This may be a protools question, but, it could also be a compressor question: I have a short film where the director has asked me to reduce the dynamic range

Re: FCP7 sequence to FCP6 project
Thanks Philip. Is there a way to export the media as well? All of my clips are local on my MacPro. I'd love to send just the media from the selects in this

Re: FCP7 sequence to FCP6 project
You can use the MEDIA MANAGER for that. COPY...either the FULL clips, or make it so that you do only the media in the clip with handles (of your choosing) are

Re: FCP7 sequence to FCP6 project
Ok great. Thanks Shane. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

It's after IBC, thus, new products (shameless self promotion)
After IBC, so new stuff to show: Latest gadget, a software LTC generator. It can create a 48 Khz / 16 bit LTC from a QT Timecode track or .ALE file, and save

OT: Volunteer just a few minutes at your computer
This is fairly cool. A group created a way to volunteer any amount of spare time you have. From minutes to whatever. http://beextra.org I like tagging photos

Re: FCP7 sequence to FCP6 project
Copy all of the footage onto another drive...or bring the drive. Then export an XML, version 4. Import that into FCP 6 and it should connect fine. I do this

Re: OS upgrade?
So you've defected Mark. How sad.  Rick Emery www.rickemery.com ________________________________ From: mhollis55 To:

FCP6 - QT7.6.4?
I'm on FCP6 and need to install iWork '09, which wants to update QuickTime to 7.6.4. Can I do this? TIA, John [Non-text portions of this message have been

I can post a SHANE'S STOCK ANSWER HERE! #48 - Cannot view DVCPRO HD or HDV or ProRes on my computer. Shane's Stock Answer #48 - Cannot view DVCPRO HD, HDV or

Re: Storage solution for P2 media
The Drobo Pro has been clocked at 112 Mb/sec over iSCSI at RAID6 (two redundant drives). That is not just a "consumer" drive John McClary ... From: John

Re: AVC Intra footage
Panasonic has a 35PH mode...I think. I'm a P2 guy, so I'm not ENTIRELY sure. -shane ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: Please Help.
Sure, I saw that and couldn't understand why on earth he did it that way. (Though, for all I know he may have his reasons - maybe he just likes long renders).

OT: Volunteer just a few minutes at your computer
This is fairly cool. A group created a way to volunteer any amount of spare time you have. From minutes to whatever. http://beextra.org I like tagging photos

Re: Please Help.
They are...so the client would need to get the latest version. But he didn't send PRORES... "Original footage was shot in apple pro res 422. My sequence

Please Help.
I am so frustrated with the amount of codecs out there. It sure gets confusing. My dilemna is ; Original footage was shot in apple pro res 422. My sequence

Re: Storage solution for P2 media
What is it doing with the rest of the Gigabit bandwidth? That is 14MB/s; I would expect a Pro appliance using 300Gb/s drives in a RAID to suck in data at more

Re: AVC Intra footage
Even my Canon HF-200 which is $599 at B&H can record AVCHD at 24Mbps

Panasonic has a 35PH mode...I think. I'm a P2 guy, so I'm not ENTIRELY sure. -shane ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: Storage solution for P2 media
The Drobo Pro has been clocked at 112 Mb/sec over iSCSI at RAID6 (two redundant drives). That is not just a "consumer" drive John McClary ... From: John

Re: AVC Intra footage
Voltaic does indeed work for pulling these AVC files in. I just did 14 hours worth, just before updating to FCP 7! The re-encoding took forever. I let my

Re: AVC Intra footage
Even my Canon HF-200 which is $599 at B&H can record AVCHD at 24Mbps

...though it connects to only one ISCSI target. So more direct attached storage than small SAN. John McClary ... From: John McClary

OT: Volunteer just a few minutes at your computer
This is fairly cool. A group created a way to volunteer any amount of spare time you have. From minutes to whatever. http://beextra.org I like tagging photos

What is it doing with the rest of the Gigabit bandwidth? That is 14MB/s; I would expect a Pro appliance using 300Gb/s drives in a RAID to suck in data at more

Re: Storage solution for P2 media
...though it connects to only one ISCSI target. So more direct attached storage than small SAN. John McClary ... From: John McClary

Re: LiveType title color correction ?
Never mind!... problem resolved... I guess some cleanup helped to straight things here :-) so for the record, yes you can apply a video filter to a LiveType

Re: Please Help.
I can post a SHANE'S STOCK ANSWER HERE! #48 - Cannot view DVCPRO HD or HDV or ProRes on my computer. Shane's Stock Answer #48 - Cannot view DVCPRO HD, HDV or

