[Don Walker]

According to the Software update box:

Issues addressed in this update include the following:

Final Cut Pro
• Real-time compatibility with Sony XDCAM HD422 720p24/p25/p30.
• Log and Transfer compatibility with Sony NXCAM SD.
• Control-G not closing the correct gap in the Timeline under the playhead.
• Closed captioning data is now preserved when outputting to AJA Io HD with Print to Tape/Video.
• Performance issue when importing AVCHD with LPCM audio.
• AVCHD thumbnail images in SD are now the correct 4:3 aspect ratio.
• XML export now retains the carriage return when working with text and third-party applications.
• Several memory fragmentation issues have been resolved.
• Localized versions of Final Cut Pro now recognize HDV devices that use the 1080i60/1080i50 FireWire Basic Easy Setups.
• Log and Transfer supports ingesting more than one format recorded to the same SD card.

Motion
• Corrupted display of the camera controls with certain graphics processors.

Compressor
• Adds a compression setting optimized for iPad and iPhone 4.

Color
• Adds compatibility with XDCAM HD422 720p24/p25/p30.

For more detailed information about the changes in an application, choose Release Notes from the application’s Help menu.

Hope this helps
don walker

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[Don Walker]

When I bought my MacPro, I bought 8 gigs of Ram from Crucial. I took out the 2gig that Apple put in, and put one 4gig in slot 1 Riser A, and another 4 gig in slot 1 Riser B. According to the Apple paper I did this wrong…… right? Do both sticks need to go into Riser A.?

If after getting my 8 gigs right, I decided to put my “Apple” 1 gig sticks back in the machine giving it 10 gigs, I would be asking for trouble……. right?

don walker
Texarkana Texas

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[Don Walker]

Grinner,
That’s great advice! (So is everybody else’s by the way) Your right in suggesting that the older generation is probably able to deliver the total package better than the younger generation. (pre-production to delivery). And to those of you who said never start learning, I will re-open my Lynda.com account and get busy.
Thanks to All
Don Walker
Texarkana, Texas

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[Don Walker]

The US frame rate used to be 30 frames a second or more specifically 60 fields a second to match the power grid frequency. It changed to 29.97 to take care of some harmonics issues in dealing with the color subcarrier of 3.58 Mhz or should I say 3.579545. If the US was to move to 25fps, we would have to have 60fps shutters on to deal with the lights strobing at 60 fps in our pictures. The world should probably agree on a common power line frequency and voltage before it begins to tackle a common TV frame rate. I think technology is allowing us to become framerate independent slowly but surely.
Don Walker

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[Don Walker]

Bobby,
You should talk to Charles Aldridge at Texas High School in Texarkana, Texas. He has upwards of 10 Macs of various flavors networked together on a ethernet SAN as outlined by Bob Zelin and Walter Biscardi. (Bob Zelin consulted on the implementation) Charles should be able to give you some feedback. The schools # is:903 792 2879

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[Don Walker]

Does anybody know if the new Imacs support jumbo frames on the ethernet ports?
don walker

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[Don Walker]

I edit maybe 5% of my work on a MBP and I never have experienced problem with ESATA. (Sonnett F2 drives etc.)
don

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[Don Walker]

David,
As it stands right now, if you are not planning to do a lot of After Effects or Motion work, a MBP would be fine. But get the 17′ version which has the Express 34 slot for a E-sata drive. The 15″ version does not have that slot anymore, they replaced it with an SD card slot.(something that you could by at Walmart for $9 bucks).
Having said all that, the whole situation should change when the next major release of FCP comes out. It will be a 64 bit program. (If it’s not then I’m quitting Apple) When you combine a 64bit program with a 64bit operating system, combined with 8 /16 processors, and 32GB or more of RAM, a scenerio that only a tower can provide, the MacPro will blow away any laptop. IMHO
don walker

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[Don Walker]

I bet the ADO 3000 sits there in the racks, because somebody remembers how much it costs, and is afraid to throw something that expensive away. I had an old Sony Bvh-2000 sitting in my basement that I moved with me from Georgia to Texas, because I was afraid to throw that EXPENSIVE machine away. I finally gave it to a Panasonic salesman.
Don

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[Don Walker]

Neil,
The ADO 3000, 2000, &1000 where all in the original ADO form factor with a large monitor and separate control panel. They also built an ADO 500 which was in a panel very similar to the Vista switcher with screen and buttons and joystick all on the same panel. This was probably an answer to the Abekas A-51 which was their low end device. My how the mighty have fallen. Twi of the biggest names of 20 years ago. Huge NAB booths reduced to almost nothing.
Don Walker

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