[Andrew Mehta]

I don’t have much experience of this which is why I kept quiet, but can’t you use Adobe’s Flash Video Encoder?
[although I haven’t used it, it came with my CS3, and appears to allow you to add multiple files to a queue, and then process them]

[Andrew Mehta]

Regards what I said about the composition clip in my last message – I might have been wrong about double clicking to launch Boris…perhaps you have to double click it to get it to appear in the EDIT SUITE window, and then click EDIT from that window, to launch Boris…it’s been a while, so my memory is a bit vague.

[Andrew Mehta]

You can do further effects by using Boris Graffiti, Boris FX, or Boris Red if they’re on your system. If my memory serves me right, you can access these plugins by creating a composition clip in the video timeline (look for an option to do that via the menubar) and then double clicking on the composition clip to enter the boris programme. Don’t forget to save your changes back to the composition clip afterwards! Boris FX can also use After Effects plugins, if they’re copied to the Boris folder, so this is a neat way to use After Effects effects, without having to export. Once you’ve applied your effects, you’ll need to render them.

The other way to start boris is simply when you have a transition, double click on it, and it’ll show up in the edit suite window – and there are three icons in the top right that dictate whether it’s a dissolve effect, another sort of effect, or yet another catagory…it’s been a good year or so since I’ve used it…but I think the third icon is the one you want [the icon shows a page turn effect], and once selected, you can choose from a variety of other transition effects. These include some built into Media100, some Quicktime effects that came with Quicktime Pro / OS9, and finally Boris. If you select Boris, you can then click the EDIT.. button, and it’ll launch the boris plugin programme – be it Boris FX or Boris Red.

If you want to use Boris graffiti, which is mainly for text, you just create a title track, in the title part of the timeline, and then double click it. This allows you to do cool stuff with text, and also 3D text – although the latter can be very slow. =P

What I’ve typed above is just off of the top of my head, I’ve been out of practice using any of this stuff for about a year or so now.
But my moment of pride was being lucky enough to come second in the Best of Boris competition in early 2008, for effects I accomplished in Media100 version 7.5 on OS9…! So yep, it’s very old, but cool stuff can be done with it. =)
See https://www.media100.com/stories/mehta.php for the insanely complicated tutorial, that won me the compo. =S

Suffice to say – Black and White is simple, and doesn’t require any of the above. Just use that arrow Floh talked about, to flip down the extra options in the Edit Suite window, and select the black and white preset from the list, and click apply. =) Reverse, speed up, and other groovy options should be there as well. ^_^.

[Andrew Mehta]

Eeek! =P Well, I hope you didn’t get in too much trouble. It’s been good to see the new Press Release. =) ^_^ And I suddenly realised you’ve probably had Snow Leopard and Quicktime X to contend with too…=O.

^_^, Anyway, looking forwards to it. =)

Keep up the good work.

[Andrew Mehta]

Maybe a more relevant title will help…?

As already mentioned, the press release says May, but we’re in June already, so an update as to if it’s out yet, due soon, or if there’s been a delay, etc, would be appreciated.

Maybe it’s my fault for being lazy and not emailing M100 directly to enquire…but thought I’d ask on the forums incase anyone here was in the know.

[Andrew Mehta]

Just to go some way to making it clearer,

Media 100 Producer
….is the software-only version. Good if your footage is coming in through firewire, P2, XDCAM EX or whatever…

Media 100 Suite
…comes with one of three cards, and a breakout box.

One of the cards and breakout boxes has inputs and outputs for SD.

One of the cards and breakout boxes has inputs and outputs for analogue and digital HD.

One of the cards and breakout boxes has inputs and outputs for digital only HD.

The middle one has proved the most popular, as it has both digital and analogue input and outputs.

What I’ve explained here is how I understood things back in the days of M100 SDe, HDe and HD Suite. I assume it’s still the same, but if I’ve got it wrong, feel free to correct me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_100#Current_products
….might need updating. ^_^

When Paul asked for just one product, I think he meant he just wanted to buy the one product, and needs to figure out which one is right for him.

[Andrew Mehta]

I ran a P6000 board with DV on OS9 with 7.5.1
I’m sure 8.2.1 will be fine.

A new board *might* require a different serial – but if it does, just ask M100 and they’ll email it to you.

On my P6000, the DV was provided by a daughterboard – a Sony DVBK1 if I remember correctly – point being, if your current P6000 has the firewire port but no daughterboard, you could keep the same P6000 card and swap over the daughterboard.

I upgraded from a Vincent card to a P6000 with a Sony DVBK1. I recall all I needed was a serial code that matched the new hardware, which M100 support emailed to me for free.

That said, I’m out of the loop with M100 these days.
Hoping to get the latest build in the next year though – fingers crossed.

[Andrew Mehta]

=/ =(
So…new case, new graphics, very little else….

Are the new dedicated graphics on the MacBook Pro 15″ gonna mean any performance boost for Media100 Producer, or hardly any percievable difference when compared to the old models? Am currently deciding whether to buy an old one second hand, or a new one, er, new.

[Andrew Mehta]

Granted, but I’ve currently got a touchscreen PC Laptop, running XG-Gold – all those knobs and sliders controlling MIDI messages, I can just touch and drag. So even if touch just replaced a mouse, it could be useful for controlling virtual instruments.

But yeah, there’s a lot of power in Mac Pros that hasn’t been utilised yet and I guess won’t for a few years on.

But stuff I’m wondering about is how video editing on the move might improve. If you’ve currently got deferred HDV acquire, will the new Macbooks be powerful enough to do it real time? Will better integrated graphics mean video editing works well on MacBooks and not just MacBook Pros (or do they currently run well on both and I’m ill informed)? What will the 64-bit era mean, and access to more RAM? If the processors are faster, or Snow Leopard helps delegate between multiple cores and processors, will RED render more quickly? If a faster firewire or even eSata socket emerges, I assume that could help with external hard drives holding footage, etc.

Anyway – you’re right – hardware comes first, then six months to a year down the line, pro apps start to take advantage.
I’m just hoping to buy a new laptop later this month, and am getting excited, and waiting for these much rumoured new laptops to be properly announced/unvieled.

[Andrew Mehta]

I’m not really getting my hopes up for a touchscreen this October. Rather, I’m expecting a new case design, slightly cheaper price, some better i/o connectors (the new faster firewire maybe? Would love an eSata…), something to do with a “brick”(??), better integrated and dedicated graphics, and hopefully some faster processors.
That’s mostly based on reading http://www.macrumors.com

But as Wick implied, the touchscreen idea is an exciting one.

I assume they have touch screen engineers due to the iPhone and iPod Touch…but if it also leads to a tablet, or touchscreen Macbook, then hey, I won’t complain.