Chris Babbitt
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You can assign a different command, such as Control F10 to Expose’ in Preferences so it doesn’t conflict with FCP F10.
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Yes, very true. In fact, I believe you need this newest version in order to be able to use the new Macbook Pro.
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Look in the Browser. Is there a check mark next to “Anamorphic” for each clip? If not, check it. That should do the trick.
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You need the SxS Device Driver Software located on the CD that came with the camera. Page 111 of the owners manual.
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I bought two from Amazon (Blue Proton) for $36 each. It looks like the price has increased since then. Everything, including packaging appeared to be legit, and the cards work fine.
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I have been using the SM1. It is actually made in India by Sonia. I bought mine from a dealer on E-Bay for around $50 including shipping. It is well made and does the job. The only drawbacks are that you need to be careful if you are out of breath, because your breathing will transfer to the camera through the chest support. Also, there is no tilting mechanism, so in order to tilt the camera, you must tilt your body, since the bracket is rigid. Another option might be the DV-Rig Jr. which is the little brother of the Multi-Rig. It is a much simpler contraption, consisting of just the spring-loaded rod, belt and holster, with a small pan-tilt head on top. I have one for sale, if you are interested.
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I’m working with 1080 60i files and encoding at 20 mbps avg. and 25 max.
It’s an HDV file, so I guess there is no point in going higher than 25 mbps.
I’m not familiar with TSMuxer. Can you do any kind of authoring with this program? -
So far, I have done a couple of 2 hour programs and the video and audio are excellent. I have not tried H.264. My audio is AC3 @ 192 kbps. The secret is to make sure your settings in Toast exactly match the properties of your video and don’t rely on the automatic settings. I also tried burning a couple of Blu-Ray DVDs (BD5), but they won’t play on my Samsung BDP-1400 player.
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Since I last posted here, I have gotten excellent Blu-ray results by encoding in Compressor (Mpeg2) and muxing/burning in Toast 10. The secret to preventing Toast from re-encoding is to make all the settings in Toast manually rather than selecting “Automatic.”
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Videoguys.com has a bundle with the same Pioneer 203 drive, a USB enclosure and 5 Verbatim BR-Rs and a BD-R Rewritable for $300. I bought this and it works great. I don’t know that there would be any speed benefit with Firewire 400 or 800 when burning the current 4x media.