[Allen Zagel]

Hi Michael

Wow! Thanks. I never heard it explained that way. My original thoughts was 720p/30 recorded an actual 30 FPS whereas the 60 recorded ½ the picture in every frame so it took 2 frames to make 1 full picture. That’s why I didn’t understand the PN (native). Remember I’m coming from a Sony VX2000 and DSR-250 both SD so I never messed with frame rates. USA so it was NTSC only @ 29.97fps.

So after all that explanition, if I’m shooting fron the front of a train @ 50-65mph, or say a sports car race, fast motion; 720p/60 would give me the best for motion? There is no 60i or p, Interlaced or progressive? That’s what the P stands for in the 720? Or do all the HD cameras shoot progressive now?

I know on the VX2000/DSR-250, it was all interlaced and I had to render as progressive in post for the computer playback stuff.

Shooting a stage play or tourist scenery I’d opt for the PN mode then? Probably the same for the music videos of say a Polka band showing dancers as well.

I understand each senario can be different. I was just trying to figure out an easy way to remember what to shoot at. 😉

Gee I got a lot to learn! 😉
Allen

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[Allen Zagel]

Hi Wayne

You might want to check out Moyea. I use their products, especially their Flash MX Pro.
https://www.moyea.com

And Moyea’s a lot better and easier than say Swish stuff which I also have.

I know it’s a matter of personal preference, but personally I would think most folks would know with a flash player, the pause / play are on the same button.

Allen

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[Allen Zagel]

Hi Wayne

That’s the standard flash player. The Play / Pause is normally just 1 button.

There’s other flash players out there that you can use but most are just like this one; only different skins.

Your side links don’t seem to be working on my browser either.
Allen

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[Allen Zagel]

Install Vegas on your C drive. Use the second drive for all your video files and rendering. (Scratch Disk we call it)

Allen

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[Allen Zagel]

Yes, Graham’s correct. Cinescore works right in Vegas. No need to bring the video into CS.

Just right click on an empty audio track and CS will be one of the choices there.

Allen

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[Allen Zagel]

Hi
It depends on what template you’re using. If you’re rendering or DVD-A, you’ll need to render twice. Once for the MPEG-2 file and again for the AC3 (audio). Make sure both files had the same name but they will have different extensions. Keep them in the same folder.

In DVDA, when you bring the NMPEG-2 in, the Audio will follow automatically.

Allen

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[Allen Zagel]

Hi Pete
Here’s that article I was talking about. It was from Videomaker Magazine.

https://www.videomaker.com/article/809/2/

This is page 2 but you can get right back to page 1 easlily enough.

Hope this helps get you started.

Allen

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[Allen Zagel]

If I remember correctly you’re going to need 2 licenses in order to use that music. 1) license to videotape and 2) a sync license to sync the music to the video.

I had read somewhere, but sorry now I don’t remember, of a central clearing house for licensing popular music. Ask around the forums, expecially maybe the Cow’s Audio Professionals or Business Practises Forums.

Allen

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[Allen Zagel]

Hi
You keep mentioning NTSC? Was that original footage PAL? If so that may also be the cause of your prolems.

Allen

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[Allen Zagel]

Hi Terry

Thanks for the info. mY headphones is the Sony MDR-7506.

We did the ‘clap’ test. Everything sounded good.

What I mess up on “Big-Time” was the mic-line disaster. Stupid me plugged the band’s mixer into the mic XLR left channer and my Rode NT3 into the right channel. I totally forgot about the mini ‘line-in’ plug on the Marantz PDM660 being in such a hurry and not paying attention.

Actually the shotgun I had on the camera wasn’t all that bad, but I neglected to tweak the front level control on the DSR-250. It’s been a while since I had to seriously record audio. However I did have the camera menu set to -12db so that saved me a little.

I should have known better.

Allen

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