Dave Friend
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In the U.S., tone should be set to -20dBfs and the max program peak should be no more than -9dBfs. Normal speaking voice level peaks at about -12dBfs.
Hope this helps.
Dave
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[Hammerdown] “Why doesnt it automaticly detect the size of the bin window and adjust accordingly?”
A good question. You can use the project window’s fly-out menu (triangle at the top right of the project window) to “clean up” the display. This command can be assigned to a hot-key combo via keyboard mapping too.
Dave
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The answer is affected by how you intend to use the exported file. Without that info it’s kind of hard to answer.
Dave
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If you have QuickTime Pro (and I bet you do) then the best thing would be to use the QT and export it as an AVI using the DV/DVCPRO settings. He will be able to import this directly into Premiere as easily as you import mov files into FCP.
He will be able to import and use the QT file type you propose but it will not be as clean or as fast as the avi would be.
I was just wondering if QT Pro on the Mac has the avi export option. Does it, or is that only on the Windows version?
Dave
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Sarah,
“Are you sure this drive is mac compatible.”
We have used Quantum DLT drives on our mac (G4, OS9) authoring workstations for years. (We are authoring with the old Sonic DVD Producer system.)I do not see why these drives would not work on G5s and OS X. They are standard SCSI devices and I am not aware of any firmware or other factors that differentiate mac vs. “other” systems models.
If you haven’t done so already, perhaps you can find peace of mind by asking your question on the COW’s DVD Studio Pro forum.
Dave
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I am not sure I understand what you mean my “get larger in size.” Please elaborate.
I suspect what you are looking for might require multiple background images. It can done, but
could get tedious depending on the quantity of buttons. A better understanding of what you want to achieve will make it easier to help.Dave
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Quantum 4000 or 7000 models will do nicely. The older (and slower) 4000’s can be found used at very reasonable prices.
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What is it you want to do?
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[Jedi Shaun] “I can only burn a 60 Minute DVD at high quality?”
You are not limited to the default encoding templates that come with DVD Workshop. You can modify them to be whatever bitrate works best for length of your show. If you need help try posting on the Ulead DVD Workshop COW.
You will need to study up on and figure out the appropriate bit budget for the project so that you can encode to mpeg2 at the best possible bitrate. Google for “DVD Bit budget” to get more learning opportunities than you’ll know what to do with.
My bitbudget calculations for a 100 min show suggest a VBR encode with max @ 9.6Mb/s, Average @ 5.8Mb/s, and minimum @ 3.5Mb/s as the bitrate parameters. These numbers assume Dolby stereo audio encoded at 192 Kb/s. This does not include the space needed for motion menus or other assets that might be part of the project. So don’t use my numbers without accounting for everything that will be on the disc.
I might suggest that you export the mpeg2 right from the PPro timeline as opposed to exporting an avi and then having DVD Workshop do the encode. If you do this (and use DVD WS) you can tell DVD WS to NOT conform the files to the encoding template. The mpeg2 encoder PPro uses is, IMO, better than the one that DVD WS uses. The mpeg files exported from PPro will import into DVD WS just fine.
[Jedi Shaun] “all imported clips are “titles” when I need them to be chapters”
You can make it behave exactly as you want. Again, the Ulead DVD WS Cow is the place to go for “how-to” answers.
Hope this helps.
Dave
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[mark palmos] “megabits?”
Mark,
If it helps at all remember that DV is 25mb/s which translates into about 13GB per hour of drive space – including stereo audio.
As far as translating to kb/f here’s my take on it. This is probably based on incorrect assumptions but it’s probably not too far off.
Start with 25,000,000 bits per second;
Assume 8 bits per byte for 3,125,000 bytes per second;
At the PAL frame rate of 25fps you get 125,000 bytes/frame or 125kB/f.IMO, I-frame mpeg looks as good if not better than mjpeg. Using 25Mb/s for off-line work seems wholly adequate to me.
Dave