[Dorit Grunberger]

Regarding this issue, how much bigger than the .mts files are the ClipWrap files and is it possible to edit ClipWrap .mov files in FCP 7 without transcoding to ProRes? I ask this because the transcoding inflates the files almost 10 fold!! Is there any way around it?
A friend who owns a PMW-EX3 gets great ingested XDCAM footage at a fraction of the size…

Thanks in advance,
Dorit

[Dorit Grunberger]

So my workflow right now is similar to your suggestion
I copy the already translated text from a prior sentence
Paste it and copy over to the new clip and on and on
Thanks for thinking about it there’s no magic bullet

Thanks in advance,
Dorit

[Dorit Grunberger]

Hi Juan
Can you give more details? I don’t see how this will save
Me time but maybe I don’t understand your idea

Thanks in advance,
Dorit

[Dorit Grunberger]

So if I get Clip Wrap, I can take the silly .mts files out of the stupid folder system, have them appear as .movs, transcode to ProRes in FCP 7.0.3 and they will have maintained their original timecode meta data?
Or did I misunderstand?

Thanks in advance for clarifying

Thanks in advance,
Dorit

[Dorit Grunberger]

what numbers did you input? I’m shooting 1080x24p. AVCHD @ 25mbps. I’m not having any issues with the recording, just trying to get a handle on the numbers and real-life record times I can expect to see.

Thanks again,

Dorit

Thanks in advance,
Dorit

[Dorit Grunberger]

Eric, hi again

Hmmmm. Can you tell me how you came up with 80 minutes? Were you using AJA’s DataRate Calculator?

Dorit

Thanks in advance,
Dorit

[Dorit Grunberger]

Hi Eric

Thanks so much for actually taking the time to give a real response, vs. telling me to look in the manual. I was actually on the phone with Panasonic tech support, because it was not so easy to find in their manual. And then tech support told me 16GB had a record time of 3hrs… I knew that wasn’t right.
So thanks for that figure. The camera itself is showing a record time of 1hr 37 minutes at highest quality, significantly more than your calculation, so I guess I’ll find out empirically. I thought this would be pretty straight forward…
Anyway, Happy Holidays and thanks again

Dorit

Thanks in advance,
Dorit

[Dorit Grunberger]

No, never figured it out, but am almost positive that you just need more RAM, What Adobe doesn’t tell you about their wonderful production suite is that it requires an enormous amount of memory and acceleration. I’ve been using Apple’s Motion for most things. Let me know if you find out anything else.

Thanks in advance,
Dorit

[Dorit Grunberger]

I think I ultimately chucked the preferences and restarted the computer. It’s been a while so I don’t remember, but I’ll keep this info handy,

Many thanks,

Dorit

Thanks in advance,
Dorit

[Dorit Grunberger]

Hi Jeff

So sorry for the delay in response. Running around like the proverbial chicken…
I’ll respond by number:
1. You are correct regarding the QT movies. I inherited the files. I must say though, they have given no problem at all in this project.
2. Each of these file formats was put on its own timeline with corresponding sequence settings to fit them. I then exported uncompressed, QT movies as self contained. Each was compressed separately, the different frame rates were never mixed on the same timeline, so I’m finding it hard to understand why there would be any impact of one on the other.
3. I didn’t blow up the footage, the project is a Tai C’hi philosophy and demonstration video, so it isn’t critical that each segment look the same. Again, this footage was on its own timeline exclusively.
4. I like your test idea. I’m very busy right now (preparing a trip abroad to care for ailing mom), so please be patient with me as I may not be able to address these issues until I get back.

I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your time spent on this Jeff, so thanks again and I’ll be back!

Dorit

Thanks in advance,
Dorit