Michael Slowe
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You raise an awful lot of points here!
Preparing stuff for the web and making good DVD’s are two separate jobs needing different workflows. The compression required for each is different. The web needs more compression and this varies according to how long the piece runs.
For DVD’s I use BitVice to encode my finished HD Media 100 timeline, keeping in the Media 100 HD codec for all the post production after shooting in 1920 X 1080i. The BitVice downscale in their latest version is very good so I export from Media 100 to a .mov and let BitVice do the downscale and encoding. I then use Compressor for the audio and then Studio Pro for formatting and finally Toast for burning the disc.Your other questions will have to be addressed by people with more technical knowledge than I have.
Michael Slowe
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Quite apart from Craig’s valid points you probably won’t have to pay that much for a 16 Gig S x S and anyway it’s easy enough to download the files from the card on to a laptop on location with the Sony Browser and Transfer software. Also did you consider the EX1 if you want to reduce the cost, most of the good features of the EX3 are on the EX1.
Michael Slowe
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Doug, I made the transition last year and it’s no problem. What Olaf did not mention were the two Sony software programmes that are needed to access the S x S files. These are Clip Browser and the Sony Tramsfer application. Personally I use the Transfer to bring the media into Media 100 and it is great. Once you have the software installed you either can take it straight from the camera via USB or from a drive where you transferred to. You open the Transfer app within Media 100 by clicking on ‘Import’ and you then have EXCAM given as an option. All the clips on the card will show as thumbnails and you can trim as required and import. What I don’t think you can do is redigitize later so you have to fix your standards on import.
The Clip Browzer app. is used by most people to transfer S x S files from the card to drives. Personally I merely drag and drop the complete BPAV folders but I get told off for doing this by Craig on this forum! What you must never do is try and split these BPAV files. Open a folder, always include the BPAV title in the folder name and keep the file as it is. The Transfer tool will find the media OK, don’t worry.
Michael Slowe
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Thanks Lucian, that’s interesting. I guess the tape might be the way to go pricewise, especially as regards the storage medium and capacity. Anyone had any experience of the LTO tape storage yet?
Michael Slowe
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You can certainly disable the light, front and back but I can’t remember which menu it’s under, just scroll through to find it. As to the battery bleep I don’t think you can disable that one, I know you can’t do that with the low media bleep. They stop when you are actually shooting but come on while in ‘standby’ which can be a nuisance. There are bleeps which you can disable, just search through the menus, it’s all there.
Michael Slowe
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Do either of you guys have figures to illustrate the difference cost wise of these two archiving methods? I was quoted about £1,700 for an LTO Single Unit Tape Drive which rather put me off! However the XDCAM disc drive must approach that price I would have thought. The cost of discs compared to the LTO tape can’t be significant.
Michael Slowe
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Floh, while we’re talking about 1080 x 25P, can we import and edit Progressive in version 14, either on the G5 PPC or the G5 Intel?
Michael Slowe
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At last someone as concerned about this as I have been! I too have the ‘sock’ and whilst OK under controlled conditions useless under stress. I have decided that the only effective solution would be to purchase the EX3 finder and find a way to fix it over the screen. Sony want something like £300 just for the spare but the real problem is the practical one. it has to be stable, fixable in a hurry and easily removable. Anyone with ideas????
Michael Slowe
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Couldn’t agree more! It’s a pity that so much damage was done by the previous owners and so much ground lost. Whenever I extol the virtues of Media 100 to other film makers, which I do constantly, I get blank looks and references to FCP or, heaven forbid, Adobe Premier. I know publicity costs money but the message should really be spread more widely because the product is so good and, above all, so much more user friendly than FCP.
Michael Slowe
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Sorry Sir, won’t do it again.
Michael Slowe