Dom Silverio
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[Graeme Nattress] “You don’t use P2 like tape, you don’t think of P2 as tape, and you’ve just got to get rid of the tape mentality, just as digital photographers have ditched film.”
Agree. But 2 things – the initial investment alone to get a P2 workflow going is high. From dubs, client copies, archiving, media sharing, etc needs to be adjusted and more equipment are likely needed to be purchased [drives, P2 readers, etc].
To think deck is totally eliminated is also foolish. What are going to do to sent out VHS copies of your P2 cards for clients and producers? Tie up a G5 with a Decklink?
Shooting now requires a laptop and likely a seperate operator.Things like these brings us to point number 2 – workflow will change and change usually means more cost.
P2 will get cheaper and in the long run, cost is not as big one might think. However, the *initial* cost to P2 is stagerring!
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uhm – how P2 are you planning to buy? I can buy 1 tape for 60 minutes at $4.
P2 may cost cheaper in the long, long, long run. But the initial investment is by far larger than tape.
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Look at FacilisTech’s Terrablock and EditShare.
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I would uninstall the client software first and then install the latest version.
If you have assurance, the updated software is on Avid’s site.
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First Avid is not AVI native. So it has a 2 GB file limit when it works with AVI [I/O].
Use Quicktime instead. No file size limit.
If your timeline is DV, there is not much advantage of going through the uncompress route. Export a QT Ref and be done with it.
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Native Cut Native only applies to a timeline with DV25 footage [if I am not mistaken also DV50 to DV50 decks].
I also think your settings [Avid -> Settings -> General] should be set to 720 x 480[David] “Finally, if, on my timeline, I have beta sp footage (1:1) mixed with AE motion graphics
mixed with DV footage (thru the firewire), what is the best way to spit it all back out to tape?”Do a digital cut but not in Native mode.
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When you import it make sure you use DNxHD at 10 bit using 220 Mb. Export it he same way.
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” Okay, so P2 cards cost a bit more than tape,”
A bit more?
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BTW – this assumes you have licenses for more users.
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From memory
1. Install the Unity Ethernet client form the Unity CD to each XPro system.
2. Make sure your Widows computer name is the same as your eventual Unity identity for each system [easier management] and make sure you configure Windows networking properly.
3. I prefer to use fixed IP.
4. Create your Unity identities [and any workspaces needed]
5. Connect the cables.
6. Log on.
7. In XPro -> Settings -> PortServer -> Make sure it says ‘Autoconnect’Check the Unity CD. It has instructions for it.
HTH