[Don Greening]

One idea to consider is that you could have a corrupt render file in your timeline, especially since you mention that Compressor is stoppng at the same spot every time. Try trashing your render files including any audio renders and let FCP re-render everything. Then export your finished timline for Compressor and try again. The most reliable way is to export a reference or self-contained movie and then use Compressor as a stand alone app.

– Don

[Don Greening]

[s!] “If i get an ADC to DVI connecter, will it be a matter of plug and play?”

Yes. Once you have the second monitor hooked up and turned on, your Mac will auto-detect the 2 displays. If, for some reason, Your Mac does not detect the second display you can force it to do so by using the “detect displays” command in: System Preferences>Displays. This command is available in OS 10.4, but even OS 9 had no trouble auto-detecting my dual displays with my Mac G4.

– Don

[Don Greening]

Shane gets my vote for Creative Cow Podcast (near) future guest considerations. What say you, Cow people?

Congratulations, Shane.

– Don

[Don Greening]

The 1/8th mini-plug jack on the GL2 is a poor link in the audio chain. These types of connections are prone to failures because of the weak spring clips that are supposed to push against the mini-plug when inserted. With repeated use, the spring clips get weaker and weaker until the connection becomes intermittant or it fails completely. Another issue that adds to the problem is long mic cabling that creates side loading on the mini-plug jack and causes further weakening of the spring clips. The same thing is true for the headphone jack, or any 1/8th inch mini-plug jack for that matter.

If your camera is not under warranty then my suggestion is to take it in to a good repair facility and have them replace the min-plug mic jack. They may be able to simply bend the spring clips back so the connection is better, but usually replacing the components is the best fix.

To prevent this from happening again you need to have a min-plug cable custom made with a 90 degree plug at the camera end to eliminate side loading, with the appropriate adapter at the other end for your actual mic cable. It’s far cheaper to replace the mic cable from lots of use than it is to replace the GL2’s mini-plug jack. Buying Canon’s MA300 XLR adapter might be an option for you. This way you don’t need to use the mini-plug at all.

Or you can get one of these:

https://www.beachtek.com/dxa4p.html

– Don

[Don Greening]

Hi Ralph,

If you were trying to email a one minute clip at full size (720×480) then your email would indeed be rejected because the file size would’ve been around 250 Mbytes. Next time I’d suggest exporting your clip at a smaller size such as 320×240, which will probably lower the file size to less than 20 Mbytes. Actually, a frame grab from the video would’ve probably been good enough.

Sorry to hear about the DV out problems with the GL2. You and Dave are the first ones I’ve heard about that’ve had these types of issues. There’s a lot to be said for only using your aquisition camera for just that, and leaving the tape deck/transfer duties to a less expensive camcorder. Easier on the wallet.

– Don

[Don Greening]

You’ll probably want to read the following article. Towards the bottom you’ll find information about editing 24pand 30p with FCP for use in the same project.

https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/24p_in_FCP_nattress.html

Best of luck.

– Don

[Don Greening]

Steve,

In case you haven’t found out yet, there’s a huge conflict between using Disk Utility to repair permissions and iTunes 6.0.2. You need to trash iTunes and go back to version 6.0.1. I had the exact same thing happen to me with the same error message, and after doing some research I found out about the conflict. iTunes and Disk Utility – go figure.

– Don

[Don Greening]

Frame mode combines the two interlaced fields into one before it’s recorded to tape. The popular belief is that a considerable amount of picture resolution is lost with this method. Frame mode is not progressive scanning, which records one complete picture for every frame without having to combine the interlaced fields. Progressive scanning is not possible without using progressive scan CCD’s, which the GL2 does not have. Frame mode on the GL2 is recorded at 30fps.

– Don

[Don Greening]

Perhaps you could borrow a consumer DV camcorder with firewire and try capturing some of your source tape that way. If you’re still having picture problems then you know it’s the computer. If not, then it’ll be a problem with the GL2. FYI it’s not really a good idea to use your aquisition camera as a deck, as things like the tape transport will wear out much more quickly and you’ll find yourself without a working camera when you need it. Some folks will go out and buy a cheap consumer DV camera and use that instead. There will be no difference in capture quality and when it wears out just get rid of it and get another one.

You’re welcome to send me that 1 minute clip if you wish. My email is:

greening@shaw.ca

– Don

[Don Greening]

Frank,

Try this:

https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301852

– Don