[Anthony Popolo]

The blinking “cancel” just means that is what is selected. If you use the up/down or left/right (I forget which) the blinking “cancel” turns to a blinking “execute”, then press the select button (center of the circle), and the process will start.

[Anthony Popolo]

Ah, not such a crazy idea. I completely forgot there are RCA outs (I’ve never needed to use them). Good workaround. Thanks.
I was secretly hoping my problem was fixable through some hidden menu.

[Anthony Popolo]

Thanks. I thought of that and tried it. To my surprise, the attributes (drop shadow) DIDN’T go with them back into the browser!
It’s interesting that some things work like that (markers within a clip, for example), and some don’t.
I think the simplest solution is to just dedicate a video track in the timeline to those images (to make them easy to find later) and then just apply the attributes to them all at once (the old fashioned way) after all the editing is done! I guess I can’t be THAT lazy.

Thanks for the input!
A

[Anthony Popolo]

Yes, I’ve considered the hard drive route for archiving, but there are a couple of things that made me do the BD option. I know that hard drives are electromechanical things that DO fail, and with it, my archived footage would disappear. I like the idea of keeping the data separate from the machine that has to read it. I don’t know the longevity of the BD disc, but if I do have some irreplaceable footage, I may decide to put priceless archived BDs on a “re-cloning” schedule every so many years (or until a fail safe medium becomes commonplace).
The other thing is that when I was using tapes, my projects typically required me to use 80 minute tapes (live performances which always seemed to be a few minutes over 60 minutes), and the 80 minute tapes were normally about $8 each (instead of $2.50 for 60 minute tapes). BD blanks are coming down in price. I was paying $7 each, but I’m paying about $3.50 (at tapeonline.com).
Again, don’t know how much quality issue there is between BD discs. I’m not sure why this particular brand/package dropped in price so much, but it’s what I’ve been using at the higher price.
https://www.tapeonline.com/products/maxell-bd-r-bd-rpw

I’m coming up on about a year doing it this way and at some point I would like to compare my annual tape cost vs my annual BD cost. I’m thinking there is a cost savings with the BDs (again I was an 80-min tape hog). I also have to consider the upfront cost of the burner and SDHC cards too to see what the payback is.

Anthony

[Anthony Popolo]

Interesting. I’ll try to investigate. Thanks.
The 700 came with a “Media Manager” software CD, and I was hoping there was a function like that included, but couldn’t find one.
Thanks
A

[Anthony Popolo]

Hi Charlie,
Thanks for your response. I’ve thought about the time code, but might not understand whether it would help. Yes, it would give me a way to sync the clips in post, but it would still leave me with different break points for each camera’s file (unless the cameras both started recording at the exact same moment, making the break point at the same spot).

Maybe I’m missing something. Could you clarify?

Thanks
Anthony

[Anthony Popolo]

Hi Paolo,
Thanks for your feedback. Yeah, I considered exporting the clips “put together” (using Quicktime compressor right out of FCP), but now we’re looking at export time and hard drive space. One of the things I liked about the SDHC cards in FCP is that I was ready to edit right from the cards, not needing the time or drive space like I did with capturing tapes.
My current “patch” method, while tedious, might still be my preferred method for this reason.
I’m hoping there is some shortcut within FCP. I may try reposting there.
It’s nice to know that Premiere lets you multi-clip sequences. Something I may consider when I get tired of FCP.

Thanks!
Anthony

[Anthony Popolo]

This is the one I’ve got, which I bought last year. LaCie. It’s only a 2x drive, there are others out there doing 8x, which are probably coming down in price. You should probably shop around since it’s been a while since I bought mine. Just look for the same things you would look for to buy a standard dvd burner. BTW, the acronym “BD” just stands for “Blu-ray Disc”.
I buy my Blu-ray blanks from Tapeonline.com for about $7 each.

https://reviews.cnet.com/blu-ray-drives/lacie-d2-external-blu/4505-6512_7-32330473.html

[Anthony Popolo]

Thanks Scott!
I must have looked right past it when I checked before (I also didn’t know the name before).
I appreciate your follow-up!
Anthony

[Anthony Popolo]

Cool. Thanks