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Re: Cutting a playout into chunks for upload - 11 years ago
Jude Cotter Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It breaks the exports into > chunks in sizes you define. So Jude, does it make a frame accurate cut between segments ? I mean - if I'm capturing off a 90 minute Digibeta and I set "Limit File Size" to (say) 5Gigs, can I then throw each clip into a timeline (in order, of course) and it will play perby Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
Re: Quicktime in Avid - 11 years ago
Ben King Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you refresh your browser will see that I never > officially made that mistake... How blithely we re-write history these days. Orwell would have had things to say about that... Also - I'm not sure that your excellent idea is going to work. As far as I can see, the Matrox can only upscale an input comingby Mike Hardcastle - Avid Media Composer
Re: Quicktime in Avid - 11 years ago
Excellent idea. I'll try that. Thanks, Ben. I presume in step 3 you meant 'overlay the up-converted SD on the HD original' ? Mikeby Mike Hardcastle - Avid Media Composer
Re: Quicktime in Avid - 11 years ago
Ben King Wrote: > If you have SD and you are delivering HD and if > you have an AJA, Blackmagic or Matrox card with > Hardware Upscaler then I'd recommend upscaling all > your footage to ProRes 422 1080i50 HD on ingest so > you don't have to deal with upscaling later. We > are doing this on the BBC series I'm currently > working on and is a big timesaver storage is cheby Mike Hardcastle - Avid Media Composer
Re: OT-Old Day Editing Systems - 11 years ago
16mm B/W TVC on a hand-wound Picsync. Also used the FAST Video Machine for many years. Windows 3.1, chequerboard every cut, "Film" and "Video" modes, shortest clip about 15frs. Shame it faded away. FAST to Avid, Avid to FCP, FCP to ? Still FCP actually...by Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
Re: FCP on ebay - 11 years ago
What Steve said is exactly right. The Academic version is identical to the full retail version, but without the upgrade option. But my understanding is that the EULA for the Academic version also prohibits any re-sale. I'm sure somebody will correct me if that's wrong - but it does suggest that all sales of Academic versions on ebay are actually illegal. As FCS2 and 3 are now EOL it's possiby Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
Re: FCP on ebay - 11 years ago
Thanks everybody. Always sound advice. And Yes, Joey, I knew about the Academic trap from older posts here. Reading between the lines, I guess the answer to my first question is: "It all depends" !by Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
FCP on ebay - 11 years ago
A young friend of mine is thinking of buying a copy of FCS2 on ebay. Her viewpoint is that the difference between FCS2 and 3 is so slight that it's not worth paying the extra for 3. With FCS2 selling for less than $200 and FCS3 going for around $5-800, I find it hard to argue with that viewpoint. But I have a couple of concerns/ questions. Firstly, are any of these sales legal ? The sellby Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
Re: Quicktime in Avid - 11 years ago
Ben King Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Have fun with the project and let us know how it > all goes! Thanks, Ben - I will. Speaking of elves: BTW - I wasn't joking about Eric Blair...by Mike Hardcastle - Avid Media Composer
Re: Quicktime in Avid - 11 years ago
I use very little in the way of FX or plugins and I can't see much need for motion transformations on this job - so the timelines will be very straightforward... But in the meantime, I think the question has been resolved. I will be on FCP. And I'm very happy about that. Thanks everyone for the advice and encouragement. If nothing else, it's been fascinating to learn that FCP remains soby Mike Hardcastle - Avid Media Composer
Re: Quicktime in Avid - 11 years ago
Ben King Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'd recommend upscaling all > your footage to ProRes 422 1080i50 HD on ingest Hmmm. Not sure I agree. I've done a fair bit of SD in HD timelines and I've never yet seen a shot I didn't have to individually position in order to get the best framing within the 16:9 crop. Surely upscaling on ingest would mean aby Mike Hardcastle - Avid Media Composer
Re: Quicktime in Avid - 11 years ago
I don't think they have ISIS. I understand I'll have my own dedicated RAID. BTW - I presume that digitizing the old betacam as prores422 is the best way to go ? The archive will be intercut with (yet to be shot) HD footage. The format for the new footage has not yet been decided, but I imagine it will be XDCAM EX.by Mike Hardcastle - Avid Media Composer
Re: Quicktime in Avid - 11 years ago
Oh, blimey ! How could I have been so stupid ? Perhaps it's got something to do with my big, hairy feet ? (Compulsory for all NZ'ers these days you know.) I do have a nephew called Paul, but he's not the one you're thinking of. If it's any help though - Eric Blair served under my grandfather in Burma...by Mike Hardcastle - Avid Media Composer
Re: Quicktime in Avid - 11 years ago
Fascinating stuff. And very reassuring. Many, many thanks. For me, living in NZ, asking for advice on this forum is a bit like asking the fairies for help - I ask a question, go to bed and then in the morning I wake up to find my problem solved ! But seriously - a real eye-opener, Ben, to hear your viewpoints and that the Beeb is staying with FCP for the forseeable future. That says a lot.by Mike Hardcastle - Avid Media Composer
Re: Quicktime in Avid - 11 years ago
