimming With the Ripple Tool Asymmetrical trimming allows you to simultaneously ripple edit points on clip items in different tracks in opposite directions. For example, suppose you want to extend tby craig seeman - Café LA
Re: Compressing to Internet from FCP - 19 years ago
grafixjoe With Flip4Mac you can play WMV in Quicktime Player and you CAN jog through frame by frame as well as move playhead to any point and play. Flip4Mac Studio Pro allows you to create WMV out of most any Quicktime based app as well as play with all the QuicktimePlayer interface features. In fact you can input WMV in FCP and jog, edit etc too. Many corporate clients REQUIRE WMV. Flip4Macby craig seeman - Café LA
Re: Compressing to Internet from FCP - 19 years ago
Buy ONE Flip4Mac Studio Pro use "everywhere." Your one copy will work in FCP, FCE, iMovie, QuickTimePro, Sorenson Squeeze, Discreet Cleaner. Heck I've even used it in LiveType.by craig seeman - Café LA
Re: Multicam is great when the tapes are continuous BUT - 19 years ago
>but did you cature whoe tapes? >if so, then chaing AUX TC for one part of the tape will affect the other part. Fortunately each tape was continuous (no start/stop) so I was able to use AUX TC. But as you realize, that's not always the case. >>"Based on the manual, it would seem that Multclip Sequence might work >>but it doesn't use Aux TC." >groan... what's theby craig seeman - Café LA
Re: Multicam is great when the tapes are continuous BUT - 19 years ago
Hi Nick Maybe a visaul example would make this clearer 1---------- ---------- 2-------------- ------ 3------------- ------- The cameras have staggered their reel changes so there's always one camera rolling coverage. That's three break points. I set Aux TC1 of each camera to match the timeline time so all cameras now have matching AuxTC Two cameras (2 and 3 above) infact changed reels onlyby craig seeman - Café LA
Multicam is great when the tapes are continuous BUT - 19 years ago
Multicam is great when the tapes are continuous BUT What about when one of the camera ops accidently stops/starts? What happens when there are overlapping reel changes during a live performance? In the good 'ol days with a stop/start issue I razor and resync keeping camera on same track. Same goes for reel changes. Camera1 stayed on Track1 etc. I can come up with several workarounds but theby craig seeman - Café LA
Re: Hey Mike (LAFCPUG news letter) - 19 years ago
Graeme Nattress wrote: > Buying an Intel Mac straight away will actually be a harder > transition than keeping PPC, as any new mac app will be "dual > compiled" and hence run natively on both, but old apps might > not run best on Intel Mac. I was thinking that with this much lead time and especially Apple being "in control" of FCP Studio that those apps would makby craig seeman - Café LA
Re: Hey Mike (LAFCPUG news letter) - 19 years ago
Andy (and others) I thought the simple example below expresses my concerns best. My Dual 800 G4 purchased in 2001, rund FCP5 just fine 4 years after I bought it, with at least a year or longer, it'll be running what should remain the current version of FCP, through much 2006 (expecting FCP 6 anywhere from mind 2006 to early 2007). That's 5 years of current version compatibility. FCP5, DVSP4, Souby craig seeman - Café LA
Re: Hey Mike (LAFCPUG news letter) - 19 years ago
As one of those who was about to buy a new Dual G5, I'm a victim of the "Osbourne" effect. As a preface, I think Apple made the decision for the long term survival of the Mac when Jobs looked at PPC roadmap. Giving developers a 1-2 year timeline helps them through the programing transition and work out kinks. What Jobs hasn't done is show the developers/consumers how Apple will handleby craig seeman - Café LA
Re: export to windows media audio/video - 19 years ago
Mike's hooked you up. Flip4Mac is major flexible especially if you get the the Studio Pro version. You can output from QuickTimePro, FCE, FCP, iMovie. You can use it in Cleaner and Squeeze4.1 for additional tweaking. It can output WMV HD. On the input side you can play WMV in QuicktimePro and save as MOV. You can also input and edit WMV in Quicktime Pro, iMoive, FCE, FCP. In very preliminary tby craig seeman - Café LA
Re: It's Official - Intel Inside - 19 years ago
wayne granzin wrote: > . . . > the fears you mention are valid fears for anyone who buys ANY > computer at any given time. there is always a possibility that > the day after you buy any computer system there will be a > better, faster and cheaper option available. > It's not "better faster cheaper" at issue. There's already better faster cheaper than my Dual 800. Iby craig seeman - Café LA
Re: It's Official - Intel Inside - 19 years ago
Graeme, Thank you so much for your technical explanation. Us small video businesses really need to think where things are headed as far as developer support. Now we may not be able to predict the future but it's the nature of business and purchasing decision to take that into account with a guess (educated or not) whether it's Apple's move to Intel (which I think is a good move) or my buying aby craig seeman - Café LA
Re: It's Official - Intel Inside - 19 years ago
Yes, it's about LIFE-SPAN. Sure I can make money and then some on two years. I'd prefer to have the computer make money for five years though. The VideoVision examples doesn't cut it if your work requires latest feature set/plug ins, etc. (but not the fastest computer). I simply do not believe developers will want to be saddled with making and debugging dual coded apps regardless of how "by craig seeman - Café LA
Re: It's Official - Intel Inside - 19 years ago
I was planing on buying a new Dual G5 this week. I think any Mac I buy today would have a much shorter productive life span than past Macs. Only other time like this was dumping nubus for pci slots. I don't thinking moving to Intel is inherintly bad at all. I trust Jobs made this decision for long term speed improvements. The problem is I can't see developers wanting to support two different CPby craig seeman - Café LA
Re: Making video look like Sketch art. - 19 years ago
Another way to do this is to export a frame sequence to Photoshop and use the pencil skectch filter. Kevin Monahan's book "Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro" explains this and many other great treaksby craig seeman - Café LA
Re: Stupid mistake with LP mode - 19 years ago
The data on an LP speed recorded Digital tape is basically the same as the data on an SP recorded Digital tape. A 60 minute miniDV tape recorded at LP speed will be 90 minutes long. Since the tape is running slower you may increase the likilihood of dropouts and/or make the "error correction" work "harder" (tape "problems" move passed the heads more slowly). The BIGby craig seeman - Café LA
Re: Latest and best DV camera for shooting - 19 years ago
It depends on the guerrila circumstances. I like the way the Sony PD-170 handles low light, good auto functions when you need it, very well balanced for handheld work. I belive CNN was using the PD-150 for a time in Iraq. Frontline too. Pansonic DVX-100A is great if you're doing more "traditional" filmmaking and have lights and time to set up. 24p and nice gamma control. Not sure if thby craig seeman - Café LA
