Ed Dooley
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People on Windows either have to download QT or have iTunes, which comes with QT to see H.264.
I’ve been compressing to 700kbs for a couple of years without any problems (650 video and 48 audio), sometimes a little more for audio, depending on the subject.
How are you going to compress to Flash? You can use the ON2VP6 codec for more compatibility (with Flash 8), or, you can use H.264 in Flash, but you need Flash 9 (a later version of 9) or Flash 10. The advantage is compressing one H.264 for both platforms, the disadvantage is not everyone has Flash 10 yet.
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Knee-jerk responses are what keeps this forum interesting (and sometimes combative), so don’t stifle yours too much. 🙂
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I’ve been shooting HDV for a couple of years now, and I don’t know why people still make those comments. We edit easily, we create MPEG-2s and DVDs easily, and they look far far better than our Beta-SP videos did. Editing in HDV is so common now, and so easy. If you want to compare the 4:2:0 or 1 to 4:2:2 formats, well that’s a whole other thing. 🙂
Ed (also an old M100 guy)[david bogie] “HDV is not a reasonable editing format so I’m amazed you got as far as you have. “
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If you reread your original post and all the replies, I hope you’ll see that you *weren’t* very clear at first about what your use was, and I also hope you’ve since learned, you can use the same monitor for both purposes, with different inputs (cards or external boxes). When you say “monitor” and “video editing” it can be taken 2 ways, a video monitor, or a computer monitor for editing video. I suggested the Dell 2408s (and I believe Walter, or maybe David, said they also used them). Lots of people use the Dells, as I said, so look at the specs of the Dells, for example, and you’ll see what other monitors compare to them in resolution and contrast.
Ed[renee bergan] “i fully understand that there are hundreds of monitors out there which is why i’ve asked several times what specs i should take into consideration when choosing…an answer i have still yet to received despite all the conversation..
thank you everyone for the suggestions on brands, Dell, and others. what i would still like to know is what resolution, contrast and other specs i should be considering. is it just the more the better?”
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A card like an AJA LHE or Blackmagic or external box like the Matrox MXO or MXO2, etc.
They have the YUV video outputs you need for video. Whether you already have a video monitor or not, you still need a way to accurately assess (and edit) the color.
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A lot of people are using LCD and plasma moniotrs as their video monitors these days, but as David pointed out, to get accurate video monitoring with them you need I/O. As for editing monitors, a lot of people are using Dells these days (and they are one of the most popular video LCDs too). The Dell Ultrasharps (2408 and 3008 are 2 that come to mind) are the ones. If you’re not using it as a video monitor, then the color accuracy isn’t as important, and other monitors, like Samsungs, Westinghouse, Sharp, and others, will do the job. Compare brightness and resolution between brands and models.
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Jeremy, Where are you getting that Zelin quote from? It’s not in his post that started this thread. Is there a secret Zelin to Garchow thread link? 🙂
Ed[Jeremy Garchow] “[Bob Zelin] “I don’t fully understand this, but if I just read it simply – if you want to use your 2 HP or Dell (or even Apple Cinema displays), you can’t do it without adaptors, and an additional graphics card. ”
No. I think people are misunderstanding this. There’s a display port and a DVI port. You plug your DVI port into the DVI and you get a display port adaptor that will adapt your DVI to display port.
A couple of them are $29. The Dual link DVI one is $99. You don’t need two graphics cards unless you have two display port monitors.”
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Me too. I’ll go 4 or 5 months doing the same kind of edits, then something comes along that I either did once or never did, and it’s back to the manual (then to you guys!)
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There’s also another option, the manual. This is one of the most basic things to do in any editing system. Did you even try typing or looking up fade or dissolve into the manual?
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Which you should be doing no matter what you’re shooting with.
Log and capture has been the norm in the professional world for decades. Yes, people like to do things their own way, but companies can’t waste their time creating multiple work styles to accommodate every whim. And the JVC time code issues have been around since they built their 1st HDV camera. It doesn’t mean that Apple can jump to fix what’s essentially a JVC issue. There are lots of ways of doing lots of actions in FCP, but not every process can have more than one way…….adapt!
Ed (who captured 3 complete JVC HDV tapes without a stutter just yesterday)[Michael Shive] “I think we’re going to have to remember to add a 5 second buffer when shooting at the beginning of each clip.”