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Re: Firewire Hard Drive Query - 17 years ago
wayneGranzin wrote: > jk, thats ONLY IF he logged his clips. if he used capture now, > im pretty sure hed have to back up ALL his stuff. I disagree. As long as you have accurate timecode you can re-capture anything from the source tapes. Provided you entered the reel information correctly so you know which source tape to use. If you don't follow basic media management at the beginning thenby John K - Café LA
Re: Firewire Hard Drive Query - 17 years ago
You mentioned you wanted to backup your media drives, including digitized clips and render files, correct? That really isn't necessary as long as you backup your main drive that contains your project file. As long as you have a copy of your FCP project file you could rebuild your entire project. Clips could be recaptured from the source tapes and render files could just be re-rendered. You alsoby John K - Café LA
Re: Mp3 coversion - 17 years ago
It's the same either way. Totally your preference. iTunes has the batch going for it is all...by John K - Café LA
Re: Mp3 coversion - 17 years ago
Lorie, I assume you're working in a DV sequence; DV requires 48kHz 16-bit audio and MP3 is a compressed format with not nearly enough quality. The easiest thing to do is open your MP3 in iTunes then change your IMPORT settings (in the Prefs) to AIFF encoder and under CUSTOM select 48kHz, 16-bit stereo. Select the MP3 then under ADVANCED you'll find a CONVERT TO AIFF command. Import your new AIFFby John K - Café LA
Re: Best quality without overkill from BetaSP - 17 years ago
Thanks for the advice all. I'm going in there today so we'll see how it shakes out; I can't say enough about LAFCPUG -- you guys make this such a great resource! JKby John K - Café LA
Best quality without overkill from BetaSP - 17 years ago
My friend has asked me to help him with some minor changes to his finished feature film. The master is on BetaSP (it was shot on film) and we'll be working at a post house with all the bells and whistles; we want to record back out to Digibeta and possibly HDCam too. I don't think storage will be a problem although these guys have never done 8- or 10-bit on their SAN... The question is: what codby John K - Café LA
Timecode math - 17 years ago
So this odd thing happened on my timeline the other day... I add together two segments of an hour long show, each one is 7-9 minutes long and I'm at about the 25 minute mark of the show. The timecode starts at hour 1. The end point of clip 1 ends with :17 frames, the length of clip 2 ends with :18 frames. So you would think when adding those together your new endpoint would end at +1:05, right?by John K - Café LA
Re: Finally, a Non-Frivolous Post! - 17 years ago
I just finished a big job at a local production studio. The producers rented out several FCP bays not in use during the night shift so that we could capture a live satellite feed, edit the content and put together an hour-long show for satellite uplink the next afternoon. Apart from a few annoying crashes (Capture Now, anyone?) FCP performed really well. I can't compare how Avid would have perforby John K - Café LA
Re: Multichannel Audio Exporting Using Firewire Help! - 17 years ago
You could always record it in two passes, one for each set of audio channels. I get a lot of 4-channel Betas from clients and I get them dubbed this way to DVCam, then marry the 4 channels later and discard one of the video tracks. Will that work for wherever your tape is going? Otherwise isn't there a capture board/breakout box with 4 audio channel ouputs that can go into a DVCam deck with theby John K - Café LA
Re: dvd import - 17 years ago
As long as it's not copy protected, the app DVDxDV was MADE to do exactly that. It's great software and the creator is very responsive.by John K - Café LA
Re: Can DV ever look good in MPEG2? - 17 years ago
The jaggies aren't an issue in the original footage though which is all shot with 3-chip cameras and looks pretty good. My complaint isn't with DV, rather what the MPEG-2 compression does to the footage.by John K - Café LA
Re: How do you reformat an external firewire drive from DOS to Mac? - 17 years ago
Michael, quick questions: 1) What kind of drives 2) What version of OSX do you have 3) In Disk Utility are you clicking on the disk (the topmost icon at the left) or the partition (the icon below and indented)? Both have different options in the Format pop-up.by John K - Café LA
Can DV ever look good in MPEG2? - 17 years ago
I just made a DVD of a large project, shot in multimcam DV at 60i (DVXs and XL-1s). The video had bright scenes in daylight and darker scenes of stage performances in a nightclub under colored lights. I had a lot of trouble finding an MPEG-2 compression setting that didn't make all the edges look jaggy. Even at the highest setting (2-pass VBR Best) there were definite "stair-step" patteby John K - Café LA
Re: Digi Layoff and HD Cam Conversion - 17 years ago
What are you using to preview out to NTSC? Deck or card?by John K - Café LA
Re: Windows Capture --> FCX/FCP editing - 17 years ago
Ahh, sorry that wasn't clear... Found this: Capture video directly into Windows Quicktime. Since FCP makes QT files when capturing, I would think that using QT as the main app could eliminate any compatibility issues? I'd be worried that other apps would try to capture as .wmv or .avi files, or else insert their own flags into the files. Is there time to test this out?by John K - Café LA
Re: Alarming download policy from Apple! - 17 years ago
I save every installer or package for all of the updates and patches I download, burn them to DVDRWs so I can erase the oldest ones. Saves time when trying to track down all those updaters when your box version is only x.0.by John K - Café LA
re: Bizarre text issue - 17 years ago
Are you using Suitcase to manage your fonts, or Font Book? And is that the Helvetica Neue that came with the machine (Truetype) or a Postcript version? Try typing with the font in another application; does it work?by John K - Café LA
Re: deck question for FCP - 17 years ago
I haven't used the GVD so I can't comment on it's robustness vs. a DSR-11. I have heard that the transport mechanisms in those portables aren't much better than the ones in cameras but I can't confirm that. What the GVD has in it's corner is portability: you could take it on the road with a powerbook and even use it's screen for an external monitor (although not for color correction). They can dby John K - Café LA
Re: Anyone using M-Audio DX-4s? - 17 years ago
I'm editing in a home office, room is 12' x 12'. I'm worried anything much larger is going to be too much for such a small space (and royally piss off my neighbor). What are you using Koz?by John K - Café LA
