Episode help for DG Fast Channel encoding

[Craig Seeman]

What settings are you using?
What is your source video?
Did you look at the settings I’ve posted and test them with all the other processing filters off?
Of course the exact settings may very much depend on your source.

[Joe Murray]

Typical 29.97 output from telecine, with footage shot at 24 on film. I’ve been testing with a settings file from Episode Pro that was sent to me by DG – they said it was a settings file one of their customers is using with success, so that may be your settings file already but I’ll be glad to try yours if you’re willing to email it to me. joe at editatjoes dot com is the address. Only the first “at” is a symbol.

I do have a fast ftp I can post a file to if you’d like to take a run at it, but the uncompressed file is just over a gigabyte. Do you have time to deal with this? I really appreciate the offer to help.

I’ll go ahead and post the file here just in case-

https://clients.editatjoes.com/dg/

filename: GPIM3906

Thanks very much-

Joe Murray

[Joe Murray]

>>>What settings are you using?
My license of Mainconcept is on the PC and is at least a year old, so I have not tested it recently.

What is your source video?
10 bit uncompressed Quicktime

Did you look at the settings I’ve posted and test them with all the other processing filters off?
Have not done any tests with Mainconcept because I’m trying to get my investment in Episode to pay off first. Also if Mainconcept still has no adjustments for video levels, and I’m sending a file without bars and tone I don’t really see the point, at least in terms of QC. But if I can’t get Episode working I’ll try Mainconcept again.

Joe Murray

[Craig Seeman]

Hi Joe & Curt,

Using the source material, my Profile settings and my Resize Filter settings, DG FastChannel passed it.

[Craig Seeman]

Hi Joe & Curt,

Using the source material, my Profile settings and my Resize Filter settings in Episode Pro 4.2.2, DG FastChannel passed it.

[Fred Connors jr.]

Craig S.

What Resizing are you doing other than Cropping three lines off of the top and bottom?

How are you setting the Setup Level to 7.5 IRE?

Thanks

Fred

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[Bill Nelson]

Craig:

I’m looking for presets to either the Main Concepts or Episode encoder to pass the danged DG DropBox test. Editing in a Mac Avid MC w/Mojo SDI, coming out 1:1 OMF. Any thoughts? Possible to e me those presets?

[Craig Seeman]

DG has changed a couple of things so I haven’t tested with revised preset but I’ve passed their DropBox test before. I can email you a preset to test though. Give me your email and I’ll send it to you ASAP.

I edit with FCP these days though. Make sure your audio and video levels are to spec before encoding.

[Bill Nelson]

it’s billnelson@nelsonmedia.com

It’s not the levels that DG’s griping about. The Main Concepts files I send are really crappy to see! The Avid outputs a 720×486 signal, so that’s where things start to fall apart. They’ve asked me to export the MPEG-2-compliant size, but I’m pretty sure I can crop top and bottom (like in BitVice). Thanks for your kind assistance.

[Craig Seeman]

Bill, I emailed you settings that are a mod of what I used last year to pass DG DropBox. They changed some things so I haven’t tested the mod but if you email back their comments if it fails I can work with you on this.