Bob Tompkins
Forum Replies Created
-
Sorry for being so sensitive and thanks for the spirited discourse.
I would love to get my end-users to use H.264 and at some point in the future I probably will but for now in my “walled ‘macphobic’ garden” I need to send them their files in a format that they will use without whining.
I have found a Flip for Mac set-up that seems to work for now. I am decreasing the size to 960×540 which is fine for them. 29.97, bit rate 1500, best quality two pass VBR. A two minute clip is about 25 MB which is reasonable. There is no choppiness or horizontal smearing. It really looks great actually.
I also think I am going to stick with interlaced for now. My footage always involves fast hand and instrument movement so I may benefit from that.
Thanks again Craig and Greg for your help.
-
Thank you, Greg.
-
[Craig Seeman] “When there’s an easy way and a wrong way why do people pull something apart and make it wrong? Sorry but I can’t even fathom the reasoning.”
Why do you have to be so condescending? I get it. You know it and I don’t. That is why I asked the question in such a humble fashion.
I will use the easy set-up and try not to be so stupid the next time.
[Craig Seeman] “Are you assuming they don’t have Quicktime installed?
Are you assuming that they don’t have Windows 7 as Windows Media Player 12 can play H.264 files?
I always ask the client first since H.264 is now pretty much universal if they plan on doing anything more than screening on their desktop. H.264 works in Flash, Silverlight, Quicktime, WMP12, HTML5 and depending on the settings, iDevices as well. WMV on the other hand is limited to WMP, Silverlight, Flip4Mac for Mac users and that’s about it. “I know that the majority of my end users do not have Quicktime and I know that the 130,000 people in the company use Windows XP and will not have Windows 7 before Windows 8 comes out. H.264 is not a reliable option for me. That is why I asked for advice on WMV.
I shot interlaced because I like to shoot at what I felt was the highest setting. Storage space is not an issue and my output is not always web. Again, I am learning and I thought this Forum might be a good place to become more informed.
Once again I ask, is anyone successfully converting XDCAm footage to WMV and what sort of settings are you using?
-
Make sure to read the instructions on how use XDCam transfer.
-
The Sony program is called XDCam Transfer is is available on the Sony site. I am sure the link is here somewhere. If using Final Cut it must be opened from Log and Transfer to work correctly. Download the DFU’s form the website. They are very helpful.
-
I am using e-films MxR readers and the Transcend 32 GB SDHC cards. I have recorded, ingested and formatted multiple times over the last month and have not had a problem yet. I do get the scary “Restore Media” message every now then which I don’t understand or like but I don’t think it has anything to do with the cards.
I don’t think the Sony ones are any better than any other but it is nice for them to acknowledge that you don’t need to use the SxS cards to record.
-
I have been ingesting SDHC using a Verbatim USB card reader (which I think everyone has) for three weeks now and I think it is pretty darned fast and efficient. I have been using the CRC function of Clip Browser and really have been amazed at how fast it is. I have not decided on my final ingest tool yet (I bought a Sonnet QIO which does not work with my 64 bit Mac Pro) but this is working fine for now.
-
Make sure you have the right drivers…..
-
Have not heard of 10.6.4 but 10.6.3 and XDCam Transfer and Clip Browser and FCP work flawlessly together.
-
I agree with Craig. In order to properly ingest properly you should be using either Clip Browser or something like Shotput Pro to copy the entire BPAV folder and use the “CRC check” feature while doing so. This can take a while to do. You only have to use one set of files to make this very worthwhile.