[Andy Mees]

do you know, thats exactly what I thought … then I got sidtracked by that link!
thanks for the correction

Andy

[Andy Mees]

one option: https://www.flip4mac.com/wmv_playerpro.htm

[Andy Mees]

one other thing that I like about Sony’s implementation of their XDCAM Tranasfer tool (but which I’m still struggling to adapt to) is the fact that I can capture (transfer) in the background whilst still logging … the fact that I can continue to use FCP whilst the clips are being captured in the background is already fantastic, so caturing in the background whilst still loggging just makes it even better … by the time I’ve finished logging the whole disc, half of the clips have already been imported 🙂

[Andy Mees]

[Randy Rohde] “Anyone created a ducker for audio VO track to duck under music track?”

haven’t seen one for FCP. had a look to see if there was any Audio Unit plugin that might be usable but couldn’t find one of those either … Logic has a ducker but don’t know if it is compatible/available in FCP.

in the meantime there is one that I know does work … it’s called an editor 🙂 (sorry, couldn’t resist)

[Andy Mees]

[Blub06] “I don’t understand your use of the term blue ray.

what mschirad is saying seems pretty darn clear to me …

[Blub06] Ary you saying that the pro XDCAMHD decks dont work? I assume you know that XDCAMHD does not conform to blue ray specs.

no, he doesn’t say the decks don’t work, he said the XDCAM Transfer software for FCP, was not 100% reliable on Export
XDCAM does use blue-ray optical disc technology. it is not however compatible with the upcoming consumer standard commonly known as ‘blue ray’ … obviously we won’t be sticking them in our dvd drives.

[Blub06] Are you saying that you are trying to record an XDCAMHD timeline to a consumer Blue Ray product?

no, he doesn’t say that anywhere

[Blub06] When you say HDV stream, are you saying MPEG2 stream? Or is HDV stream not an MPEG2 stream? If HDV is an MPEG2 stream then you mean MPEG2 stream, right?

yes, HDV is encoded using an MPEG2 compression variant … by specifying HDV we are simply being informed that he was using the 25Mbps data rate which conforms to the HDV spec

[Andy Mees]

XDCAM HD is currently supported in FCP by Sony’s XDCAM Transfer plugin for direct file based transfer of disc based media, also by Flip4Mac’s MXF Import quicktime component … or via baseband using 3rd party HD-SDI input/output hardware

the direct file based transfer solutions are currently limited to using the 25 Mbps (SP) codec only (utilising FCP’s native HDV support) … support for native editing with XDCAM HD’s 18 Mbps, 35 Mpbs and Proxy codecs is tentatively projected for introduction around the IBC timeframe (nothing official, just best educated guess)

[Andy Mees]

how many vtr’s to you try this tape in ? will it still load in the camera ok ?

[Andy Mees]

[walter biscardi] “Funny how many editors I meet that just don’t think TC is all that important.”

those would be “people who own a NLE system” not “editors” … theres a lot of them about.
and thats exactly why our jobs are safe. owning a NLE system does not an editor make.

[Andy Mees]

thats fantastic. I want one.

I have a clear protector and it’s excellent. It was thrown in as an extra when I bought the MBP. Immediately thought “that won’t be any good, it’s bound to get in the way” … I was very happy to discover I was dead wrong. You dont even know its there.

Word of warning tho’ … should be OK for most MBP keyboards, but not all are the same. Some European keybaord layouts are quite different
https://www.re-pdf.com/~cla/macbookpro_return.jpg

[Andy Mees]

thanks Tony,

wasn’t at all aware it was so common, correction much apreciated

cheers
Andy