[Ed Dooley]

You’re welcome.
Ed

[Mark Rodway] “Cheers for staying with this one Ed…

Just to confirm – I tried all of the list above and still no go (it was as I was set up anyhow)… However, when in FC Audio?Video Preffs> A/V Device, set Mirror OFF – hey presto, we’re up and running…

COWED!!

Thank you Ed. “

[Ed Dooley]

Everything I’ve read about QMaster has been about the benefits on a single machine, rather than the original reason QMaster was created, for distribution on networked computers. Apple, and lots of COW people have given their recipes for optimal performance on a single machine (and with single jobs). Everything points to huge increases in rendering speed. It seems like reference files go even faster because diferent cores divide up the separately referenced files better than a single exported self-contained file. Here’s just one COW link, there are lots:
https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/8/988368

I would do a search for yourself (here and elsewhere), try QMaster, if it works, go for it. You have to export a reference QT and use Compressor rather than the way you’ve been doing it. Even if you don’t use QMaster you’ll get a speed boost by going to a QT then Compressor.
Ed

[Daniel Low] “Setting up a virtual cluster on a single machine for use with Qmaster is only of use if you are submitting multiple jobs where the codec cannot make use of all the cores.”

[Ed Dooley]

The Main option is the only one available when you’re set up for one monitor. Is that how you’re set up now? I know you said you have 2 monitors, but is your system set up for one still?
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

Do you have a quad or octo core Mac? Do a search for QMaster here and in the Final Cut Pro forum.It comes free with Compressor and was designed to spread the compressing load over a network of Macs, but it works on a single Mac by spreading the load over all the cores. It will speed things up quite a bit.
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

And just to complicate things a little more for you. 🙂
Flash has supported H.264 since (I think) last January or so. There’s always an amount of time
before Flash users update their players to take advantage of the latest supported codecs, but it’s getting pretty close for the H.264 video in Flash. Do a search for H.264 Flash in this and the Web Streaming Forum (and elsewhere) and you’ll find a bunch of useful info on it. There have been some growing pains with it playing well in Flash, but it’s getting there. I only mention it because you can compress to H.264 (instead of the other high quality Flash codec ON2VP6) right now with the tools you have. Only you can decide if it’s ready for your audience to view (so called market penetration). If they’re a “I install every update” kind of audience, or you’re willing to ask them to do it if they haven’t yet, it could be your solution.
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

Here’s an answer from Raphael to the same problem a few weeks ago:
Hi Kyle,
Right , in the Screen Preferences you need to turn Mirroring OFF, but in FC Audio?Video Preffs> A/V Device, set Mirror ON.
Also set “Recent items: 10”.
I have it like that now an is working. You should get more options in the External video in FC.
rafael

Another poster had a similar problem and it was suggested that he plug his monitor into a different port (assuming you have one). It worked for the guy who suggested it.

I don’t have any more suggestions right now.
HTH,
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

I’ve got to ask: You’re editing HD, and you have a video card, but you want to monitor your edit using Desktop Preview, why? Why no video monitor, or at least why not plug in one of those monitors you do have into the BM card?
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

I’ve been trying the “tough love” approach for a while since noticing the big increase in “I don’t have time to RTFM, so someone tell me how to do this”
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with answering those lame questions (“Why won’t my G3 run FCP” or “How do I get rid of the jagged stairstepping? Yes, I’m viewing it on my computer monitor. No one told me I needed a video monitor.”) with a “do a search, it’s been answered a hundred times” or “read the manual first!”
And this is a business for Ron, he doesn’t want to find a way for customers to go away. Regardless of their dumb questions those folks represent a revenue stream.
I think there are 2 approaches that might work:
1- Ignore them. Don’t be an enabler. No answer, no problem (admittedly this may not be the best way to ensure a return visit)
2- Reply with a “Do a search first” or “RTM first” Then when/if they return, answer the question (this may have a higher return rate)
3- Post a “do a search” notice for new members when they sign up, send a reminder to existing members, make that FAQ link more noticeable, allow the moderators to move posts to the Basics forum (like other video forums I’m on do) maybe with a notice “this post moved to the basics forum because it was…..well, basic”
Just a thought, as Ron and others have said, make a new FAQ they won’t use it, make a new forum, the same people will ask the same questions in the new “Advanced” forum. Tough love doesn’t mean I don’t care (after all, it has the word ‘love’ in the phrase) 🙂
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

I would say that you might do a little research. You bought ProCoder3 apparently thinking it would do ON2VP6, but without checking first. Now’s your chance to do some research. Do a search of this forum and the Web Streaming forum and you’ll find a ton of suggestions as to which formats, sizes, and data rates work well in different situations on the web. As for tips on ProCoder, I haven’t used it since going all-Mac, but just like the Mac apps I use now, it comes down to trial and error. Use the presets first, then tweak the size, gamma, data rate, etc. based on your audience and the specific video you’re encoding to get something that looks best to you. Others may have more ProCoder-specific advice. One specific tip: multiples of 16 are best to encode to. Here’s an Adobe chart (it’s for Flash, but it’s the same advice for other codecs)
https://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/apps/flv_bitrate_calculator/video_sizes.html
Ed

[Ed Dooley]

You need to take at least one look at your manual, it’s all there. H.264 isn’t part of the SD DVD spec, nor is DV. You export to QT using current settings, or directly to Compressor, and use one of the presets for MPEG-2 (the only format for SD DVDs), then bring that into DVDSP (and make sure you set it for letterbox). Read man, read!
Ed