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Brian Groves
December 30, 2020 at 9:40 pm in reply to: Moving groups down in the stack

Wow. So easy. Thank you!
Brian Groves
October 30, 2020 at 2:35 pm in reply to: FCP X Import from Canon C100 AVCHD

Thanks for this. I wasn’t aware of that setting… however the difference between the quality of the two clips was another issue. The fix is mentioned in the response to the other suggestion below.
Brian Groves
October 30, 2020 at 2:34 pm in reply to: FCP X Import from Canon C100 AVCHD

Thank you for validating (my old) workflow. I have been waiting to upgrade from ClipWrap to Edit Ready, since I am still running Mojave (So that my Media 100 still works for legacy projects). By the way, aside from the lack of ability to keep files in their original folders, I discovered an old thread that explains why the quality looks so bad. Apparently, when FCP X imports AVCHD files that are progressive, it labels the files as interlaced. This can be fixed by going into the inspector, going down to Settings and changing the field dominance override to Progressive. Seems like a major bug either with Canon or Apple, but given the other info you have provided, I will stick with the external conversion in ClipWrap or Edit Ready, since there is more control over conversion settings. Thanks for the response! Somehow I knew that transitioning from one edit environment to another wouldn’t come without quirks.
Brian Groves
February 5, 2016 at 5:33 pm in reply to: Media 100 and Apple Motion fighting for control of AJA card

Hi Jon,

Sorry I did not see your post sooner… I have had a busy week. I will probably try to reinstall Media 100 to see if that solves the problem. SOmething has clearly gotten messed up with permissions or something. I will let you know if it works.
Brian Groves
July 10, 2015 at 5:13 pm in reply to: Media 100 HD audio export levels

Many thanks Robert and Floh. Nice to know there are still Media 100 folks out there!

Brian
Brian Groves
July 10, 2015 at 4:41 pm in reply to: Media 100 HD audio export levels

Ah Haaaahhh!

Just got this to all sink in. The “Balanced Audio” level of the Kona out vs the unbalanced from the mac makes perfect sense. The “embarrassing” part of this is that when editing, I do two things… I am always watching the audio levels via the audio window, and I shoot for having my levels stay between -20db and -10 db. This seems to keep digital VO files that I capture from clipping and it keeps purchased music from clipping after bringing the audio way down. I create my “mix” between the two so that they “look” fine on the meters and I can change the actual flow to the speakers to be whatever I feel like in the moment… knowing that as long as the levels show healthy head room, all will be well.

However, virtually every project that I create anymore ends up on a customers website or YouTube channel. When I listen to these exported files on my laptop before I upload them, they always seem much quieter than what I typically hear on YouTube or websites. I have been scolding myself for somehow not doing things right. I guess the trick is to keep doing exactly what I do… but perhaps add a step to boost and normalize the audio as a final step.

Does this “sound” correct? Pun intended.

Brian
Brian Groves
July 9, 2015 at 7:40 pm in reply to: Media 100 HD audio export levels

Hello,

Thank you for your interest. I have tried to simplify things a bit. Here is where I get confused… all mixers and speakers aside.

If I purchase a track from a royalty free music house (Premiumbeats.com), and simply import it and place it on my timeline… Media 100 shows that the audio is WAY overblown… pegged in Red, lots of distortion, etc. So, in Media 100, I bring down the level of the track to -12 or -14db. It then “shows” the track playing where you would want it to… -20db to -10db in the audio window. When I then go to export that track and just play it as a quicktime movie or in iTunes… it sounds too quiet. So why does the “import” via Media 100 (no speakers, just digitizing) blow up the volume so far?

Brian

P.S. Visited Maui back in March. No place like it.
Brian Groves
July 9, 2015 at 5:27 pm in reply to: Media 100 HD audio export levels

I have a Mackie Mixer and a Kona LHi card. Audio out from Media 100 goes to the Kona… I monitor by sending the audio from the CPU to the mixer, the audio from the Kona to the mixer, and the output of the mixer goes to my speakers.

The part I can’t figure out is… when listening to iTunes… my CPU “level” on the mixer channel is at a certain level. When editing, my Media 100 “level” on the mixer is about the same. If I pump audio from a deck or Bluray player into the mixer, once again, the audio level on the mixer channel is about the same. But when I export and play that movie using the CPU channel… large audio drop.

Any ideas?
Brian Groves
June 20, 2012 at 4:22 pm in reply to: Media 100 Suite wont play SD clips

Great News,

You are right… somewhere in the last few months, I upgraded to 10.6.8 without really thinking about it. In looking deeper into it, Apple released a software update called 10.6.8 v1.1, which has an unspecified set of fixes for “professional tools” such as FInal Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, etc. Upon installing this update, all is now well. Good thing that Apple broke it’s own software in addition to Media 100 or I don’t think I would have had a solution. Thanks for the insight!
Brian Groves
October 12, 2011 at 12:24 am in reply to: Media 100 HD V2.0.1 Export Import Color shift problem

Solved my own problem. When you import a movie rendered by After Effects (or even simply exported from Media 100) there is an option at import time to interpret the color space as “computer” 0 – 255 or video which is a narrower range. The movie needs to be imported with the “computer” setting and then the color looks fine.

Brian Groves