Please Help.
I am so frustrated with the amount of codecs out there. It sure gets confusing. My dilemna is ; Original footage was shot in apple pro res 422. My sequence

OT: Volunteer just a few minutes at your computer
This is fairly cool. A group created a way to volunteer any amount of spare time you have. From minutes to whatever. http://beextra.org I like tagging photos

Re: AVC Intra footage
Even my Canon HF-200 which is $599 at B&H can record AVCHD at 24Mbps

Never mind!... problem resolved... I guess some cleanup helped to straight things here :-) so for the record, yes you can apply a video filter to a LiveType

Re: Storage solution for P2 media
Then I believe that my "Mb/MB" notation may have been incorrect. It runs about as fast as a Zelin SAN over Cat5e with the ability to lose two of the drives

Then I believe that my "Mb/MB" notation may have been incorrect. It runs about as fast as a Zelin SAN over Cat5e with the ability to lose two of the drives

Re: Please Help.
They are...so the client would need to get the latest version. But he didn't send PRORES... "Original footage was shot in apple pro res 422. My sequence

Then I believe that my "Mb/MB" notation may have been incorrect. It runs about as fast as a Zelin SAN over Cat5e with the ability to lose two of the drives

Voltaic does indeed work for pulling these AVC files in. I just did 14 hours worth, just before updating to FCP 7! The re-encoding took forever. I let my

Re: AVC Intra footage
Even my Canon HF-200 which is $599 at B&H can record AVCHD at 24Mbps

Re: Storage solution for P2 media
Then I believe that my "Mb/MB" notation may have been incorrect. It runs about as fast as a Zelin SAN over Cat5e with the ability to lose two of the drives

Re: Please Help.
They are...so the client would need to get the latest version. But he didn't send PRORES... "Original footage was shot in apple pro res 422. My sequence

Isn't Panasonic just adding to the confusion by referring to their cameras that record just one or the other, all as AVCCAM?

Re: LiveType title color correction ?
Going back to LT is the only way to do it properly. I assume you imported the LT project into FCP. It should be easy enough to Open in Editor and tweak it

Re: AVC Intra footage
AVCCAM is thier term for high end AVCHD. The PH modes on their cameras record a form of AVCHD that their consumer models don't, nor any other manufacturers

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Re: AVC Intra footage
Loaded up the FCP 7 drive and the footage can be seen. Now I have a date with Compressor and 320 GB of footage on some old quad core. Tried everything we

Re: LiveType title color correction ?
Thanks Tom... but like I said my titles are fairly complex in LiveType: I am using 3-5 tracks of a combination particle/texture/ animation and it would be time

Re: AVC Intra footage
Even my Canon HF-200 which is $599 at B&H can record AVCHD at 24Mbps

Re: AVC Intra footage
Panasonic has a 35PH mode...I think. I'm a P2 guy, so I'm not ENTIRELY sure. -shane ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: AVC Intra footage
On 9/18/09 10:00 AM, "Philip Hodgetts" ... Several Canon AVCHD camcorders can record at the spec's maximum 24Mbps. The

Re: LiveType title color correction ?
Never mind!... problem resolved... I guess some cleanup helped to straight things here :-) so for the record, yes you can apply a video filter to a LiveType

Re: Storage solution for P2 media
The Drobo Pro has been clocked at 112 Mb/sec over iSCSI at RAID6 (two redundant drives). That is not just a "consumer" drive John McClary ... From: John

Re: AVC Intra footage
... Except Canon does have the 24 PH mode on at least one of their AVCHD cameras iirc. Philip Philip Hodgetts President, Intelligent Assistance

Re: LiveType title color correction ?
You couldn?t just use an RGB Limit filter on the LT project to tone it down? All the best, Tom ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: LiveType title color correction ?
you mean inside of FCP? no... I loose all my color on that title... I am guessing some issue with the alpha channel? in LiveType? I could not find any RGB

Re: AVC Intra footage
... That's my conclusion as well. Like Jim, I'd be very happy to be enlightened if it's not accurate. Philip Philip Hodgetts President, Intelligent Assistance

you mean inside of FCP? no... I loose all my color on that title... I am guessing some issue with the alpha channel? in LiveType? I could not find any RGB

