Friday, September 25, 2009


KONA SERIAL! There it is....Got control. Capturing... Terry, you rock! -shane ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: PLEASE HELP! ANY INPUT IS GREATLY APPRECITED...COMPRESSION PROBL
Can their company server handle the 2-5 gig files size? Maybe try flip4mac and converting the QT files to WMV. Try converting to Flash as well. What are your

Re: Avid Adrenaline on FCP system - GREG HUSON!
No one ever invokes me- And I missed it! Sitting in a London pub on vacation... Half a beer and I discovered they have wireless... Glad you got your

PLEASE HELP! ANY INPUT IS GREATLY APPRECITED...COMPRESSION PROBLEMS
Hello, PLease help... I need to convert 20 files(Pro Res 422 & HDV) to a file that can be played by windows. I had sampled Compressor by using a 10 second

Re: PLEASE HELP! ANY INPUT IS GREATLY APPRECITED...COMPRESSION PROBL
If they're supposed to go on a company website they have to be compressed. MPEG4 is a very good choice. H.264 DOES take a lot to render, though 2 hours for 10

Re: Avid Adrenaline on FCP system - GREG HUSON!
NO...I hear ya...sorry about that. To tell the truth, you don't even need to read the first one. I got everything working BUT deck control. So only the

Hi- I'll make this brief..we need to clear some space and have some equipment that we are giving away..all you need to do is come pick it up if you are in the

Re: DVI length (was: Sneakernetting via FW800)_
Brilliant! Thanks Bob ... Lou Wirth Productions 500Tamal Plaza, Suite 522 Corte Madera, CA 94925 www.louwirth.com 415-924-9411p

Re: DVI length (was: Sneakernetting via FW800)_
I don't know why. John Grilli just tried these extenders at Purple Cow on the 24" Cinema displays, and it didn't work. He took the extenders home to his home

Re: DVI length (was: Sneakernetting via FW800)_
I had this start after a recent move. Every time the A/C kicks on the screen goes black. I thought it was a problem in the electrical and the A/C unit. Yikes

Re: DVI length (was: Sneakernetting via FW800)_
For straight DVI extension I've just purchased a couple of Gefen 12 meter (Approx 40 ft) single link DVI cables to connect a new Mac Pro to a pair of Samsung

Re: DVI length (was: Sneakernetting via FW800)_
Oh, that is just Apple wanting to one up the Blackberry on the Edge network when the phones ring in the speakers. They just wanted to do it one better and

PLEASE HELP! ANY INPUT IS GREATLY APPRECITED...COMPRESSION PROBLEMS
Hello, PLease help... I need to convert 20 files(Pro Res 422 & HDV) to a file that can be played by windows. I had sampled Compressor by using a 10 second

Tuesday, September 22, 2009


Using FCP 7.0 and working in a 1080p23.98 sequence, I'm noticing that the audio waveform is one frame out of sync with the audio itself in the timeline. This

Sneakernetting via FW800
Well, I finally purchased the RAID for P2 backup that was the subject of a previous e-mail. I opted to go with a Maxx Digital EVO-VR with 4 TB of drives (2.73

Re: Sneakernetting via FW800
maxavid@... There is no such thing as a drive array that can be shared without a central computer. You can transfer MAC to MAC via ethernet (and it's

Re: Sneakernetting via FW800
Kerry Since you bought from Maxx, you can probably get a little help from Bob Zelin. If you only have TWO systems, you should be able to connect them gig-e

Re: Sneakernetting via FW800
Thanks for the offer, Bob. But I was, and am, more than content to sneakernet my drive via FW 800. Sure it would be nice to have shared storage. But, frankly,

Re: Creator Codes Move to Back Seat in Snow Leopard
Here's another one. More than I ever wanted to know about creator codes. But informative:

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

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?
Security updates do patch issues with one's Mac's operating system and, as such may be pretty darned important if your FCS system is exposed to the exterior

Re: FCP6 - QT7.6.4?
Yes. That shouldn?t be a problem. Make sure you are updated on v6. All the best, Tom ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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

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

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

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

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
... Export to XML version 4 from FCP 7 and import that to FCP 6. Media linkeages will be maintaned as long as the file path is the same. Philip Philip Hodgetts

Re: FCP6 - QT7.6.4?
Yes. That shouldn?t be a problem. Make sure you are updated on v6. All the best, Tom ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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

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

Monday, September 21, 2009


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

Sunday, September 20, 2009


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

Saturday, September 19, 2009


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

Friday, September 18, 2009


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

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
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]

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
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

Thursday, September 17, 2009


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,

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