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Re: Best Transcription software - 11 years ago
But on a related note, what method do you all like to use, to write voice-over copy, for a video file? Do you just playback in FCP, or QT in one window, and type in Textedit in another window? e.g. And go back-and-forth between windows? I know at TV stations, many use a product that estimates words-to-seconds, based on how you do settings for the speaker's speech pattern. Is there sby Nick Baer - Café LA
Re: Best Transcription software - 11 years ago
I have used You upload your audio file. The page has both a word processing window... as well as a player window, in which you can sloooooooooow down the audio to typing speed! That feature REALLY helps! I get done in no time, without needing to stop and backup every phrase. I used it free for a couple of days. Now a month later, it wants my card.by Nick Baer - Café LA
iMovie 10 - 11 years ago
I really enjoyed the 90-minute Movieola Webinar hosted by Michael Horton, featuring a talented pro from London, walking us through iMovie 10. So much so, that I downloaded it, well the App store updated it since it comes free with Mavericks. I actually made a project with it, within a few moments. I used QuickTime Player to record the screen while I was scrolling around a website that I madby Nick Baer - Café LA
FCP 7 vs Premiere Pro comparisons - 12 years ago
I'm curious if users have compiled a list of comparisons / work arounds between FCP 7 and Premiere Pro? e.g. In FCP 7/DSP3: I like copying video from one track, and pasting it on another. Outright Cmd-C or Opt-A/Cmd-C of In/Out. I am going cross-eyed trying to find how you do that! And, if you can Opt-V Paste Attributes > Content, and re0use a video container on a montage track?by Nick Baer - Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Re: Is Final Cut X here to stay? - 12 years ago
In terms of learning "both" FCP and PP... The AVCHD drop onto timeline has me excited, because using Toast - or FCP 7 - to create .movs from AVCHD is extra time and HDD media management. Also, FCP 7 made a mess of mine. What about the other end of the pipeline - making .mpeg 2 files as I now do in Compressor? (For DVD authoring.) Still do Compressor? Or is there a better PP/CSby Nick Baer - Café LA - X
Nest Practices for Splitting Files these days - 12 years ago
I just read post , but I don't want to hijack it. I'm curious what is the best practice these days for splitting .mov files? The 1440x1080 .mov from FCP is 70-min and 36GB. I travel constantly, and carry my entire edit suite in my carry-on bag - 1 MacMini, 10 portable HDDs, to accommodate airline baggage rules... 36GB is 4 hours in Compressor, to get the mpeg-2 that my VOD service waby Nick Baer - Café LA
Re: RS422 & 422(LT) - 12 years ago
I just got a new camera in the US before heading to Europe and the UK. Panasonic TM900. It, my MacMini, my Sony z55, my external HDDs all fit in my regulation size carryon bag. I have the TM900 set for HG1920. My end product is SD DVD in DSP. Prior to this camera, from my beloved DVX100, to my awful Sony HD1, to a Sony hand held HD, to footage acquired from other shooters on tape or memorby Nick Baer - Café LA
Re: RS422 & 422(LT) - 12 years ago
I don't use the sound from my clips, therefore I think it might save time and file size to omit the sound (L&T), as Toast Convert allows us to deselect. Am I concerned about the trivial?by Nick Baer - Café LA
Re: HD DVD and Player - 12 years ago
Thank You. I am downloading the current version of Compressor from the App store. In 15 hours, I'll be able to try it out! I need to learn if FCS automatically associates Export to Compressor using the new 4.0.x Compressor version, or if it is stuck on the 3.0.x version that's the most recent on my drive. And then, if I'll need to unstick it. Is there any quality difference in Exportingby Nick Baer - DVD Studio Pro
Re: HD DVD and Player - 12 years ago