Re: LiveType title color correction ?
You couldn?t just use an RGB Limit filter on the LT project to tone it down? All the best, Tom ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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Re: AVC Intra footage
Panasonic has a 35PH mode...I think. I'm a P2 guy, so I'm not ENTIRELY sure. -shane ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: LiveType title color correction ?
Never mind!... problem resolved... I guess some cleanup helped to straight things here :-) so for the record, yes you can apply a video filter to a LiveType

Re: LiveType title color correction ?
Thanks Tom... but like I said my titles are fairly complex in LiveType: I am using 3-5 tracks of a combination particle/texture/ animation and it would be time

Re: AVC Intra footage
AVCCAM is thier term for high end AVCHD. The PH modes on their cameras record a form of AVCHD that their consumer models don't, nor any other manufacturers

Re: AVC Intra footage
... That's my conclusion as well. Like Jim, I'd be very happy to be enlightened if it's not accurate. Philip Philip Hodgetts President, Intelligent Assistance

LiveType title color correction ?
FCP 6.0.6 I have created a bunch of LiveType titles for a FCP sequence I am editing now. Unfortunately I did not have external vector-scope when creating the

Re: AVC Intra footage
Isn't Panasonic just adding to the confusion by referring to their cameras that record just one or the other, all as AVCCAM?

Re: AVC Intra footage
Loaded up the FCP 7 drive and the footage can be seen. Now I have a date with Compressor and 320 GB of footage on some old quad core. Tried everything we

Re: AVC Intra footage
... Except Canon does have the 24 PH mode on at least one of their AVCHD cameras iirc. Philip Philip Hodgetts President, Intelligent Assistance

Re: LiveType title color correction ?
Going back to LT is the only way to do it properly. I assume you imported the LT project into FCP. It should be easy enough to Open in Editor and tweak it

Re: AVC Intra footage
Even my Canon HF-200 which is $599 at B&H can record AVCHD at 24Mbps

Re: AVC Intra footage
On 9/18/09 10:00 AM, "Philip Hodgetts" ... Several Canon AVCHD camcorders can record at the spec's maximum 24Mbps. The

Panasonic has a 35PH mode...I think. I'm a P2 guy, so I'm not ENTIRELY sure. -shane ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: AVC Intra footage
... That's my conclusion as well. Like Jim, I'd be very happy to be enlightened if it's not accurate. Philip Philip Hodgetts President, Intelligent Assistance

Re: LiveType title color correction ?
you mean inside of FCP? no... I loose all my color on that title... I am guessing some issue with the alpha channel? in LiveType? I could not find any RGB

Re: LiveType title color correction ?
Never mind!... problem resolved... I guess some cleanup helped to straight things here :-) so for the record, yes you can apply a video filter to a LiveType

Re: AVC Intra footage
Loaded up the FCP 7 drive and the footage can be seen. Now I have a date with Compressor and 320 GB of footage on some old quad core. Tried everything we

Re: AVC Intra footage
Even my Canon HF-200 which is $599 at B&H can record AVCHD at 24Mbps

Re: AVC Intra footage
Isn't Panasonic just adding to the confusion by referring to their cameras that record just one or the other, all as AVCCAM?

LiveType title color correction ?
FCP 6.0.6 I have created a bunch of LiveType titles for a FCP sequence I am editing now. Unfortunately I did not have external vector-scope when creating the

Re: LiveType title color correction ?
Going back to LT is the only way to do it properly. I assume you imported the LT project into FCP. It should be easy enough to Open in Editor and tweak it

Re: AVC Intra footage
... Except Canon does have the 24 PH mode on at least one of their AVCHD cameras iirc. Philip Philip Hodgetts President, Intelligent Assistance

Re: AVC Intra footage
AVCCAM is thier term for high end AVCHD. The PH modes on their cameras record a form of AVCHD that their consumer models don't, nor any other manufacturers

Re: LiveType title color correction ?
Thanks Tom... but like I said my titles are fairly complex in LiveType: I am using 3-5 tracks of a combination particle/texture/ animation and it would be time

Re: LiveType title color correction ?
You couldn?t just use an RGB Limit filter on the LT project to tone it down? All the best, Tom ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Blu-ray Station at Silverado, free through September
Folks, We created a Blu-ray burning station at the new Silverado Studios location in Folsom: http://silverado.cc/shop/product.php?productid=1373 Through

Re: AVC Intra footage
On 9/18/09 10:00 AM, "Philip Hodgetts" ... Several Canon AVCHD camcorders can record at the spec's maximum 24Mbps. The

I don?t have it in front of me, but I know FD has a free READER that you can pass around. Does that not have any export options, no? - RK ... Robin S. Kurz

