[Chris Farrington]

Is this changing the project settings, or merely the playback settings? My concern is that we will have to master back to a Digital Intermediate so I don’t want to mess with any important frame information. There are no key codes. All the time-code relates back to another tape that has the key codes burned in. Do you know what affect your solution might have on the timecode/future EDLs?

[Chris Farrington]

Here’s the solution we’ve come to thus far.

The issue is that DV is inherently interlaced and client monitors are a problem when you’re coming out of a computer via firewire.
However, if we were to come out of a DVI port, like the ones the computer monitors are attached to, then the signal would not have that compression necessary for getting it through firewire.

So, if we go DVI out with an HDMI attachment to a TV, then our signal might get rid of that jagged look. At the very least, it will be much sharper.

So, we bought a video card with two DVI outputs. We have to upgrade to Leopard to make it work, though.

The solution came up because we thought “well, these computer monitors don’t show any interlacing, maybe a DVI slot where the signal comes straight from the video card might work.”

Of course, the only true solution would be to also buy a Progressive Scan monitor like the ones we currently have. But that’s a lot of money.

[Chris Farrington]

Hey John,

I read that article you posted and there was a disturbing notice at the top saying that after the article was written, something happened where you could not install Avid Media Composer 2.8.3 onto Leopard. You would have to download 2.8.1 to get it to work. What does that mean?

Can’t I just have 2.8.3 running on my machine and upgrade the OS without worry? Do I have to reinstall Media Composer?

[Chris Farrington]

Actually, the solution was pretty simple.
When exporting the EDL, one of the options is to sort the based on master or on source. It also automatically says “Audio Merged” with each of those options. I didn’t want to export an audio info, so I ignored this choice, but it turns out that it effects the video sorting also.

I just had to turn off all audio mapping at the bottom and I was all set.

[Chris Farrington]

Hey Bob,

THanks for the advice. The reason the post house asked for a flash to flash is we’re still in the early phases of cutting and he figured we could be changing the edits would change (but so could the takes so it was kind of a silly thing to ask for).

My solution was to create a new bin, select all the clips in the assembly in the timeline and drag them into that new bin. Then, I opened up each clip in the bin and removed the in and out points, then created a new sequence and dragged all those clips in at once from the bin. Then I exported an EDL of that sequence and got all the info I needed.

Thanks.

[Chris Farrington]

We’re taking over for another editor, so I can’t be sure what they did when they brought it in.
The frame rate of the sequence is 29.97.

The timecode has a “:” and not “;” in it. I forget which is which.

[Chris Farrington]

I agree.
This feature is getting all sorts of grants and breaks to happen, so skimping is the name of the game, sad to say.
However, I did look up one name you mentioned “Black Magic” and found they have a card that outputs an HDMI signal. If I installed that and went HDMI into the TV, would the interlace issue be solved?

[Chris Farrington]

Apparently, I just have to buy a conversion box. It takes a signal from firewire and coverts it to analog. About $230.