Many thanks for that, Jon. Your advice is always invaluable. Interesting to hear that AMA can cause problems. But it sounds as though the transcoding option is pretty reliable. I was trying to keep my question as brief as possible, but perhaps I should explain it in a bit more detail. I'm about to start on a job which will involve 100's of hours of SD archive material coming off tape (by Mike Hardcastle - Avid Media Composer
Quicktime in Avid - 11 years ago
Does anyone have experience with using quicktime files in Avid ? I mean taking a bunch of media that's been digitized for FCP and importing it into Avid. A local post facility is telling me that it's not a good thing to do but according to this document, there should be no problem: I would much appreciate any comments. I have a fairly major decision hanging on this. Mikeby Mike Hardcastle - Avid Media Composer
Re: Multi-cam shoot with 3 different formats..am I asking for trouble in the edit? - 11 years ago
Or - if it's coming off tape, you can try this:by Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
Re: H264 in Powerpoint. - 11 years ago
I think I may have partly answered my own question. I'm doing this job on my Dual 1.8 G5 at home. The G5 has always had trouble playing H264s - they always stutter playing in QT 7.7. Curiously, I've now found that when I import one of these conference H264s into Keynote, it plays perfectly. Is there anyway that can make sense ? I've also been experimenting with different codecs, and I've fby Mike Hardcastle - Compressor - Media Compression and Conversion
H264 in Powerpoint. - 11 years ago
I'm working on a series of short videos which will be projected from a Macbook Pro as part of a Powerpoint presentation at a conference. The original material is anamorphic 720x576, 23.976fps. I'm exporting each clip from FCP as an SCQT and then transcoding to 1024x576, H264 with compressor. The total bitrate on the H264s is 7,527 which seems pretty minimal. The client has QT 7.6.9 installby Mike Hardcastle - Compressor - Media Compression and Conversion
Re: Audio dropping out of sync on export - 11 years ago
strypes Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just did a test in PAL. Nothing wrong- exported a > full 20 odd minute of footage, threw it back in > and no drift/sync issues. I'm wondering if it's an > NTSC setting. (I'm in PAL country, so great if > someone could enlighten me on that). Could it be a > 30fps/29.97fps issue? If so, how do i set itby Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
Re: mts file to FCP? - 11 years ago
ptptpt Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I noticed on the Clipwrap site what the conversion > program doesn't actually transcode Clipwrap will either rewrap or transcode. Like you I'm working on an old PPC G5, but running FCP6. To bring in AVCHD .mts files I transcode them to Prores 422 with Clipwrap. This is a process that takes some time - like 5by Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
Re: import files NEX-FS100 - 1080/25p - AVCHD, from FC5.1 ? - 11 years ago
Clipwrap will transcode AVCHD to Apple Intermediate Codec. Good luck, Mikeby Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
Re: Transferring an edit from FCP 6 into Edius - 11 years ago
Many thanks to you both. Jon, thanks for the audio suggestion. By default Clipwrap saves audio as linear PCM so I don't imagine that's the problem. I can't get a straight answer as to whether they've got QT installed. This is a very large organisation and I would expect they have strict guidelines about what software can and can't be installed. In other words - I think it unlikely that theyby Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
Transferring an edit from FCP 6 into Edius - 11 years ago
I'm in a spot of bother. A new client asked me to cut a job for them and wanted me to cut it on their Edius - which I've never touched before. I spent several hours reading the manual and then about 6 hours on the machine. Not to put too fine a point on it, it was a nightmare experience. I suggested that I would be more than happy to cut the job on my home FCP setup (PPC G5, Leopard and FCby Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
Re: capture across timecode breaks - 11 years ago
Sounds as though your only option would be to copy the relevant piece of tape onto another tape with new timecode. Make sure you give it a good length of pre-roll. Good luck, Mikeby Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
Re: If Apple's lost Larry....... - 11 years ago
craig seeman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There's a fork in the road. Pick one. Stop honking > at the driver who's taking a turn because it can > cause an accident. Craig - with respect - I really think you should retract that comment. You're missing the point. It's not a matter of whether FCPX will become great or not. The jury's still out oby Mike Hardcastle - Café LA - X
Re: Petition to reinstate FCP 7 found on Apple Discussion Board - 11 years ago
I agree totally, Andy. I've already signed the petition. I did so not because I hate FCPX. In fact I think FCPX is tremendously exciting. I've been reading Craig Seeman's comments and I have to say that I think he's right that the foundational concepts could well become the editing software paradigm for the 21st century. It may never become a tool that best suits me personally, but that's Oby Mike Hardcastle - Café LA - X
Re: Petition to reinstate FCP 7 found on Apple Discussion Board - 11 years ago
Here's the actual petition:by Mike Hardcastle - Café LA - X
Re: Untitled-99 - 11 years ago
This one's great too, Harry: Worth 10 bucks for sure. best Mikeby Mike Hardcastle - Café LA
Re: I couldn't resist posting this link. No editing involved. You'll see. - 11 years ago
derekmok Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I was pretty bored. Totally agree. I bailed out after 3 mins. But my inbox has been stuffed with links to it for days, so who am I to say ?by Mike Hardcastle - Show and Tell