Re: Storage solution for P2 media
Kerry, I've been using an ezRAID from DatOptic for backing up my footage. 2 drive Mirrored SATA array. http://tinyurl.com/32uffo First one I got was no good,

Re: AVC Intra footage
... Sorry, but since when does QT support NATIVE AVC? AVC is *always* transcoded, only question is: what?s your setting? There is no AVC codec for QT. I

Re: Add points to garbage mattes?
... I myself have never had it, nor do I know of anyone, so I can?t say what the status is. And I?m thinking it?s more of a graphics board/ chip/driver

Re: Final Draft... Favour needed!
I have Final Draft 8. I'd be happy too give it a try. DD David Dodson davidadodson@... 818-541-1225 818-523-0905 mobile

Kerry, I've been using an ezRAID from DatOptic for backing up my footage. 2 drive Mirrored SATA array. http://tinyurl.com/32uffo First one I got was no good,

... Drobo is not "unbelievably" slow. Here's what to do: stick it on an old computer using USB put that computer on the slowest network (save $40 on gigabit

Re: AVC Intra footage
FCP 6 will import AVCIntra as ProRes. Just install the AVCI plugin from Panasonic. FCP 7, while it will import AVCIntra into FCP in it's native codec, like

Re: AVC Intra footage
Andy It is late here but, apart from the correct comments about folder structure etc., I am under the impression that only FCP 7 will play AVCI; FCP 6 wont. So

Re: Add points to garbage mattes?
I will admit that I don't do tons of Roto work, but for the stuff I do the Roto Bezier seams to work fine. I am certainly hoping that the orange frame issue in

Re: AVC Intra footage
Found out we have FCP 7 on a hard drive sled ready to load in tomorrow morning. We did download and install the Panasonic plugins and rebooted. Footage was

Final Draft... Favour needed!
Anyone on the list have Final Draft? I need to reformat a Final Draft doc as a pdf for a friend who is hospital and I don¹t have FD software. Would be v

Re: Final Draft... Favour needed!
I am not familiar with Final Draft, but anytime I have trouble to open/edit a file format, I try Document on Google online. Document allows you to open a wide

Re: AVC Intra footage
Doesn?t really matter, since if the folder structure is missing, you?re ******. First hand experience. The only solution I know of in a situation like that

Re: AVC Intra footage
Nope...the REPAIR won't work for missing files and folders. It just isn't the directory structure, but the ICON folder has still images of the first frame,

Re: AVC Intra footage
Thanks you all for chiming in. Rupert: using FCP 6.0.5 I think we have a copy of 7 somewhere on one of the beta systems, but not hooked up to our editsan. I'm

Re: AVC Intra footage
Ahhh...sounds like they might have encoded to AVCIntra Native QT files, and since you are running FCP 6 and not FCP 7, you can't seem them. Still, that is an

Re: AVC Intra footage
If you are missing the file structure then you need to look to third party solutions. Raylight MXF4Mac Calibrated And you need to chew the asses off or

Re: AVC Intra footage
... Imagine Systems have P2 Log Pro which can "repair" MXF. don't know if it can create missing files.

Re: AVC Intra footage
Version of Final Cut you are using? Rupert Watson www.root6.com +44 7787 554801 From: FinalCutPro-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FinalCutPro-L@yahoogroups.com] On

Re: Final Draft... Favour needed!
Hi , I have FD ver. 7 I can possibly do this but am not familiar with various formatting issues FD files have at times but could try. email me at

What version of iDVD do you have? I could try to duplicate your problem on my iMac at home, but honestly I haven't used iDVD in years. I found it quirky, slow

Re: Sending audio file via internet
I'm going to weigh in here and have to agree with those reluctant to compress the audio files. As some have said, it isn't about what is presently audible or

Re: Add points to garbage mattes?
What is the difference between B Splines and Roto Bezier? A google search just reinforced how much my math skills have atrophied. I'm use to Bezier points

OT: iDVD question
OK, I teach a couple classes and my students use iDVD for presentations. They are shooting on HDV and when using 'Export to Quicktime" many times we will see

Re: Sending audio file via internet
I don't want to sound like I am arguing because I am not. I can hear the difference with 128k mp3 and 128k AAC also 256k each. Beyond that it gets much harder

Re: Sending audio file via internet
... That's my experience. A similar thing happens in video. I could create a compressed video file from an uncompressed Quicktime that would be practically

