FLV Editing Help!!!

[David Roth weiss]

[Steve Woronko] “Most of the work flows I’ve seen say to convert to QT to edit in FCP.”

Yes, meaning it won’t match your TrueMotion VP6 setting, you’ll need to convert to something such as DV, DVCPro50, or ProRes. I’d give ProRes a shot if I were you.

David Roth Weiss
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[Steve Woronko]

I converted it to ProRes, it worked for the video. But the audio rate of the files is 22050Hz. The ProRes sequence setting for audio is 32Hz so the audio loses sync. What’s the best audio setting for FCP?

thanks for your help,
Stussey

Stussey
http://www.masscontrolmedia.com
FCP6,DVD Studio5,Motion3,PhotoshopCS,
Dual 2.3G G5,2G RAM,1.5TB Storage

[David Roth weiss]

48khz is FCP native, but you can change the sequence settings to 22500khz.

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David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles

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[Steve Woronko]

I know I can change the audio rate in FCP, but when I’m exporting out of MPEG Streamclip, which is the best audio setting to use?

Stussey
http://www.masscontrolmedia.com
FCP6,DVD Studio5,Motion3,PhotoshopCS,
Dual 2.3G G5,2G RAM,1.5TB Storage

[David Roth weiss]

As I said before, 48khz is native in FCP. FCP can handle other rates, but 48khz is preferable.

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles

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[David Bogie]

q[Steve Woronko] “I have a client who has a live streaming music show. He captures it to a hard drive as FLV.”

Silly decision probably based on a gross misperception of storage economics. Since the product must be edited, recording to a format that must be transcoded is wasted effort. Put a simple DV cmaera in the loop and record DV to the drive. Or, if this guy absolutely INSISTS on using .flv, record to tape in the camera.

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

[Steve Woronko]

I know FCP prefers 48Hz audio, but when the audio setting for using ProRes is 32Hz. When I’m exporting out of MPEG Streamclip which is the best audio format to use? Uncompressed, mpeg 2 or 3?

Stussey
http://www.masscontrolmedia.com
FCP6,DVD Studio5,Motion3,PhotoshopCS,
Dual 2.3G G5,2G RAM,1.5TB Storage

[Steve Woronko]

I agree. I just met this client and haven’t really had time to sit and find out all the details of his methods. I seriously doubt he’ll go the tape route since he usually films for 5-6 hours straight.

The other problem I’m having is audio drift. The sequence and clip settings are 32KHz but it’s still drifting. The original rate is 22050Hz. But it’s hard to really sync it up because of the bad quality.

I haven’t even really seen his setup, but I’m guessing it’s Flash? So, I don’t even know how to explain to him this workflow doesn’t work for editing.

I once again thought this was going to be an easy check that’s turned into a headache.

Thanks for all the responses
Stussey

Stussey
http://www.masscontrolmedia.com
FCP6,DVD Studio5,Motion3,PhotoshopCS,
Dual 2.3G G5,2G RAM,1.5TB Storage

[David Bogie]

Is he paying you to correct his inability to comprehend a complex media?
If not, it’s time to dump this boob.
If he is, all you have to do is show him the metrics. for every hour of FLV he’s shooting take two to four hours to prepare for editing.
If you don’t care how much you bill him, Get yourself a copy of Adobe Media Player or Real Player version 11. These include utilities that will allow downloading of FLV movies form Web sites. You might even be able to use TubeSock or a similar utility to log onto his Mac and transcode to a decent codec while downloading.

If you want to make money at this, you’ve got to streamline the process. You can either tell him it’s in his best interests to do it properly or you can simply present your bill.

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

[Steve Woronko]

He’s using a PC desktop to capture his fooatage. Like I said, I just met him, so I haven’t really gotten with him to find out how flexible he will be with this. And of course there’s not much money involved, that’s why I thought it’d be an easy check, but the acquisition and export is turning into a pain.

Thanks again for you responses,
Stussey

Stussey
http://www.masscontrolmedia.com
FCP6,DVD Studio5,Motion3,PhotoshopCS,
Dual 2.3G G5,2G RAM,1.5TB Storage