[Enzo Tedeschi]

Paolo,

Buon Anno Nuovo anche a te!

Any of the “Web Download (Quicktime 7 Compatible) presets in Compressor should give you way smaller file sizes than that. Try the 800kbps and see how you feel about the result.

Even at high quality, you should be able to get decent filesizes – this is H264, 3 mins long at about 20MB, and I went overkill on the bitrate to really get the clearest vision I could:

http://www.outpostpps.com/thebleed/

Good luck, and all the best for ’07.

Enzo Tedeschi
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[Enzo Tedeschi]

Please explain “jointing”?

What it could be – the DSR450 is a DVCAM camera. XM2 I am pretty sure is DV only. If you have recorded in DVCAM, a DV player is not gonna help – and you will get weird banding on playback. Possibly look like it’s dropping frames (sometimes half a visual frame?).

You could re-hire, or find a dubbing house to do a check on the tape and do a DV-format dub if you have a DVCAM tape.

Enzo Tedeschi
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Sydney, Australia

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Check out the Outpost Video Podcast – http://www.outpostpps.com/podcast/

[Enzo Tedeschi]

Plugin is the easiest:

http://www.nattress.com

Less fiddling.

Enzo Tedeschi
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Sydney, Australia

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[Enzo Tedeschi]

Have you got your device control set to “non-controllable device”? The wrong setting there can cause weirdness…

Have you tried trashing the preferences?

Enzo Tedeschi
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[Enzo Tedeschi]

Have a look at

https://manuals.info.apple.com/en/Distributed_Processing_Setup.pdf

and

https://daugerresearch.com/pooch/recipe.shtml

Enzo Tedeschi
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Sydney, Australia

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[Enzo Tedeschi]

Don’t Panic!

FCP does this to minimise lag when a lot of the project is visible – imagine having to draw the waveforms for a two hour timeline when you are zoomed out so far that the whole thing is visible… I’m thinking you won’t be doing much waveform editing / mointoring at that scale 🙂

I’m pretty sure if you look in your settings where you find your “show waveforms”, you’ll find a setting where you can tell FCP to draw or not draw waveforms above or below a specific zoom factor.

I say pretty sure because I am not at my machine, and it’s something that hasn’t bothered me in the past ’cause I usually go in pretty close when I need to look at my waveforms.

Enzo Tedeschi
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http://www.outpostpps.com
Sydney, Australia

YouTube Channel – http://www.youtube.com/outpostpps

Check out the Outpost Video Podcast – http://www.outpostpps.com/podcast/

[Enzo Tedeschi]

Use Quicktime Pro to import the sequence of stills then save as a .mov. FCP will then read it no probs.

Enzo Tedeschi
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Editor
http://www.outpostpps.com
Sydney, Australia

Check out our latest music video – http://www.outpostpps.com/thebleed/

Check out the Outpost Video Podcast – http://www.outpostpps.com/podcast/

[Enzo Tedeschi]

Not sure about your “X” issue – can you post a screenshot? Not sure what you are seeing…

As for letterboxing, the easiest way is to drop your 16×9 footage into a 4×3 sequence. FCP will automatically arc the foootage, therefore creating a letterbox.

The 16×9 / 4×3 switching on a DVD is a function of the player settings. Your disc should match the settings of your source material.

Enzo Tedeschi
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Editor
http://www.outpostpps.com
Sydney, Australia

Check out our latest music video – http://www.outpostpps.com/thebleed/

Check out the Outpost Video Podcast – http://www.outpostpps.com/podcast/

[Enzo Tedeschi]

You’re welcome. And thanks, I intend to… tonight I’m “celebrating” clocking over another decade ;o)

Enzo Tedeschi
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http://www.outpostpps.com
Sydney, Australia

Check out our latest music video – http://www.outpostpps.com/thebleed/

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[Enzo Tedeschi]

Sequence Settings > Timeline Settings > Show Audio Waveforms.

If you want it on by default on all your sequences, you need to change it in your global FCP settings.

Enzo Tedeschi
____________________________
Editor
http://www.outpostpps.com
Sydney, Australia

Check out our latest music video – http://www.outpostpps.com/thebleed/

Check out the Outpost Video Podcast – http://www.outpostpps.com/podcast/