[Brent Critchfield]

Okay, that’s the problem. I’m editing in Premiere, so I don’t have the FCP codecs. One of the items in red on my list is the XDCAM HD and XDCAM EX (CBR) codecs. Since the HQ modes are VBR, and the SP modes are CBR, this would explain why I can’t play them.

So how do I get those codecs without having FCP? And would this also explain why I can’t view footage in QuickTime?

[Brent Critchfield]

It’s a Mac. I had to use SP to get Firewire out – I got stuck in a situation where I had to use the camera for a studio shoot before I felt really comfortable with it, so I recorded to OnLocation for a little extra confidence.

So let me see if I understand the purposes… you use ClipBrowser to transfer the footage from the card to the computer, then do your review, logging, etc in XDCAM Transfer?

[Brent Critchfield]

Yes, there’s a version marking on the back of the package in the lower right corner, however both of these cards are marked 3.2. My second card seems to be fine, so I’ll contact NewEgg for a replacement on the bad one.

Thanks,

Brent
Brentwood Video Productions
Brentwood, California

[Brent Critchfield]

I’m getting around it now by running the Adobe software under Parallels. All of the design tools (Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, etc) run fine, actually better than my Windows system. Haven’t tried editing yet. I hate having to still deal with Windows, though, especially when I have to install fonts on both systems and other stuff like that. It feels like a cheap workaround, and I know it would work so much better natively.

Thanks,

Brent
Brentwood Video Productions
Brentwood, California

[Brent Critchfield]

DVRack will do that. It drops you down to HDV quality and you’re tied to a laptop, but it would give you the capability you’re looking for.

[Brent Critchfield]

So am I understanding that the computer treats the TH2G as one output? It doesn’t recognize the three independent screens?

Thanks,

Brent
Brentwood Video Productions
Brentwood, California

[Brent Critchfield]

Actually, this is an unattended kiosk display. We’re displaying golf scores, leaderboards and advertising on multiple plasmas. The shows will run unattended once we have them in slideshow mode. Not having used the Matrox boxes, I’m assuming that I can assign the slideshow to whichever screen I want it on, correct?

If that’s the case, then the issue is doing it with the minimum number of computers possible to minimize hardware and software licensing costs.

And yes, I know Keynote is superior, but we’re hooking these presentations up to pull live data updates from Microsoft Access, so Mac isn’t an option.