Andre D'elena
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I would try IMX maybe? I’m only guessing. We used the VTR Xchange in conjunction with FCP not Avid. Our Avids don’t have the DVCPro codec installed, come to think of it, none of our Windows machines do? You’re trapped in Quicktime world though, so that’s a problem.
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I have no idea why L&T doesn’t see them. Just open up a Finder window and drag them into your project. You can edit with them. They are somewhat klunky to use in FCP though.
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I realize it is not an editing tool. I say “limited success” because it was not the solution we went with ultimately. You are correct Gary, I probably shouldn’t have used those words. At any rate, it seems like THE tool for this particular workflow.
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There’s a piece of software called AJA VTR Xchange. We used it with very limited success on an 8Core Kona3 system, but it might be worth a try. You could log in to the Xserve and trigger it remotely, then edit with that footage off the Xserve or move it over to your edit computer’s media drives first. I’m not sure what you’re Xserve config is but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work?
It works with your existing setup and can record in all the Kona codecs.
Best Regards,
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Did you empty the trash after you deleted the render files?? I’ve been hosed like this. Trashed Prefs, change scratch disk etc…and it turned out to be bad render files that were still in my trash can. Just a thought.
Andre
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Try a ProRes sequence. Isn’t that what L&T transcodes to? I work with a lot of DVCPro50 P2 footage but not 1080p30. Good luck.
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Completely off topic but, great name Cassius. My first son’s name is also Cassius!
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Whoa! This has become an interesting string of comments all of the sudden. Rafael, you are correct I think in saying hardware encoding is essentially hardware with dedicated software. I’d also have to agree with Walter. I’m not sure this is the kind of distinction that is useful in this instance. Gary, your commentary is illuminating as usual. You all seem to know a lot more about his than me.
I worked my way up through the ranks here so I’ve touched a lot of different technology. I haven’t edited anything in a linear bay for almost two years but I have a good bit of experience in them. My point was that Rich’s problem is related to the fact that he is using a computer versus a dedicated hardware system. He will find a solution, but this would be a relatively easy edit in an on-line suite with multiple DMEs. I’m just sayin, it would work, it could be truly scaled in real time.
‘What works’ is what I’ve tried to base my career on (haha!)
Thanks all
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You are essentially experiencing the limitations of software encoding. Hardware encoding is much better. In other words, I can’t do what you want in FCP but I could take it downstairs to our online Sony suite and crush this. It’s a linear, hardware based suite with multiple DMEs. Software is just not good at this type of thing. I’ll add a caveat. I’ve never worked with 2k or better images. I’ve heard you can do stuff like this with those types of resolutions. Any kind of compressed format is iffy.
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I’m not sure about the Blackmagic card, I use Kona. Could you create a DV 16:9 timeline and paste your edits into it, render and then lay off to tape? I do this with DV25 and IMX timelines that I need to take into Color.
Good luck