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Rotate Video Challenge - 1 year ago
FiLMiC Pro footage from an iPhone B camera somehow ended up rotated sideways. Not the same as vertical video. I can fix this type of thing in iOS Photos with a few taps. Amazingly, rotating a video has become an endeavor! Tried Quicktime Player (v10.5), which seemed easy to setup, ended up exporting a new video which took 30 minutes on a new M1 MacBook Air. Original is 48 mins. length and 27by hanguolaohu - Café LA - X
Compressor - Error trying to open source media file. - 4 years ago
This post is about an error message with the latest version of Compressor. Not sure if this is the correct location to post this, but I discovered that I cannot post in the Compressor forum as it's archived. First time trying to import GH4 video files into Compressor v4.4.1. The rec format is MP4 (LPCM), rec quality is 4K, 100Mbps, 24P. My goal is to transcode these files to ProRes for smootheby hanguolaohu - Café LA - X
Re: Ideal Audio Level Range - 7 years ago
Understood. Thank you so much for the info @stefangs!by hanguolaohu - Café LA
Re: Rotate Video - 7 years ago
To clarify, it's actually a screencast recording created on my Mac of the phone's screen. So it should be a Mac app. Thanks Nick.by hanguolaohu - Café LA
Rotate Video - 7 years ago
I'm having trouble finding a simple way to rotate an iPhone video. I've tried multiple methods and it's surprising how such a simple tweak has become so complex! I would ideally like to rotate the video without recompressing it, therefore avoiding conversion time. Retaining metadata would be nice. Methods I've tried: 1. Quicktime Player v10.4 - Tips: Rotating Video Files in OSX Good: Quicby hanguolaohu - Café LA
Re: Ideal Audio Level Range - 7 years ago
Set gain to 24dB and noticed lots of digital "bits" noise, if that makes sense. Not sure if that's to be expected. The iPhone audio is cleaner so I'll probably use that.by hanguolaohu - Café LA
Ideal Audio Level Range - 7 years ago
Is there an ideal range when it comes to audio levels? From what I can recall in my sound class in film school, the closer you can get to peak levels without crossing into peak distortion, the better. Would you agree with that assessment? I'm importing a dual system recording of a music recital: iPhone 6 Plus video and Zoom H2 audio, destined for YouTube playback. The audio from the iPhone isby hanguolaohu - Café LA
Re: [OT] Convert MKV to Prores - 7 years ago
Nick Meyers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > i've done it via compressor in the past, it took a very very long time. You're telling me! Compressor has been running for 9 hours now and 36 hours remaining From my research MKV is just a container format for an MP4. I restumbled upon a tool I've used before called MP4tools by the same developer as MKVtools.by hanguolaohu - Café LA
[OT] Convert MKV to Prores - 7 years ago
Slightly off-topic but unsure where to post as the Compressor forum is currently read-only... Trying to convert an MKV video file to Prores to edit in FCP 7. What is the preferred method to accomplish this? Compressor doesn't accept MKV files. Handbrake can import Prores but cannot export. MPEG Streamclip has an error reading the file, not sure if it can handle MKV files. Any suggestions wouldby hanguolaohu - Café LA
Not Sure Why ProRes Requires Render - 7 years ago
Just fired up FCP 7 after a very long hiatus and am encountering an issue where ProRes footage I drop onto the timeline creates a red render bar. I'll include a screenshot of my Browser columns for the clip and sequence, but something is not matching. Compressor: Apple ProRes 422 Frame Size: 1920 x1080 Vid Rate: 23.98 fps Pixel Aspect: Square Field Dominance: None My system is a braby hanguolaohu - Café LA
Editor for Comedic Narrative Short - 8 years ago
Experienced editor wanted to finesse a 5 minute narrative comedy short entitled “Man Up”, about a nice guy destroyed over a break-up who gets coaxed by his cheeky buddy who’s a pick-up artist to move on by seducing girls. Current cut is 75% there, but looking for someone experienced who understands comedic timing to finesse a tightly orchestrated piece. Cut is in Adobe Premiere Pro v6.0 forby hanguolaohu - Jobs
[OT] Best simple editor for MKV - 11 years ago
Anyone know a simple editing program for MKV files? I would prefer to avoid conversion to other video format if possible. Thanks, HLby hanguolaohu - Café LA
Re: [OT] Unstable firewire hard drives performance in 220 volts countries - 11 years ago
Apologies for late response. @ strypes Perhaps I'm using the wrong terminology? I meant "Power brick". I also call it an "AC adapter", is that incorrect? In any case, I'm using the power supply that came with the drive and that is rated for 100-240 volts. @ Andreas That's crazy cool. Anyone?by hanguolaohu - Café LA
[OT] Unstable firewire hard drives performance in 220 volts countries - 11 years ago
Over the years, I often travel back and forth to the US, Asia and Europe with my MacBook Pro and external firewire hard drives, which were purchased in the USA. While in Europe or Asia, which generally runs on ~220 volts, I've had several experiences whenever I daisy chained more than 1 external firewire hard drive to my laptop, either the connection was very unstable, resulting in drives randomby hanguolaohu - Café LA
