Alex Alexzander
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What was the problem with Sonic’s eDVD? It’s really the best bet out there.
-Alex
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I’ve just been putting together a new Avid based on the SuperMicro X6DAE-G2 motherboard. Using a SuperMicro 450 case specifically approved for this motherboard. And with ADS Pyro 64, PCI-X graphics, 2 x 1 GB sticks, and all the choice hardware, plus brand new license and purchase of Avid Xpress Pro HD 5.2 with Mojo Rev C, comes in at slightly over $5k.
That doesn’t include the same graphics card, or a 4 drive RAID, however, it is also brand spanking new, and not used.
What I think the seller should do is outline every single part # in this bundle. I know for myself, I went through a painful process of putting this kind of a system together myself, rather than buying an HP.
Given that the ebay start price is bordering on the retail new price, I think it would be best to outline what the parts are, and how old they are. Also, ebayers do want a deal. Start low, and get them bidding. Get them watching. The seller never mentions the transfer of license, and related costs, or even if the books are included, or what revision the Mojo has. This is all needed information. The sellers notes are too vague for this.
Just my 2 cents.
-Alex Alexzander
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What is the source footage from specifically?
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Nice tutorial!!
-Alex
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CinemaCraft will work well with the standard QT Ref file.
-Alex
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This is a feature of your authoring application, but can be programmed directly in many hardware players.
The easy way to accomplish this is to set your first play to the track you wish to repeat itself over and over.
Next, also in the authoring application, set the track’s end jump, end action, or it’s post-commands, or what ever term your authoring application uses to play the same track yet again.
So effectively, you are saying two things.
1. First Play = the Track to repeat play
2. The track asset, in whatever form you have has a end action of some kind. Set that end action to play the track again. -
If your MPEG-2 encode is peaking at 8 Mbps, and you are using AIFF for the audio, then your peaks are at a whopping 9.5 Mbps. That is a very high number for a DVD-R media and your DVD player to handle properly.
I quick fix is to first convert that AIFF audio from its native 1.5 Mbps to lower bitrate of 192k stereo AC3 and see if the problem goes away. You’ll be peaking at around 8,192k at that point. If after that your DVD still stutters and breaks apart, then you may need to re-encode the MPEG-2 asset at a lower bit rate, such as 6.5 Mbps.
Here are few things you do to check what’s going on.
If you have a PC around the place, and have a program called, PowerDVD, you can set an option in PowerDVD to show the effective bitrate. I do this a lot to test a DVDs bitrate shifts while playing.
Consider how fast the media was written to. Some people think it is a good idea to record DVD-Rs at 16x or 8x. This can easily cause problems. I have seen many 16x DVD-Rs just fumble all over the place, while 2x and 4x DVD-Rs with the exact same encoded materials play perfectly. Now, it’s not always a good idea to use very high speed media at lower bit rates. If possible, buy 2x media and record at 2x, or buy 4x media and record at 4x. Varying speed ratings on the media itself mean a different chemical coating process is being used, and some appear to be better than others in terms of overall quality and stability.
Also, watch the same area that are the problem on the hardware DVD player on the computers software DVD player using the VIDEO_TS folder from the build on the hard drive. If there is no problem there, than at least the problem is likely the media you used, the record speed you used, or the bit rate you used. If the problem shows up even while playing the DVD through the software player directly from the VIDEO_TS folder on the hard drive, then the problem is much deeper than just media, or record speeds of media.
Try the easy things first, as they may solve the problem without a re-encode. If all else fails, try to re-encode at 6.5 Mbps with Dolby Digital (AC3) 2 channel stereo at 192 – 224k.
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If you’d like to link to a database, you should explore eDVD. You can build your database as a web application, and either include it on the DVD, or even better, place it on the web, and bring your clients to your site where they can gain access to continued updates.
See: https://www.creativecow.net/show.php?page=/articles/alexzander_alex/edvd_review/index.html
-Alex
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It means the composition you created at the start is likely smaller than 720 x 480. Use the pull down menus, and select Composition, Composition Settings. Then change the comp settings to 720 x 480. Try to export again as OMF.
-Alex