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Score one for AVID
Since CineWave went away we don’t have the ability to mix and match codecs in a timeline. Now AVID can not only mix codecs in a timeline, but SD and HD in a timeline, in real-time. Got this from a buddy today who cuts on AVID.
“We are happy to announce the release of Avid Media Composer Adrenaline v2.2.1. The x.2.1 releases brings new and exciting support for multiple native High Definition Video (HDV) project types. The Avid Open Timeline can now easily mix and match DV, DV50, uncompressed SD, DVCPRO HD, Avid DNxHD and HDV in real-time.”
Makes me long for the days of CineWave and what could have been.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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Any thought as to this type of feature for FCP?
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so what’s the big deal? Sony Vegas has been doing it for years. And Avid just started? 🙂
GG
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Natively? Wow.
I knew it could before, just capture it all at one resolution…15:1, 2:1, whathaveyou.
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Matrox AXIO can do that as well???
I am on the fence between Matrox AXIO
and an FCP HD system??
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That is the advantage of having outboard hardware acceleration and proprietary codecs and paying lots and lots of money.
Media 100 HD has similar features, and renders unbelievably fast, but the joy stops right about there.
FCP has some workflow deficiencies, but I’m glad companies like AJA are there to pick up the slack with the built in upconversion and other such features.———–
G5 Dual 2Ghz <> 4GB RAM <> FCP 5.02 <> Kona 2
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Actually, this is done with mostly software based technology. You can mix DV and HDV in the same timeline in XPro without Mojo.
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Avid was mixnig media formats before Vegas existed – and Avid actually can output it to client monitor 🙂
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Quantel could do this two years ago. FANTASTIC. It mixed everything and played like a dream, I guess it still does.
Chris
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This might be slightly off topic but thought I would spit it out. Mixing formates would be great I would also like a feature where at any stage you can drag any format to the timeline and you get a box (which you can turn off) which askes if you want to mix formates or start a timeline with the format (all specs) for the file you are putting on the timeline.
Chris
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Sure, but don’t they use a proprietary codec based on the same architecture? It really doesn’t matter. All I’m saying is, it seems to be the ‘missing link’ in FCPs ability to handle mixed resolutions. There’s no unity between. say, DVCPro HD, DV, and uncompressed 8 bit codecs. It’d be cool if manufactueres such as AJA, or Blackmagic amde a scalable codec that was either supported in their hardware or fit in to FCPs rt architecture to be able to handle mixed resolutions. It’d amke a bunch of us really really happy. Also, it’s would improve all of our worflows tremendously.
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