Thank You. I have no problem skipping over HD DVD and Blu-Ray. What a shame Apple is letting Adobe create all the great video DVD production Apps. So I'm thinking, my question revised now is: My Video and Still cameras shoot 1920x1080i... Since the Wiki is almost 2 years old, what do I do with 1920x1080i in DSP? Or has everyone abandoned DSP? I like DSP. How much do I dumb downby Nick Baer - DVD Studio Pro
HD DVD and Player - 12 years ago
Could someone bring us up-to-date with DVD Studio Pro and Lion? I have been shooting HD for the past 2 years, but dumb down to 720x480.for SD DVDs. I'm upgrading my gear, and finally deciding to do everything 1920x1080i. Is there a good FAQ or Wiki here about DSP, that takes into account all of the things that Lion changed? I just burned my first HD DVD, and saw for the first time theby Nick Baer - DVD Studio Pro
Re: DVD Studio Pro and Toast 9: CSS error - 14 years ago
OK, so even though I have been burning DVDs in Toast from the "Clapper" tab > VIDEO_TS folders for at least 5 years... Someone CHANGED the process to: If you have DVD data that is already authored in a Video_TS folder, here are the steps you should use to burn it to DVD: 1) Launch Toast and select the "Data" tab. 2) In the drawer, select "Advanced" at theby Nick Baer - DVD Studio Pro
DVD Studio Pro and Toast 9: CSS error - 14 years ago
I have been authoring DVDs with DVD Studio Pro since 2005. I archive the VIDEO_TS folders on HDD, then use Toast (9) to burn discs, because you can store so many 4GB VIDEO_TS folders on a 500GB portable USB drive! Starting a few weeks ago, when I drag the VIDEO_TS folder to Toast, Toast brings up an alert box saying that the file is CSS encrypted and it cannot copy it!! The VIDEO_TS foldersby Nick Baer - DVD Studio Pro
Option to Save a new, incrementally named copy of the Project. - 17 years ago
An option for the S)ave command to save a new, incrementally named copy of the Project. Sort of like the way AutoSave Vault does, but for our Project itself. A separate command (from menu or keyboard) or a User or System Prefs that S)ave saves new, incrementally named Project file. I - and others here - have had the situation happen that when we S)ave, we get the error "File Open&qby Nick Baer - FCP Feature Requests
Re: SONY .MPG files - 15 years ago
THANKS! I luv MPEGStreamclip. I was tempted to mention - above - SHould I use QTPro or **MPEGStreamclip** to export these files from .MPG to .mov?? From Jude Cotter MPEG-1 and some other compressed codecs use ?muxed? or ?multiplexed? audio, which means that the audio is mixed in with the video. FCP does not like this. To check for muxing, open the clip in QuickTime Player and prby Nick Baer - Café LA
SONY .MPG files - 15 years ago
I have a SONY HDR-UX20, and sometimes record HD, and use VoltaicHD to convert to .mov . For other purposes, I record SD, and remove the memory stick and mount it on my Mac, and drag and drop the .MPG files. QT plays them fine. The Finder says they are 720x404. FCP (6.0.6 - OSX 10.5.7) takes 2 hours to render 1 1/2 hours to 720x480. (When I drag the clips in, FCP does not ask me if I wanby Nick Baer - Café LA
Re: HD DVD Camcorder/What to BUY - 15 years ago
You can go on CraigsList LA and find miniDV cameras for nothing. I find it best to playback on a device made by the same manufacturer as of the camera the tapes were recorded on (Panasonic + Panasonic, SONY + SONY)... but the potential exists that all will work fine. Just get a camera or device that has FW and is controllable. If you're archiving, you can go to Target and get a $100 DVD recby Nick Baer - Café LA
Re: red exclamation mark when importing AVCHD Footage - 15 years ago
I have a SONY HDR-UX20, and use VoltaicHD from shedworx.com to convert AVCHD files to .mov, which import fine into FCP (6.0.6 - OSX 10.5.7). However, I think the whole HD format and processing time (~~ 24 hrs for 1 hour of raw) is more than what I need, so I'm going back to shooting SD on the same camera. The suggestion about Toast (I have 9.0.1) is very true. Toast saved my life the otherby Nick Baer - Café LA
Hello from Europe - 15 years ago
