[Andrew Kimery]

Capturing via HDMI can be problematic because of the HDCP encryption. You can buy boxes that say they’ll spoof the HDCP but those are spotty as well. We do a ton of gameplay capture and it’s all done via component.

-Andrew

3.2GHz 8-core, FCP 6.0.4, 10.5.5
Blackmagic Multibridge Eclipse (6.8.1)

[Andrew Kimery]

You and your family will be in my prayers, Bob.

-Andrew

3.2GHz 8-core, FCP 6.0.4, 10.5.5
Blackmagic Multibridge Eclipse (6.8.1)

[Andrew Kimery]

[Jason Ingersoll] “Format is native Sony XDCAM EX which is HDV. I have a black magic decklink HD extreme card. Color correction done in final cut with broadcast safe. “
Just FYI, the native format for that camera is the XDCAM EX codec which is not the same as HDV. You can drop the quality down to shoot at HDV resolution (1440×1080 @25Mbps), but I don’t know if it officially conforms to the HDV specs or not.

-A

3.2GHz 8-core, FCP 6.0.4, 10.5.5
Blackmagic Multibridge Eclipse (6.8.1)

[Andrew Kimery]

[Erik Lindahl] “First problem is this project was spread out over 3-4 disks with about 10 “untitled” media files so to be honest I’m not 100% sure where everything is or I would have copied in from the finder. Yes, whom ever off-lined and esp.
It sounds like you need to do a little leg work w/the “reveal in finder” command to track down all the media and organize it properly. It might take an hour or two but it will make things easier down the stretch.

Still, and more importantly perhaps, I’m still amazed FCP can’t consolidate the media of the given sequence. I had to copy 2 hours of footage where my project might be using 20 minutes if I exaggerate. I don’t get why FCP can’t handle this after almost 10 years as an editor� “
Again, if the clip does not have a reel number associated w/it then FCP will MM the whole clip, not just the selection used in the timeline. Just give the clip a reel number (this can be done before or after capture) and the problem goes away. Also, if every tape has the same reel number (someone left it at the default “001” for example) I’ve seen that give FCP problems as sometimes (not always though). Speed changes also problematic sometimes in my experience w/MM using FCP 6 (not sure if its any better in 7 or not).

Whomever setup up this project made it a very messy and it’s misplaced blame to point the finger at the software being at fault.

-A

3.2GHz 8-core, FCP 6.0.4, 10.5.5
Blackmagic Multibridge Eclipse (6.8.1)

[Andrew Kimery]

If clips do not have reel names associated w/them then MM will ‘manage’ the entire source clip. FCP also doesn’t like MP3’s so I don’t know if that’s part of the problem as well.

If your goal is just to consolidate all the media into a central location you don’t need MM for that. Just close FCP, move all the media to where you want it to be using Finder, relaunch FCP and reconnect the media. If you are putting all the media in a single location you’ll just have to reconnect one file and FCP will automatically reconnect to everything else it finds in that folder.

-A

3.2GHz 8-core, FCP 6.0.4, 10.5.5
Blackmagic Multibridge Eclipse (6.8.1)

[Andrew Kimery]

You could look into buying a FW hub.

All Apple computers only have a single FW bus (even if they have multiple FW ports) and the bus only runs as fast as the slowest device. So you have a FW800 device plugged in and a FW400 device you the single bus will be shared by both devices and run at FW400 speeds.

-Andrew

3.2GHz 8-core, FCP 6.0.4, 10.5.5
Blackmagic Multibridge Eclipse (6.8.1)

[Andrew Kimery]

Correct. Deleting your render files will have no ill affect other than requiring you to render your project again.

-A

3.2GHz 8-core, FCP 6.0.4, 10.5.5
Blackmagic Multibridge Eclipse (6.8.1)

[Andrew Kimery]

Not too long ago, well, 5 or 6 years ago, MTV2 was requesting spots be delivered on 3/4″. We also filled an order for 1″ to be sent to some place in Oklahoma.

-A

3.2GHz 8-core, FCP 6.0.4, 10.5.5
Blackmagic Multibridge Eclipse (6.8.1)

[Andrew Kimery]

I use the pen in pen mode. I tried mouse mode and didn’t like it.

-Andrwe

3.2GHz 8-core, FCP 6.0.4, 10.5.5
Blackmagic Multibridge Eclipse (6.8.1)

[Andrew Kimery]

If you do a search in the Apple Color forum here you’ll find a lot of talk about proper monitoring. Basically, NLE software doesn’t generate a b’cast accurate images inside the GUI, computer GFX cards don’t send out b’cast accurate signals, and computer monitors aren’t designed to properly display NTSC, PAL, SECAM, and/or ATSC video signals.

-A

3.2GHz 8-core, FCP 6.0.4, 10.5.5
Blackmagic Multibridge Eclipse (6.8.1)