[Buck Miller]

My two cents is also that Media100 is the most intuitive. I moved to FCP a couple of years ago and am now considering going back to Media100, since I already own two contracts.

I do not know about availability of tutorials, but I agree that those would be very helpful. I use them all the time for other applications. Perhaps that could be a class project – to make tutorials for other students.

[Buck Miller]

It will be tonight, but I will try all of these things. Great ideas. I will let you know if any of these work. Thanks again.

Buck

[Buck Miller]

Thanks David. No, I am not trying to start at the beginning of the tape. It is really about in the middle. I can capture a minute at a time, and edit that together, but as you can imagine, that will take some time with three 30 minute tapes to do. I am not SURE that drop frame is the issue, I just assume it is because all other tapes have been non-drop and I have been able to capture them fine.

Buck

[Buck Miller]

Thanks guys.
Jeremy, I am using the Xserve RAID drives.

Shane, in the “Capture Presets” tab of the “Audio/Video Settings”:

The Preset is: AJA Kona LH: 525 29.97 10 Bit

When I click on Edit:
Frame Size: 720 x 486 CCIR 601 NTSC (40:27)

QuickTime Video Settings:
Digitizer: AJA Kona 10-bit Digitizer
Input: 525i29.97 (720×486)
Compressor: Uncompressed 10-bit 4:2:2
Quality: 100%
FPS: 29.97

Quicktime Audio Settings:
Device: AJA Kona
Input: (grayed out)
Format: 48.000 kHz 24-bit 8-chan

Capture Card Supports Simultaneous Play Through and Capture IS checked
Remove Advanced Pulldown and/or Duplicate Frames from FireWire sources IS NOT checked
Hight-Quality Video Play Through IS checked

Under the “Device Control Presets” tab (I use a Sony 1800):

The Preset is AJA Kona LH NTSC Sony VTR

When I click on Edit:

Protocol: Sony RS0422
Audio Mapping: 2 channels
Time Source: LTC+VITC
Port: Kona Serial
Frame Rate: 29,97
Default Timecode: THIS IS GRAYED OUT!

Use Deck Search Mechanism IS checked

Capture Offset: -2
Handle Size: 00:00:00;00
Playback Offset: 00:00;00

Hope this helps. Thanks!

[Buck Miller]

Wow. You guys are just too helpful with this info. Yes it is a MacBook Pro 17″ 2.16Ghz, 2GB. Shane, do you know if the Mini is shipping? Did not seem to be the case when I sent to the G-Tech site. Of course, I can call tomorrow. And guys, what does a SATA drive config like FirmTek give you that the FW800 does not in this case: Just more streams of video – and how many? I do not know alot about SATA at this time. Thanks again for all your help.