Chris Linke
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Highlight the clip that’s already at 6 dB and hit Cmd-V to copy it. Highlight all the clips you want to change to 6 dB and hit Opt-V and in the box that pops up, click on “Levels” and click OK.
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SubRip is a freeware program that will rip subtitles from an existing DVD. It can create four-color subpicture graphic files and generate a text file with the timecodes for each graphic. The text files can be made compatible with different DVD authoring systems. SubRip can also perform OCR if you need the actual text of the subtitles.
As for “menu files,” what exactly do you mean? SubRip can extract the menus’ subpicture overlays, since they’re just like subtitles. If you mean extracting the video backgrounds themselves, MPEG Streamclip is a good tool for that.
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Any chance this wonderful new timecode window can be onscreen during capture?
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We recently bought a Quantum A-Series LTO-3 drive, and it is outstanding. I did all the research you’re doing, and listened to a lot of folks, and this was simply a better, safer solution than hard drives (who hasn’t had one fail?) or optical media such as DVD-R or BD-R (too vulnerable).
The drive is a standalone unit that connects directly to our network via an ethernet cable. It has a built in FTP server, so you access it via an FTP program and drag and drop the files onto it.
The unit is a bit pricey, but the 400 GB cartridges are only about $35. That’s pretty cheap, so we keep two copies of each backup tape. Being an almost completely tapeless shop, being able to backup huge amounts of data quickly and easily is extremely valuable.
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Under the “Read only” box, click on the triangle next to details to expand the area. Click on the little lock icon next to the “Owner” box and then you can change the owner to yourself and give yourself read/write permission. In doing this, you may be prompted for your password. Enter it.
After you’ve changed and saved the plist file, change the permissions back to the way they were. That should take care of everything.
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Did you copy the installer onto your hard drive? I don’t know if it will work if your trying to change a file residing on a disk image.
If that’s not the problem, do a “Get Info” on the plist file and check the permissions. Make sure you’re allowed to read and write.
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Ditto. FCP’s lower-third tool leaves practically everything to be desired.
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A timecode break on a DVD is not uncommon, and doesn’t necessarily indicate a problem. The reasons for them are not important to your question, but you should choose to fix them in MPEG Streamclip and do not skip frames.
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You will need to perform minor surgery on the installer. If it’s not already there, copy the “Clip Browser” installer package onto your hard drive.
– On the file now on your hard drive, control-click and choose “Show Package Contents”. A window will open showing you a folder called “Contents”.
– Open the “Contents” folder. You will find a file called “Info.plist”. Open this file in TextEdit.
– You’ll see a bunch of key entries. A little ways down the list is an entry marked <key>IFPkgFlagAllowBackRev</key>. On the next line, replace the word “false” with “true” (no quotes).
– Save the file, then close the package window.Now when you run the installer, it will tell you that there’s a newer version, but this time it will allow you to install.
Chris Linke
PRC Digital Media
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What Primera product did you use that gave you such problems? I know the older one that had the rotating arm had a lot of problems, but the Primera BravoPro we’ve used for the last four years has been a champ.
As for “pressing” discs, that term refers to creating a DVD from a glass master, and screen printing the label onto the disc, just like the movies you buy at the store. And what Jon said is correct: more than 300 and it’s more cost-efficient to go with 500 or 1,000 pressed discs. I use a company called TW Media (https://www.twmedia.com/). They’re top-quality and extremely reliable.
Chris Linke
PRC Digital Media
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