Re: Crop borders not adjusting - 11 years ago
Compressor v3.5.3 I guess after dropping in the video, then the Mpeg2 preset, I should click on the preset again, making sure its highlighted. If I don't, then the crop borders don't seem to adjust and reset if I do more than one side.by hanguolaohu - Compressor - Media Compression and Conversion
Crop borders not adjusting - 11 years ago
When I pull the crop borders on the Preview, sometimes the red square on the right or left doesn't move, but the values change. Strangely, when I pull the right side, the left side resets. Is this some kind of bug or what is happening? I have Preview at 100% with "Correct for Pixel Aspect Ratio" checked. Thanks, HLby hanguolaohu - Compressor - Media Compression and Conversion
Sound upon Successful Compression - 12 years ago
I saw that Compressor has settings to e-mail you if the job is successful, but I couldn't find a simple setting for making a sound chime. What am I missing? Thanks, Alexby hanguolaohu - Compressor - Media Compression and Conversion
Re: Scan lines during pans - 12 years ago
How does one check how many Hz on the monitor? I went into System Preferences>Color (Cinema HD)>Open Profile and see this: We're outputting in NTSC 30p footage, which should be 60Hz, right? I see these lines on a 2nd Apple Cinema HD monitor. We have a Kona 3 card, but I know nothing about how that was setup. Thanks!by hanguolaohu - Café LA
Scan lines during pans - 12 years ago
Was wondering if it's normal for FCP to show scan lines mostly during pans. While I watch the HD footage the scan lines are distracting. Is there any fix for this problem? My specs: Mac Pro Octo 2.8ghz Mac OS 10.6.3 16GB RAM Apple 23" Cinema HD monitor Color Profile: Cinema HD FCP 7.0 Thanks, Alexby hanguolaohu - Café LA
Re: Output a stereo track to mono - 12 years ago
1. Cool, just wanted to make sure. 2. The stereo track hits -18db while the mono track hits -12db. I'm wondering if it compensates for only being 1 track by being louder. As I said, I followed Strypes instructions of reducing levels by -6dBs on the Audio output under sequence settings. 3. Understood, that make sense. Thanks again Nick!by hanguolaohu - Café LA
Re: Output a stereo track to mono - 12 years ago
QuoteStrypes"Assign track 3 & 4 to channel 3, reduce levels by -6dBs so they don't clip, you get mono on channel 3 going out to tape. Then assign 5 & 6 to channel 4, and you get mono on 4. Set tracks to dual mono in sequence settings, and you get to assign to individual channels. Set it to stereo, and L channel goes to odd number track on tape, and R channel goes to the even numbeby hanguolaohu - Café LA
Re: ProRes HQ Footage Looks Dark - 12 years ago
OK Strypes, I will do another output test. I did do an output with Gamma to automatic and also none and the result seemed the same, but I should try again because maybe there was a screw-up in there somewhere. Jeff, I completely agree with you and I hate to say it but I'm wearing the TD hat on this project. The reason being... I'm working in a studio in China, nuff said :-p Given your adviby hanguolaohu - Café LA
Re: ProRes HQ Footage Looks Dark - 12 years ago
First of all, thank you Strypes for the incredibly detailed and informative post! I'm working in a studio full of PC's. They don't even know what a gamma space is :-p So what is the solution? Even if I set gamma space to automatic the footage looks darker. Same result if I set to "none" What am I doing wrong and how to fix it? I'm reviewing this on a 23" Apple Cinema HD moby hanguolaohu - Café LA
ProRes HQ Footage Looks Dark - 12 years ago
I'm converting HD footage to ProRes HQ using Compressor and the result is footage that looks strikingly darker: HD footage, under FCP browser the compressor is listed as "None" 1/2 original, 1/2 ProRes HQ ProRes HQ I did a Google search and didn't find an exact solution, but saw a lot of mention about Apple's Gamma issues. So following some suggestions, I went into Quby hanguolaohu - Café LA
Cluster Not Showing in Compressor - 12 years ago
My Mac Pro Octo cluster setup in Q-master is not showing up when I'm trying to render files in Compressor. Whenever this happened before, I would close Compressor, go into "System Preferences>Apple Qmaster, click Stop Sharing and then click Start Sharing. It seems to get stuck on "Starting Up", because before "Stop Sharing" would show right away. And when I reopen Cby hanguolaohu - Compressor - Media Compression and Conversion
Re: Export AIFF- adds "_1-2" - 12 years ago
Mac OS extended Channel grouped.by hanguolaohu - Café LA
Re: Export AIFF- adds "_1-2" - 12 years ago
Mac OS extended Channel grouped.by hanguolaohu - Café LA
Export AIFF- adds "_1-2" - 12 years ago
In FCP when exporting to AIFF why does FCP add "_1-2" to all filenames even though there are no conflicting files with that name in the folder? Alexby hanguolaohu - Café LA
Fade In from Black - 12 years ago
This seems like such a simple question and yet I haven't found a clear answer to do a fade in from black for a clip. Sometimes, FCP lets me "cheat" the shot, but I'm working on a stubborn shot that keeps giving me a 1 frame dissolve. I've used the Effects tab workaround before, but this time it's not working. I realize you need handles for dissolves, but the clip's and the timeline Iby hanguolaohu - Café LA
