[Ben Oliver]

i hear you, i wish i had the time in most cases. im working on a documentary that has over 90 hours of dv footage at this point, we started shooting in february, and its going to be finishes early july….theres just not enough time in the world, with my part time job (also editing) to watch it all. it also helps that i shot most of the footage, so i was able to review it as i captured it, lol!

thanks for the input,

-ben

[Ben Oliver]

uh oh…whos gonna call the apple police!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i think apple would make a killing by charging like, 200 doillars for a license that allows 2 computers at once, and incrementally up.

i have a feeling a lot of places just unplug there network cables, and get to work.

[Ben Oliver]

i guess it all depends on one’s take, i personally like to do my note-taking, etc, after everythings been captured, find it easier to do that way. i guess the fact is that you need to find a system that works for you. one can be very organized even with hour long clips captured, it all depends on how you like to organize your work. i have a very fast memory, so finding a clip in an hour long tape, is easier for me than most, maybe.

it also depends on the type of project, i mainly do documentary work, so having the entire hour, in one clip, is beneficial cause it helps me remember the order of things, easier then if i split it all up.

so think about the project yoru about to embark upon, come up with a plan. do evertything you can to backup as you go.

[Ben Oliver]

honestly, i tend to be lazy and import everything in 1 hour segments….even gone as far as to digitize in 3 hour segments a few times.

then i just chop i up and go from there, never used dvd start/stop detect ever.

i know my editing teachers would turn over in there grave, but well, it gets the job done. ive been editing for about 5 years now, and never lost a clip of footage, or had an issue with this.

unless its a film where there are slates, ive never batch captured. its worked for me. thats my 2c’s

[Ben Oliver]

you could also buy a used system off of ebay/craigslist for less money, to use until you can afford an intel, when the come out!

[Ben Oliver]

as far as monitors, i LOVE my dual 23inch dells….i hear they are the same inside as the apple screens, just cheaper, and black.

[Ben Oliver]

hmm…if its a party

find a good version of the song in the background (even if it is live music, it could work ive snced many lived bands to there studio recorded track) sync it up using the waves (if you hear an echo, your not synced) then play with the two levels (your original and the sweet sounding master)

if you do it right, it could work well..

also, hum remover works wonders.

[Ben Oliver]

i always just sync to slates, even in videoworld……..

[Ben Oliver]

yeah, hate to say it, but the culture of podcasting, youtube, is here. yes, there need to be standards, but soon us video editors aren’t going to have jobs.

were all filters, thats just about it. a film/video is not a codec or a format, its an emotion.

most people dont care about this stuff, heck, i just downloaded and watched the first two seasons of lost on my television, streamed from my ipod. it was great, took an hour to download, and i had 2 weeks of entertainment, and didnt need to leave my house. (i was ill, not lazy!)

its like the old days. the guy who never learned digital where i work, is going to be replaced. im a 25 year old kid, who just beat out a 40 year veteran cause, i know how to use a computer.

mp3 in the timeline, podcasts. fcp needs to stay with the needs of the people and users. im sure the few of us who would like this feature, would love to have it added, and i am sure someday it will, as will most things. being able to work quicker, with minimal amount of quality loss, is he way of he future. disposable media is here. and by disposable, i mean, we as users watch once, then never return. we could see it, we could hear it, thats all we need, life moves too fast.

[Ben Oliver]

i agree that it is not currently supported, no kidding.

but as a user that switched to FCP, mostly cause of apple computers, not the software, i enjoyed using the ability to seamlessly use mps files in my timelines. its faster, and drag and drop.

these forums are monitored by apple, so the more i make my opinion understood, the more likely, or at least the more likely the idea will develop in the future.

i work part time at harvard university. i can’t tell you the number of times clients/professors/students have asked me to convert realmedia files to dvds, quicktime web video to dvds, dvd to vhs, and yes, put mp2’s in the timeline for there dvd projects.

fcp needs this usability. fear not, the world of editing will not fall apart, and when your watching the sopranos, you won’t hear pops. its a bit of usability that would be fantastic.

vegas video required that you use .wav 16bit uncompressed audio, however it allowed you to use the file in the timeline, without rendering, and being annoying. AHHh, this debate is getting silly. lol