Clint Fleckenstein
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One thing I’ve wondered about, since bitrate is a constant (well, it’s VBR, but it is 35Mb regardless of format) … don’t you get a lot more compression on 1080p? In which case, perhaps you’d get sharper motion etc. from a 720p30 frame than 1080. I haven’t done any comparisons but I’m curious if anyone has. All other factors aside it’d be interesting how compression comes into play in the 720 vs 1080 discussion.
Cf
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Amen to what Don said. Imagine that all you have are the Quicktime files, which are in an Apple-only XDCAM codec that comes only with Final Cut Studio. Then you get a call from a client who needs their footage in MXF format to cut on an Avid. You’re hosed until you find a way to transcode all that footage.
We keep our material on a pair of RAID units until the project is completed. Upon ingestion we burn it to optical discs as well (XDCAM discs, in our case) and keep those in a huge fire safe, soon to be located off-site. Once a project has been completed we move its footage from the RAID it’s on to an external hard drive. If it’s something we will likely use again we just keep it on the RAID.
The goal is to always have one mechanical archive (hard drive) and one non-mechanical (optical disc) in addition to spinning on the RAIDs. We just bought a new building so the off-site thing is still on the horizon.
Cf
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I’ve seen something like this happen before when the camera turned toward some really bright light. It’s as if the sensor was being “overloaded” or something. When the camera panned away from the bright spot (in this case a sunlit window) the effect was gone.
Cf
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What’s nice is that they have been getting significantly cheaper. If I remember correctly, you can get a 32GB SxS Pro for what an 8GB card cost when they first came out…
Cf
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Sounds like the office geek at the vendor tried to do it, maybe didn’t know about the “hidden” USB maintenance port, and bricked the sucker.
Cf
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I have seen some very strange things happen when viewing footage through Final Cut Pro on a computer monitor. This may be the source of your issue.
Cf
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I don’t remember the Sony reader working with USB-based SDHC card adapters. Then again, I’m not sure how many third-party readers deal well with the SxS architecture either, as Craig said.
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Thanks, Don. Yep, we use CatDV to keep a library of our footage thanks to the feedback received here in this forum. Due to the nature of our projects, workflow, and all that, it works best for us as an archiving tool. The machine that runs CatDV and the RAIDs is where we do our rewrapping to MOV. A typical day might go like this:
– Return to base and use Clip Browser to stuff footage on the RAID using Clip Browser (CRC);
– Review/rewrap in XDCAM Transfer;
– Archive to XDCAM Disc (PDW-U1);
– Log file locations, talent, shooter, all that jazz in CatDV.
We have the Calibrated Software MP4 codec on this machine to make Quicktime and CatDV play nicely with the XDCAM EX footage. This machine has Final Cut Express on it but in all honesty I can’t remember the last time we used it.
Cf
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Yeah, we can’t forget that many XDCAM folks still shoot on those spinny things 😉
I’m bummed to hear that you need FCP running to rewrap to MOV with the new software (which I haven’t downloaded yet). We consolidate our footage on a set of RAIDs managed by an iMac. Footage is reviewed and rewrapped on that machine, then the Quicktimes are pulled to/by whichever edit station requires them. That means we’re not using FCP at that stage at all. Looks like we’ll stick with the existing apps for now, then.
Still, it’s a step for Sony. You can’t handle everybody’s needs at once…
Cf
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That’s in your AUDIO INPUT menu, all the way at the bottom if I remember correctly. I use that all the time to put one feed into both channels.
Cf