Bobby Mosaedi
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word on the street here is that bitvice is the best way to get media100i video files converted to MPEG-2 for the best quality, color reproduction, etc. again you have everything you need already to do what you need to get going, so if you get fed up with the results astarte is giving maybe you get bitvice.
i dont think bitvice has released a universal version yet, so i would maybe hold out until they release that so if you end up getting a new CPU or something it will work on your new equipment and be optimized to take advantage of intel chips.
also a.pack will do your ac-3 conversion. i think its as easy as dragging and dropping your audio/video file and hitting encode.
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you can also turn on your video preview to your monitor in AE and it will output what you will see when you play back your rendered file back in m100.
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dvd studio pro is not a bad app. you can definitely use it to create some good DVD’s. the only thing about it is that it does not come with menu presets or encoding options, so all of your content (menu and media) must be prepared outside of DVDSP. You can design your own menu graphics in photoshop, along with the buttons and their states, and import the PSD’s into DVDSP and select by layers the textures for your buttons.
theres a ton of stuff out there that can help you with this just do a search for DVDSP1 and how to prep photoshop files for menus
also encoding your videos with compressor can give you pretty good results, you just have to do what others have already said and test a few short clips and adjust the brightness, contrast etc. also remember that if you dont encode your audio to AC3 you will have to reduce your video bitrate to compensate for larger PCM audio. im not sure what DVDSP1’s audio requirements were…
You alrady have all the stuff you need to create a good-looking DVD. the only thing you’re missing from DVDSP is the simplicity of being able to encode average-looking MPEG2 files and some ok-looking menu presets all in the same program.
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to answer simply: yes.
media100HD is a capable of controlling, capturing, editing and mastering back to HDCAM decks with no problems at all. You can select from a variety of codecs depending on your quality and drive space requirements. Compared to SD, HD files take up more space and require more CPU support to process the media, so i hope you have considered a newer computer as part of your upgrade process. You also may want to have an HD monitor to replace your SD preview monitor.
Media100 is fully functional on all of apples current lineup of computers being sold, so your upgrade path should be a relatively simple process.
Even if you purchase media 100 producer (for a macbook pro) you can still capture HDCAM footage as Standard-Def DV through the deck’s firewire output to cut an offline that can be used to recapture online the HD version at a desktop machine
If you will still be cutting a lot of SD from analog sources, like BetaSP I recommend getting the media100 HDe. It has both analog and digital inputs making it more flexible to edit from legacy machines and the newer, all digital ones being sold today.
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you’ll have no issues with frame rate, because you’ll have to acquire using HDSDI anyways, which the deck will apply the automatic pulldown to 29.97. no issues , except maybe when batching. media100HD seems to have trouble cueing up clips on the XDCAMHD PDW F70 model. if you have issues, change media 100’s device control from “use deck’s cue” to “fast cue”
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yes. just select a native 720×480 codec in your media settings, such as dv or dvcpro. stay away from media100i and media100hd codecs if you want to be doing dvd exports with apple programs, such as idvd or compressor.
bobby
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i actually ran live content off of it through a DV deck, worked fantastic. Once you get your notebook you can test the product for free from media100, or even use the beta which is also free.
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[Floh] ” the “Auto” setting does not work very reliable”
so does that mean i’ll always be going lower? isnt all 720×480 material lower field first? for me i was only able to get a good playback when choosing “auto” … when i set it to lower, i would get “choppy” playback on set-tops. i guess ill do some more experimenting…. thanks floh
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it would be worth having all three. im not so sure im going to jump back on the premiere bandwagon, but i am interested to see the integration between premiere and after effects and also the new color application and soundtrack 2 in the final cut studio . as long as m100 doesnt take away the export function, im happy. but there is no huge loss in owning all three suites. they’ll probably help you, since media100 doesnt really have a “suite” of their own yet, unless you count RED, which is also pretty good.
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apple has made significant improvements to the final cut line, particularly by adding color, which used to be final touch HD. that program alone is worth the price of the purchase. soundtrack pro 2 is pretty hot too. i did see with my own eyes final cut ingest XDCAM, dvcproHD 720, and dv footage and mix it all in the same timeline with no hiccuping, so looks like we cant crap all over that FCP feature anymore, but i didnt see anything that looked like the media manager has had a rehaul, something that has made me stay away from FCP altogether.