Re: Sending audio file via internet
If you?re talking music, which I am/was, then consider yourself *extremely* special, especially as far as the 256 are concerned (128 was guessed correctly

Re: Sending audio file via internet
Well, first off, I wasn?t suggesting the audio be compressed for *processing* but rather for *sending*, which we are talking about. I?d say any

From your first post, I assumed that was the case. I was suggesting that if you need a working card *today*, then you would be best served by purchasing the

Re: Storage solution for P2 media
Again, this isn't a media drive but, I do have a quick turnaround in backing up the data and from that standpoint speed is important. Perhaps I misspoke when I

Re: Add points to garbage mattes?
In all fairness After Effects doesn't have "B Splines" it has "Roto Bezier" and I personally think that the Roto Bezier tool is better than B Splines. Now I do

Re: Storage solution for P2 media
From what I've read on this list, you can't use the drobo as a media drive, it is unbelievably slow. Your backups will take forever. The Drobo is a home backup

Re: The cost of Blue-Ray replication
(chuckling) Red 4K in 3D will fix that. ;-) And I can't even get effin FLASH to work on this iPhone. We'll all be long dead before this industry marches

Re: Storage solution for P2 media
Use the EVO HD as your MEDIA storage...the array you use for editing. Use the DROBO as your ARCHIVAL solution. Where you back up your original P2 card dumps.

Re: Add points to garbage mattes?
... You?re entitled to your opinion of course, but let me just point out that that tool has been the running joke on the beta-test list since it first was

Re: Sending audio file via internet
I agree with your disagreement. When I need to process sound files that will get lots of effects I always do it at 32bit 48k minimum. I would go higher but my

Re: Add points to garbage mattes?
Another option to consider is Mocha Shape for Final Cut from Imagineer Systems. - Oliver

Re: Add points to garbage mattes?
Sorry, but IMO the last place you want do be creating/editing garbage mattes or ANY matte for that matter is FCP! Seriously, that?s like trying to do visual

Re: Sending audio file via internet
... Modest disagreement from me on two fronts: 1) That there are no audible losses in a 256k compressed file; 2) That a compressed file is good enough for

Re: Storage solution for P2 media
I already have media storage that I am using. For now, I am only looking for an archival solution. Kerry ... Kerry Soloway http://www.NightingaleEditorial.com

Storage solution for P2 media
One of my shows is moving into the 21st century and now shooting on P2 cards. I need to copy the data onto hard drives as a backup before importing into my

Re: Sending audio file via internet
Also to note here that a 256 mp3 sounds like a 128 AAC. If you are going to compress use AAC @ 256 or higher. Even that will be too big to email. But I'm

Re: Storage solution for P2 media
A RAID5 solution gives you redundancy and throughput. That means it's fast enough for editing and gives you back-up protection. From what you are describing,

... You?re entitled to your opinion of course, but let me just point out that that tool has been the running joke on the beta-test list since it first was

Re: SATA Expresscard for MBP?
From your first post, I assumed that was the case. I was suggesting that if you need a working card *today*, then you would be best served by purchasing the

Re: Sending audio file via internet
I agree with your disagreement. When I need to process sound files that will get lots of effects I always do it at 32bit 48k minimum. I would go higher but my

Re: Storage solution for P2 media
Use the EVO HD as your MEDIA storage...the array you use for editing. Use the DROBO as your ARCHIVAL solution. Where you back up your original P2 card dumps.

Re: The cost of Blue-Ray replication
(chuckling) Red 4K in 3D will fix that. ;-) And I can't even get effin FLASH to work on this iPhone. We'll all be long dead before this industry marches

Re: Sending audio file via internet
Also to note here that a 256 mp3 sounds like a 128 AAC. If you are going to compress use AAC @ 256 or higher. Even that will be too big to email. But I'm

Re: Storage solution for P2 media
Again, this isn't a media drive but, I do have a quick turnaround in backing up the data and from that standpoint speed is important. Perhaps I misspoke when I

Re: Sending audio file via internet
... Modest disagreement from me on two fronts: 1) That there are no audible losses in a 256k compressed file; 2) That a compressed file is good enough for

Re: Storage solution for P2 media
A RAID5 solution gives you redundancy and throughput. That means it's fast enough for editing and gives you back-up protection. From what you are describing,

Storage solution for P2 media
One of my shows is moving into the 21st century and now shooting on P2 cards. I need to copy the data onto hard drives as a backup before importing into my

Re: Add points to garbage mattes?
Another option to consider is Mocha Shape for Final Cut from Imagineer Systems. - Oliver

