Chris Linke
Forum Replies Created
-
-
Wayne, could you clarify your statement? What precisely is “not recommended”? The buying of non-Mac RAM?
Chris Linke
PRC Digital Media
http://www.prcdigital.com -
[Greg Ondera] “Wouldn’t keeping it XDCam EX be just as good, or does the Apple ProRes allow you to pull it off the shelf without re-rendering for certain kinds of use?”
Even though we shoot in XDCAM EX, color correction and graphics demand better finishing quality. Uncompressed HD files are pretty darn big, and I find ProRes to be of sufficient quality for archiving. And yes, it’s easy to pull it off the shelf and bring into FCP for making dubs or DVDs.
LTO simply has so much going for it. HDCAM and DigiBeta decks can be expensive to maintain. More so than replacing an LTO drive. And at less than $30 for a 400 GB tape, LTO ends up being quite cost-effective.
Chris Linke
PRC Digital Media
http://www.prcdigital.com -
We shoot on XDCAM, so all our XDCAM raw media gets backed up to LTO tape. After the edit, we export QuickTime files of the program (Uncompressed 8b 4:2:2 for SD, ProRes 422 for HD), and then back those up to LTO as well.
Chris Linke
PRC Digital Media
http://www.prcdigital.com -
Not only a safe practice, but isn’t it required by the spec? Something to do with the there being no resume information if starting off with a menu?
Chris Linke
PRC Digital Media
http://www.prcdigital.com -
This thread broguht a little tear to my eye. Thanks.
Because of the old days, I still get butterflies burning a DVD at more than 1x!
-
I’ve been very happy with Verbatim 25 GB BD-R. For 50 GB dual layer, I use a hub-printable disc from Sony that I get from Japan for around $10/disc. Sorry I don’t have the part numbers handy, but I’ve not had any problems with these discs.
Chris Linke
PRC Digital Media
http://www.prcdigital.com -
Give this a try:
Instead of opening as a DVD, go to “File > Open Files…”, select VTS_01_1.VOB, and when asked if you’d like to open all the files together, click “Open All Files”. If asked to fix timecode breaks, do so.
Chris Linke
PRC Digital Media
http://www.prcdigital.com -
[John Fishback] “What about hooking a glass SD monitor to the analog outputs just to monitor interlacing?”
That will work. If there are any interlacing issues, whether 1080i or 480i, they’ll show up on the analog output.
Chris Linke
PRC Digital Media
http://www.prcdigital.com -
[David Grey] “We don’t usually need to monitor as everything is shot in 1080i”
I don’t know how 1080i negates the need for monitoring, but if you’re doing television work, you should always monitor.
Dave addressed your standards issue, but as for monitoring, the Intensity Pro will allow you to output directly to any HDMI-equipped monitor. I use it in a Windows/Premiere setup, but I understand it works fine on Mac Pros running FCP.
Chris Linke
PRC Digital Media
http://www.prcdigital.com