Sometime ago, I asked for advice from LAFCPUG posters regarding my planned trip to Europe. The trip is happening, and the advice is working out! All of my Apple gear has transformers that sense 120/240 50/60. FCP is doing fine with NTSC video, 29.97 fps. As it turned out, being a one-person web producer, the biggest obstacle was luggage size and weight. 2 checked at 50 lbs ea, and 1 carryby Nick Baer - Café LA
Re: Working with DVD source material - 16 years ago
I work for myself, by myself. My process is for me, by me. My sales have incremented steadily over the years. My sales have not downturned in the current economy. My "friends," who produce "similar" products, who have wrestled with technological changes in more expensive ways than I have, tell me of severe downturns, beginning as far back as 2006. One size does notby Nick Baer - Café LA
Re: Working with DVD source material - 16 years ago
Your judgements about the process I developed because LAFCPUG showed me the abilities and value of DVDxDV, are political opinions. Just because some people here are highly frustrated over time and dollars invested in keeping up with, and leapfrogging, competitors in a highly emotion driven competitive arena, is not a reason to justify their method over any, many others. I can tell you I'vby Nick Baer - Café LA
Re: Working with DVD source material - 16 years ago
LAFCPUG loses a lot of value as a resource, when divergent experiences are denigrated.by Nick Baer - Café LA
Re: Working with DVD source material - 16 years ago
Oh, PLEASE! That dictatorial elitism is so sick.by Nick Baer - Café LA
Re: Working with DVD source material - 16 years ago
Sounds like someone is a slave to parochial convention and tradition. One man's craziness is another's clever innovation. DVDxDV and MPEG Streamclip are fine products, that I learned about here, and in the case of DVDxDV, purchased thru here. I'm pleased that I can galavant around the countryside, shooting and editing and authoring, with two hands and one Jeep. With a camera, a DVD buby Nick Baer - Café LA
Re: Yes, lafcpug was down for a few hours - 16 years ago
I thot it was the Y2K bug.by Nick Baer - Café LA
Re: Solved - 16 years ago
Another angle on this discussion, with new SONY set top DVD recorders, you have to be logged in as ROOT on your Mac to see contents of DVDs burned by SONY. it's a copy protection scheme built into the finalizing process on the recorder. Other web forums report that all is fine with Panasonic set top DVD recorders - no locks. My original SONY DVD recorder from 2003 did not set root permisby Nick Baer - Café LA
Re: Working with DVD source material - 16 years ago
The first time I encountered the red '-' in the finder mount list, I went on Google and searched for others who had the same encounter. Sure enough, I found a discussion from 1 year and a half ago! That was where I learned how to work around. I am looking for the reference.by Nick Baer - Café LA
Working with DVD source material - 16 years ago
I really like DVDxDV and MPEG Streamclip. Since I make video for web and DVD, not broadcast, 99% of my workflow includes burning raw video to DVD, and using DVDxDV and MPEG Streamclip to make files for FCP. For those of you who have never done this, or have older DVD burners (the ones that are like VCRs where you play from the camera and record to DVD), or are considering a workflow like thby Nick Baer - Café LA
Re: AVCHD FCP 6.02 G5 workflow? - 16 years ago
I got a SONY UX20 Handycam and VRD-MC5 DVDDirect burner this week. I am looking forward to not using tape for the simple stuff that I do. I shot some video to the SD memory, and then connected the cam to the burner and made a Video=>DVD. How do I get that DVD video into my iMac 20 OSX? So I can edit with FCP? I put the finished DVD into my DVD drive and get files ending in .bdmv anby Nick Baer - Café LA
Re: iMac, monitors, cables - 16 years ago
iMac20 is sold. So is Syncmaster. I know that none of these items have much dollar value, BUT if someone is looking for one of these items, it can be a real PAIN to try to find one in time of need. I have a variety of Mac monitor and A/V cables. Plus some PC/Mac monitor cables. HDMI / HDMI 12 foot cable. HDMI / DVI 19 pin rectangular cable. VGA male/male cable. DVI / DVby Nick Baer - lafcpug Market
