Baz Leffler
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[Jon Barrie] “Way faster than unlinking and relinking file by file.”
Interesting you should say that … in Premiere if you block select a whole bunch of off line clips and select relink, after selecting the first clip it asks for it will automatically relink ALL the offline clips required from that folder; thats ONE TICK for Adobe!
So if all your clips are in the one folder it will relink the lot in one click.
BAz
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Congratulations Adobe and welcome to the 21st Century!
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John – I have done this in the past a few times.
What I did was use Procoder to batch convert all the uncompressed files to MS DV and then did the off line. The batch convert created dv files while maintaining the original uncompressed files.
After the DV off line was complete I told premiere to unlink all the media and then relinked to the uncompressed files.
Just remember to set the DV file timecodes to the same as the uncompressed files if you need an accurate EDL.
The solution using Procoder is just one way but its the batch processing that takes the tedium away from it all.
Baz
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I purchased a Panasonic 42″ HD plasma over 5 years ago and it hasn’t missed a beat – no need for techo’s here! And the picture still beats current Plasma’s today. I only wish HDMI or even DMI was invented back then….
Baz
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I have reported elsewhere in these forums that autosave in CS3 when exporting to tape will drop out the process. From my tests it doesn’t have the same problem when using the Premiere’s Serial control, which really is ProVTR in disguise. Just as a matter of interest Adobe finally listened to my complaints with their ‘Serial control’ and seemed to have fixed it; maybe they forgot to tell BMD of the changes to their plug in structure!
Baz
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Just another thought and something I have experienced before – and the clue is the ability to control the deck but get a ‘no comms’ error. The deck is controlled using RS422. This comprises of balanced send and balanced receive; 2 wires each way, phase inversed so as to cancel out any electrical glitches that could occur along the cable length. Ok so much for the theory!
I have had a faulty RS422 cable where one leg had come off and it worked OK on a Sony J3 but not on a DVW500; in your case it is the return data (status/handshake) that is not working. So try changing your cable. Otherwise it could be the card with the ‘one legged’ line.
Other than that I suggest you try some other deck controller and see where the problem exists.
Baz
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I got an adapter off ebay for $5.00 plus postage –
Baz
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The only way I now is using EDL export in Premiere and opening the EDL in FCP. Unfortunately you will have to then do a batch capture after that to retrieve your media.
Baz
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Make sure your RS422 cable is connected to the IN connector of the deck and NOT the OUT and make sure PARA RUN is off on the deck menu. Both those items are not part of the JH3 deck.
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[Tim Kolb] “I defend Adobe when someone says something about them “going under” due to some feature not being as they would like, or if they say that PPro is “unfit for anyone”…or when they say that Adobe’s development staff are “incompetent” or “stupid”. I work with a number of these people and they are none of the above.”
Tim – You are a relatively ‘passive’ guy at most times anyhow! (there are those quotes again!). The “incompetent” / “stupid” comments are against forum rules and the “going under” etc is what many wish as they feel Adobe deserve it. I have been guilty of some of this from time to time. I remember I use to pay out on Edius when it first came out almost to the point of being banned from the Canopus forums (and having some of my posts edited) but in the end they invited me into the beta testing team where I refrained from my nastiness; why? because at last I knew they were listening to me and taking me seriously. They took many of my suggestions on board and made me feel more of a team player than a team slayer. I have since moved on to Blackmagic and share a similar demeanour.
What I have noticed from being an avid reader of these forums is that when a real bug/deficiency is discussed many of the mainliners stay away. In some cases its because they have nothing to contribute, in others it may because its a hot potato.
I suppose what I was alluding to in all my indirectness was this –
if ‘unknowns’ visit these forums and say something is wrong then it seems to me that the Adobe people would most probably ignore them assuming inexperience and time wasters; whereas the more ‘prominent’ contributers (including the ones that get free pictures) have gained the respect of Adobe and at least get a look in. Its this imbalance that concerns me.Getting back on topic – yes I think all ‘timecode users’ do feel the pain with Adobe’s lack of knowledge on the subject and I also put it down to the way they have structured their plugin architecture but I am not here to make excuses as I no longer attend NAB and have never gotten a free dinner from Adobe (I got lots from Ampex, RCA and Sony back in the 80’s so I guess the floor space has changed a little since then).
But I have been thru the exact thing [videostream] experienced in an earlier post and while it can be fixed it is an unexpected delay when working to a deadline.
What I use to do as a workaround was to capture all my camera tapes in Sceneanalyser although it does not do a timecode recognition. Unfortunately I mostly work with digibeta in SD and HDCAM in HD and Sceneanalyser only works in DV so I off line in DV and for SD use a DAMAX (or MADRAS) to convert the SDI to DV which imbeds the timecode (using a Sony JH30 with the DV option would be a great benefit) and for HD work I have a Sony JH3 with the DV option. In a couple of weeks Colin will be releasing his new DVMP ‘Pro’ version which will be able to split captured DV files into their respective timecode breaks based on the DV metadata so I will finally get a true representation of each camera tape.
And finally in my workflow what I always do is render out a DV file of my final off line and use it as a reference in my on line. Once I have recaptured in full uncompressed resolution I place the off line DV file on top of the timeline with 50% opacity and scrub thru looking for irregularities. Call me anal but where I work people never remember your good jobs but they always remember your bad ones (not that I have ever done one – wink wink!)
Baz