Re: Add points to garbage mattes?
Sorry, but IMO the last place you want do be creating/editing garbage mattes or ANY matte for that matter is FCP! Seriously, that?s like trying to do visual

Re: Storage solution for P2 media
I already have media storage that I am using. For now, I am only looking for an archival solution. Kerry ... Kerry Soloway http://www.NightingaleEditorial.com

Re: Storage solution for P2 media
From what I've read on this list, you can't use the drobo as a media drive, it is unbelievably slow. Your backups will take forever. The Drobo is a home backup

Re: Add points to garbage mattes?
In all fairness After Effects doesn't have "B Splines" it has "Roto Bezier" and I personally think that the Roto Bezier tool is better than B Splines. Now I do

Sorry, but IMO the last place you want do be creating/editing garbage mattes or ANY matte for that matter is FCP! Seriously, that?s like trying to do visual

Re: Storage solution for P2 media
Again, this isn't a media drive but, I do have a quick turnaround in backing up the data and from that standpoint speed is important. Perhaps I misspoke when I

Re: SATA Expresscard for MBP?
From your first post, I assumed that was the case. I was suggesting that if you need a working card *today*, then you would be best served by purchasing the

Re: Add points to garbage mattes?
Another option to consider is Mocha Shape for Final Cut from Imagineer Systems. - Oliver

Re: Storage solution for P2 media
From what I've read on this list, you can't use the drobo as a media drive, it is unbelievably slow. Your backups will take forever. The Drobo is a home backup

Re: Storage solution for P2 media
Use the EVO HD as your MEDIA storage...the array you use for editing. Use the DROBO as your ARCHIVAL solution. Where you back up your original P2 card dumps.

Re: Sending audio file via internet
Also to note here that a 256 mp3 sounds like a 128 AAC. If you are going to compress use AAC @ 256 or higher. Even that will be too big to email. But I'm

Storage solution for P2 media
One of my shows is moving into the 21st century and now shooting on P2 cards. I need to copy the data onto hard drives as a backup before importing into my

Re: Add points to garbage mattes?
... You?re entitled to your opinion of course, but let me just point out that that tool has been the running joke on the beta-test list since it first was

Re: Sending audio file via internet
... Modest disagreement from me on two fronts: 1) That there are no audible losses in a 256k compressed file; 2) That a compressed file is good enough for

Re: The cost of Blue-Ray replication
(chuckling) Red 4K in 3D will fix that. ;-) And I can't even get effin FLASH to work on this iPhone. We'll all be long dead before this industry marches

Re: Add points to garbage mattes?
In all fairness After Effects doesn't have "B Splines" it has "Roto Bezier" and I personally think that the Roto Bezier tool is better than B Splines. Now I do

Re: Sending audio file via internet
I agree with your disagreement. When I need to process sound files that will get lots of effects I always do it at 32bit 48k minimum. I would go higher but my

Re: Storage solution for P2 media
A RAID5 solution gives you redundancy and throughput. That means it's fast enough for editing and gives you back-up protection. From what you are describing,

Re: Storage solution for P2 media
I already have media storage that I am using. For now, I am only looking for an archival solution. Kerry ... Kerry Soloway http://www.NightingaleEditorial.com

... Um? since when can?t you compress MP3s with iTunes? Even VBR is possible. ... A loss which is in fact far beyond anything even the most golden of human

Re: Sending audio file via internet
... You could compress it to an audio format like MP3 or Apple's codec. MP3 requires other software, Apple could be done with iTunes. If you use a high-enough

Re: Sending audio file via internet
Instead of sending a wav or aif file, you can convert it to an mkw or shn file. In basic terms these remove the header info. This gives you a file that is

Re: The cost of Blue-Ray replication
Nope. Everything degrades over-the-air digital tv. I have three sets (two different brands of boxes and two different antennas), and it's nuts. Upstairs gets

Sending audio file via internet
I want to send the audio from my FCP project to a sound guy for sweetening. It is about 250MB, so would take over an hour to send with something like "SendIt".

Re: Sending audio file via internet
Using just regular DATA compression (e.g. Stuffit, Zip etc.) would/ could probably produce even smaller results and you obviously don?t get any degradation

Re: back compatibility questions
The only way to rid yourself of QT 7 is a complete re-install. I just went through this whole process about 5 months ago after i stalled QT 7.5 on my FCP 4.5.

FCP 6.0.6 and Snow Leopard
FYI - I've been running on SL for a week now, and nothing seems broken...