[Chad Greene]

Shane, why should we consider MXF4Mac? How does it handle all the metadata fields? How does it handle transcoding?

Chad Greene Mahoney Media Group Minneapolis, Minnesota 2x3GHz Quad-Core, 4GB Ram, OS 10.4 FCP 6, Kona-LH

[Chad Greene]

Christian, have you found anything that helps? I have tried it on two different computers here, and was tempted to try to try an older version of FCP using an XML.

Chad Greene Mahoney Media Group Minneapolis, Minnesota 2x3GHz Quad-Core, 4GB Ram, OS 10.4 FCP 6, Kona-LH

[Chad Greene]

I am having some of these issues as well. The worst is the slow response times. Currently I am working on a 2 hour documentary consisting of three projects. Reel A, Reel B, and a Media project (I had to break it apart a few years ago because of its size). I am also working completely off shared storage. I am connected, via Fiber, to an Avid Unity LS.

Slowness
Yesterday it took 8 minutes to open all three projects, and switching from the finder to FCP took 1min 20sec. The day before my switch time was 55sec. When I watch the Activity Monitor, I can see FCP dump a load of Ram when I leave, and when I switch back it slowly reloads the ram before letting me work.

Renders
When I leave FCP and come back, I am still loosing renders like I was in 6.0.1

These are my most serious issues, but I am getting worried about the HD ProRes HQ stuff. I have played around with it, and am getting ready to Online the doc using HD ProRes HQ, but am wondering if this is workable or not. I have a mix of formats. Are there things I should be watching for so this goes smoothly?

Chad Greene Mahoney Media Group Minneapolis, Minnesota 2x3GHz Quad-Core, 4GB Ram, OS 10.4 FCP 6, Kona-LH

[Chad Greene]

We have a freelancer working on some shots for us, and I would like him to render out using proRes. He doesn’t have FCP 6. Is there a way I can get him the codec so he can render out of AE with it?

Chad Greene Mahoney Media Group Minneapolis, Minnesota 2x3GHz Quad-Core, 4GB Ram, OS 10.4 FCP 6, Kona-LH

[Chad Greene]

Gary Adcock had the solution. Thanks Gary.

couple of things
when installing a new version of QT most of you prefs reset, and you may need a newer version of the kona driver.

my guess is that the View > External Video > Off

when it should be set to View > all frames.

gary adcock
Studio37
HD & Film Consultation
Post and Production Workflows

Chad Greene
Mahoney Media Group
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Dual 2GHz G5, 2GB Ram, OS 10.3.9
FCP 5.0.4, Kona-HL

[Chad Greene]

Gary, once again you have given me good advice. Thank you.

Chad Greene
Mahoney Media Group
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Dual 2GHz G5, 2GB Ram, OS 10.3.9
FCP 5.0.4, Kona-HL

[Chad Greene]

I should have added that when I open the capture window, I see video, but not when I am playing a timeline.

Chad Greene
Mahoney Media Group
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Dual 2GHz G5, 2GB Ram, OS 10.3.9
FCP 5.0.4, Kona-HL

[Chad Greene]

I should have added that when I open the capture window, I see video, but not when I am playing a timeline.

Chad Greene
Mahoney Media Group
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Dual 2GHz G5, 2GB Ram, OS 10.3.9
FCP 5.0.4, Kona-HL

[Chad Greene]

If the timecode can be off by 1-2 frames, can you tell me at what stage this happens? Does it happen at the initial capture or the second capture?

Right now I can only capture from a Canon XL-H1 (no RS-422), but when it is time for the next round, there might be an RS-422 option.

If the slipping can happen during the first capture, then it won’t mater if the second capture uses RS-422 or not correct?

Chad Greene
Mahoney Media Group
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Dual 2GHz G5, 2GB Ram, OS 10.3.9
FCP 5.0.4, Kona-HL