Andy Taplin
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I recently replaced my hard drive with a new one and mysteriously my import problem has not shown itself in the last week or so – too early to tell if it’s gone completely but M100 is importing more clips in one go without issue than before – curious as the new drive is just a bigger, faster clone of the old one. Perhaps another Voodoo solution?
Andy
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Paul
I have exactly the same problem although I’m using Media 100 13.0.4. My guess is that this is an issue with the XDCAM transfer software talking to Media 100 in which case it’s unlikely to get solved by Sony as they have zero interest in Media 100.
M100 might be able to create a fix if enough of us moan about it – how about it guys?
I now import 3 or 4 clips at a time and then save M100 after each, at least then when it crashes I’ve only lost a few clips. Like you, if I import the same clips again they go in with no issues, so it’s not a clip specific problem.
Sorry I could not give you a fix but at least you know it’s not the clips or your system.
Andy
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I think many of us would like to use the tools available to FCP. How about it Wickham?
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Thanks JIm
A way of linking timelines to tapeless media is pretty important I would say and it can’t be that difficult as long as the clip names and T/C stay the same. Not sure if FCP or Premier are any better in this respect?
It would be nice to hear from Media 100 about the chances of this in a future release.
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What is it about the quality that you don’t like?
One thing to bear in mind when down converting HD material to SD is the increase in aliasing (jagged lines and moire) as a result of taking a high-res image and squashing the resolution into SD. Some combinations of subject matter and compression system give poor results.
One thing you could try if it’s the increase in aliasing artefacts that is the problem is to slightly soften the image before compression in BitVice.
The simplest way to do this if you have After Effects is to apply a slight gaussian blur, or the interlace flicker filter (which blurs vertically) to soften the sharp edges that don’t always down convert cleanly.
Hope this helps.
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I’ve done something similar but it would be nice if the OS ‘knew’ you were using a wide gamut monitor and adjusted the graphics cards output accordingly to provide sRGB. Applications could also amend their colour spaces via preferences – this would be relatively easy to do!
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Indeed, I am monitoring via an HDLink so that’s not an issue. Wide gamut monitors are becoming the norm so it would be nice to have a solution for the desktop. I’d prefer Apple to provide an OS wide fix but I’m not holding my breath!
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As Floh says BitVice is quite good and will also do PAL to NTSC or NTSC to PAL conversions. If you want the best MPEG2 encoding available than check out Cinemacraft – the full programme is PC only (works with VMWare Fusion though) or there is now a plug in for Compressor – it’s expensive but the quality is unbeatable.
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I’m converting PAL video to NTSC MPEG-2 at 23.98fps using BitVice – which does a very nice job of converting the video but not the audio – hence the need to slow it down by 4.1%.
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Thanks Simon
I just tried it again by starting with a new clean project, opened the .aif, used Timestretch to lengthen by 4.1% and it worked!
I then saved as .aif and the saved/flattened file is indeed 4.1% longer so it but I’m not sure why it didn’t work before – I’ll try it a few more times to make sure I’ve nailed it but thanks for your prompt help.