Flip4Mac

[David Roth weiss]

[Bob Cole] “Does Flip4Mac require you to make a Quicktime movie of the timeline before doing its conversion?”

No Bob, you can certainly use it from QT conversion without a standalone QT. Is “Full” set in the render dropdown before rendering on the timeline?

David Roth Weiss
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David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles

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[Alan Lacey]

F4M demo is limited to about thirty seconds if that is what you’re using?

Alan

[Bob Cole]

[David Roth Weiss] “s “Full” set in the render dropdown before rendering on the timeline?”

I can’t find what you’re talking about.

re: demo version. I own the expensive version, but I just downloaded the latest Beta update. I hope the software is sophisticated enough to know that I bought it. How can I tell?

The resulting files show actual video sporadically, but only at places where the shot is in a fade-in or fade-out.

Bob C

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[Greg Day]

I also have been using the Beta update, but I noticed that I had to re-authourize the account (resubmit my serial number/name) in order for it to not be in demo mode.

Don’t know if that’s the problem for you or not, but it might help to check to be sure you aren’t running in demo mode.

g

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[Bob Cole]

I’m using a paid version. I checked Apple Preferences and found that Flip4Mac had my registration information.

This problem was quite pervasive — oddly, everywhere in the timeline that did NOT require rendering. Even though the timeline played perfectly from FCP on an NTSC monitor.

The footage was ProRes422.

This could be a FCP issue too. I noticed that one time yesterday, one small section of a timeline gave me “unrendered” video when it was actually rendered. I exited FCP, clicked on my refresh pref’s tool (FCP Attic), re-started FCP, and the problem disappeared.

Fortunately I have a Digital Rapids card in a PC, so I just gave up on Flip4Mac and used that. But I’d like to get Flip4Mac working and I appreciate the feedback.

Bob C

MacPro 2 x 3GHz dualcore; 2 GB 667MHz
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Sony HDV Z1
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