XDCAM Codec

[Mark Maness]

[Bill Coons] “Final Cut Pro runs smoothly with no hiccups — maybe one crash in the last 60 days, and I think that I have edited about 35 programs since the first of the year. (course mostly in DVCAM)”

Wow! That’s amazing. We have two of the same systems and both had lots of issues with RT support using odd memory sizes.

Do you have any RT issues? Are you able to play your clips in real time even with the 3-way Color Corrector applied?

This memory specs also applies to XDCAM support. Mine crashed so much until we found out that the computers had new memory requirements. I have the original 1 gig that Apple shipped with the computers on a shelf. Both systems are running 8 gig of matched memory pairs in order between the memory risers.

As for snow leopard compatibility issues, everybody should be up to speed now, except for Sony as usual.

As for the stuttering issue you are seeing on your program monitor, that is because computer monitors are progrssive scan only monitors. In order to see the siginal properly, you’ll need to use something that will convert your video properly like a AJA HDP2 converter or the Matrox MXO2 series boxes.

[Bill Coons] “I am using one of my monitors (23″ Apple Cinema HD Display) as the HD monitor, and sometimes the motion in a pan or tilt looks a little stuttered, hence my uncertainty about this HDV codec, but I chalk it up to not enough bandwidth.”

The only time I have seen this is when I tried to play HDV on our old G4 or from the system drive (which is a HUGE no no).

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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
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