Andrew Mehta
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Calm down Marcus, =).
But thanks for joining, =D.
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Never ever ever kill a brand.
Make it sound cool again? Haha. That’s up to you when you talk about it, =). Have confidence, ’tis a very cool product, =).
Medien hundert [via Google Translate] doesn’t quite have the same ring to it, ;-).
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Just to add my two cents,
I’m based in the UK,
and a Media 100 fan, =).I did a DVD project using Media 100 7.5 2004-2007.
I haven’t done much video since,
but did end up with Media 100 Suite 1.1.3 running on OS Leopard 10.5.8 which I did a few short Youtube videos for.I may not know everything about exports, and haven’t worked with HDV so much, (which I assume you filmed in on this project?), but if you just wanted to chat to another UK user any time, I’d be up for it, =).
Hope everything went okay in the end – sounds like it was an interlacing issue. I’d guess the black lines were either the wrong field order, or perhaps the correct order, but playing back on a progressive screen – like a computer monitor. That said, my thinking is rooted in the days of SD, and I know many computer monitors these days support HDMI signals in a range of resolutions that might include the interlaced 1080i. I’m also ignorant of HD standards, so maybe field order and the like are standardised these days, and you can’t get the order wrong…? I’m sure the answers are but a google search away…. suffice to say, I hope this project went well for you in the end, =).
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Media 100 got back to me with a great deal, so kudos to them!
My money situation is still appalling, but the new Mac Book Pro won’t arrive for another fortnight any how, so I’ll wait for it to arrive,
try the trial on it,
and that may buy me enough time to get my finances in order.Lag wise, I used to find stopping and starting [i.e. hitting space bar] and jumping forward or back by one clip [option left and option right, etc] used to be a little laggy. Everything else, such as effect rendering, was pretty fast, =).
Will look forwards to seeing how much better the latest build performs on the MBP, which, to answer your question, will be a current generation.
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Just a quick update – it’s a bit random. Sometimes it’s black, sometimes it’s not. Just had one comp clip that rendered fine.
My startup disk’s hard drive space was a bit low [not my media hard drive] – I’ve freed up a bit more space now, dunno if that affects it.
Still interested to hear what upgrades I may be entitled to (or not).
Have emailed Boris’ sales email addy also.
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What did you find out in the end?
I’ve been out of video for a few years, and am just getting back into it, and want to embrace tapeless workflow, to speed up turn around time, so we can get video reports from events online asap, without having to digitise, or tape log for hours.
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Googled Media 100 EDL. Got this:
https://www.dmnforums.com/cgi-bin/readwholethread.fcgi?forum=media100&post=000518232906.htm&toppostid=4117
…which suggests 3.1 LE didn’t come with EDL functionality. You’d have had to upgrade for it. I’m simply guessing that’s the case given the above link. If others know better, feel free to interject. -
Yeah, so obviously, it’s 16:9 squashed to 4:3.
To get the 16:9 looking good in 4:3, you either want to letterbox it with black borders top and bottom, or crop the sides off.
I’d create a composition clip, go into Boris Red, drop the footage in there. Get it the right aspect again, and move it to a position that you’re happy with (i.e. where the sides being cropped aren’t anything important) and then render it back to the M100 timeline.
There may be better ways of doing it – this is just a quick response off the top of my head. I’m not currently editing every day, so excuse me for not being specific on any options or settings. If you need more specific advice, just holler though.
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Well, I was only speaking to the sales rep, not the developers or company owners, and I asked in a joking fashion, making it clear I realised Media100 wasn’t in as wide spread use as other editing suites, so the reaction was just the typical line you hear elsewhere – they prioritise the most popular editing systems first.
They’re getting more co-operation from Adobe atm, than Avid, but they’ve a number of ex Avid employees working for them. When I visited, I was told Avid employee #5 was behind us, working on Avid integration.
From what I can tell, it’s just downloading low-res proxies, editing them locally, then sending it back to the cloud, and the low-res proxies are substituted for the high res versions in the cloud, so everything is done and ready to go. I’m immediately thinking transitions might be a problem then…although I’m sure they’re working on something.
But the point is, I’m past the stage of worrying Media100 isn’t industry standard. It does what I need, lets me work fast, and has professional features. I’m happy to tell people it’s what I use, and if there was official merchandise – clothing, record bags [camera bags maybe?] I’d be happy to get some, wear/use it, and show my support for Media100 and Boris FX, =).
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XML is just plain text – you should be able to open it up in a text editor and see if there’s anything obviously wrong with the syntax that’s messing up the audio for you.
I’ve never touched Media100 or FCP7 XML exports… I’ve only ever used XML in a web context, to form playlists for a Windows Media Player Plugin. But it’s a markup language, so should just be plain text tags.