[Dom Silverio]

Did you recently upgraded your QT and/or iTunes?

QT 7.5.5 broke our Log and Capture. It does the same thing for HDV/M2T files.

[Dom Silverio]

[Mark Raudonis] “Prior to 1991 and the premiere of “The Real World”, reality TV was called “documentary”.”

Isn’t that making a distinction through semantics? Not to mention the term was probably created for marketing purposes. I mean does ‘romantic comedy’ did not exist until the 1990s?

[Mark Raudonis] “It was MTV’s “The Real World” that was the first to combine documentary production technique with the storytelling style of episodic soap operas, edited in a music video style.”

But that is just one style of reality TV production. COPS is not a reality show because it did not use popular music?

[Mark Raudonis] “The flood of imitations that followed only confirmed that a new genre had been created.”

Or popularized?

PS – sorry for the mistake. I did it refer to it correctly earlier in the post.

[Dom Silverio]

[Dom Silverio] “Again, I don’t deny that Reality World started the modern craze but it was definitely NOT the start of reality TV – not by a long shot.”
correction

[Dom Silverio]

Mark,
Although I understand the importance of the Real World in the reality TV landscape, saying you guys invented the genre is something I disagree with. There has been reality TV programming since the 1940s (albeit small amount). The show COPS preceded Real World by 2 years if I am not mistaken. There was also a PBS reality show in the 1970s about an American family. Again, I don’t deny that Reality World started the modern craze but it was definitely the start of reality TV – not by a long shot.

Sorry for hijacking…
On topic…. workflow for reality shows varies from show to show. Editors tends to be more autonomous than fictional editors. The workflow is very similar to docs – a lot of footage, long hours, and good music selection.
For certain shows a good grasp of FX (Boris, Sapphire, etc) is necessary. O yeah – sense of humor.

[Dom Silverio]

It is fine for previewing your edits. Performance is purely based on the power of your Mac and storage – CPU being the most important.
For final output I would not use it even if you render as the frame rate conversion and resizing is of poor quality when compared to hardware solutions. For example, 24 to 30i seems to apply an incorrect pulldown conversion. 720 to 1080i is soft compared when using Aja or Blackmagic hardware.

[Dom Silverio]

Feel sorry for you dude – I can’t believe at the advice some of this people are saying.

Basically, the Extreme moniker signifies Intel’s line of processor that is the ‘best’ in a given model. In the PC world, it means they have the fastest clock speed and the most versatile for overclocking for the given processor line.

Simply put, if you can justify the price get it. Most PC guys stay away from the Extreme line because of the price and performance ratio. But at the link given above, you can make that decision on your own.
Remember that you can’t upgrade CPUs like you can with RAM, HD and video card. So getting the best you can afford is a good rule of thumb.

[Dom Silverio]

Known bug in 6.01, supposedly it appears once in a while in later versions also.

[Dom Silverio]

Naming during capture is very useful in certain workflows – like news where logging is more of a luxury than a standard practice.

[Dom Silverio]

It is back in.

[Dom Silverio]

Reduce your project size by archiving older unused sequences to another project. When project files get too big FCP is unable to handle it correctly (probably because it is limited to 2.5 GB of RAM).