Don Greening
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Hi Nick,
Have you used this same workflow in the past with success or is this the first time? If you’ve had previous successes then you need to ask yourself if there’s anything you’ve done differently this time around. I’m assuming you’re exporting a self-contained QT movie from FCP and then simply importing it into iDVD and letting that program do the encoding, is this correct?
– Does your self contained movie play okay when using Quicktime player to view it?
– Does the encoded mpeg2 version of your movie play okay in Quicktime player or in iDVD’s simulation mode?
– if you’ve answered yes to the above 2 questions then try trashing iDVD’s preference files and then do another encode. If the iDVD preference file has become corrupt, trashing it may solve the problem. Here’s the path to finding your iDVD pref. file:Macintosh HD>Users>”yourname”>Library>Preferences>com.apple.iDVD.plist
After you’ve restarted iDVD, reset all your preferences before continuing.
[nickporter] “The DVD seems to constantly stuttering but is most noticeable when the camera is panning around rather than stationery. “
This could very well be an interlacing field order issue, as Craig Moore has suggested in his reply. But bear in mind that it’s just one possible solution, albeit a very good one.
[nickporter] “I think the DVD
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HI Nick,
There may be a lot of reasons why your DVD-R doesn’t want to play smoothly, too numerous to mention here without having more information about your system on which to recommend a course of action.
Does your disc consistantly stutter all the way through or just in certain areas? If the trouble is just in certain areas, are the problems in the exact same spots each time?
What have you played your DVD on? Just your Mac? Have you tried playing it on more than one consumer DVD player?
Are you using quality DVD media? There’s a substantial playability difference between cheap media and quality media.
– Don
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Thank you, David for this excellent article. There’s nothing in it that I don’t completely agree with. It’s the best ettiquette article on forum use I’ve seen.
Congratulations 🙂
– Don
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I would suggest you post your setup questions in the Premiere Pro Forum. I’m sure they’ll be able to help you there. I only have experience with Final Cut Pro.
– Don
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[Todd] “look for a warning light, but shouldve.”
The next time it happens (hopefully it won’t) look for a message in the viewfinder such as “please remove the cassette” or “condensation”. But you’re right, it probably was condensation, considering the drastic change in temp and humidity you’ve described.
– Don
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Take the time to read the article at the link below. Afterwards you’ll have a much better understanding of how to capture 24 frame video for use in FCP.
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/24p_in_FCP_nattress.html
– Don
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It could be a corrupt FCP render file that Compressor doesn’t like. If an encode insists on stalling, crashing or otherwise has encoding issues at the same spot each time, then it can usually be attributed to something that’s corrupt in the one spot. It may be faster to simply trash all the render files for that sequence and allow FCP to re-render everything. If you can pull up Comppressor’s encoding log it may also tell you something. I know that in DVD Studio Pro you can read the DVD log when it burns to disc and there’s an issue that makes it crash. The last thing in the log before the crash is the problem.
Hope this helps.
– Don
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Mark,
Shooting in LP mode is generally considered to be very unreliable and you will be asking for trouble if you do. Always shoot in SP mode for the best compatability with other cameras/decks and editing systems. If you need the capability of shooting continuously for longer periods of time, then buy 83 minute tapes instead of the 60s, which are available at broadcast supply retailers.
– Don
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Ususally if it’s a condensation problem there’ll be some sort of error warning in the viewfinder. I’m really not sure if the XL1 had warning messages built into its software like the GL2 and the XL1S, but I’m sure your owner’s manual will speak to this issue.
– Don
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Hi Stuart,
You can use any DV camera or deck to capture your XL2 24pA footage to Final Cut Pro or Premiere. The pulldown flags are embedded on the tape and get passed on to your NLE as part of the footage/data regardless of what you use to capture with.
For more info please take the time to read the article at the link below. Afterwards, you’ll have a much better understanding of how to capture and edit 24 frame footage. Just insert the name “XL2” where it says “DVX100”.
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/24p_in_FCP_nattress.html
– Don
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