Floh Peters
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Um, which version are you using? On V12.1 it seems to stay off when I turn it off. Maybe you should try to delete the Media 100 prefs (the “Current configuration” file in YourHomeFolder->Library->Preferences->Media 100 Producer Preferences)
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Just tested it, and you are right. Only the first field (although it should have no fields) of the source material gets rendered. Seems to be a bug in either Media 100 or RED.
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Are you using the latest version of RED and V12 (12.1.3)? There have been some changes regarding progressive timelines in the last releases, as far as I know.
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From V8.2.3 everything should move extremely smoothly to V12.x. If you want to try it you could download the trial version of Media 100 Producer and open copies(!!!) of your projects in Producer to see if everything works as expected (in case you use something special in your projects). Just make sure that you really work on a copy of your bins/programs/projects, since once saved in V12 they won´t open in V8 anymore. But you can get a good idea of the performance you can expect using the Producer trial. Coming from V8 it will make a dramatic difference.
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You still haven´t given away if you are using Media 100 i or a newer version. I have looked a little bit into this, and found this short thread about the problem. So it definitely happened already on 10.3.9, and upgrading to 10.4.x will not change anything about that.
The only things for fixing this would be either downgrade to OSX 10.3.something that does not show this problem, or to upgrade to Media 100 V12.x, which I would recommend anyway.
Seriously, there is a hardware option for your G5 system which not only will fix this problem, but also give you a system that would be lightyears ahead of Media 100 i, with the same intuitive UI but much more features. Maybe you should contact Media 100 sales to find out how much an upgrade from V8 to a hardware system that would work on your G5 cost… -
Are you using Media 100 i on 10.4.x? I think this problem happens there from time to time, without a way of doing much against it. I haven´t seen that on Media 100 V12.x, that´s why I guess you are still using V8.x
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[Elliott Dunwody] “Or, after reading some of the forums, should I install producer on the FCP system?
“This definitely would be the easier option. Producer does not use the hardware, though. There is a software version for people with Aja hardware also, so you could use this on the FCP system and use your Kona card. I have forwarded you the latest Media 100 promo mail.
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I can only agree: Media 100 is much easier to learn, and it is much easier to maintain. Plus, it has a lot fewer settings that could cause problems in the end. If you are working with FinalCutPro you have to be extremely careful about your system settings. Media 100 is much more forgiving there.
And, maybe important for somebody who comes fresh to video editing, Media 100 is much more “Mac-like” than FCP (although FCP is done by Apple). The Media 100 guys do follow Apples recommendations for designing Applications much more closely than the FCP (and the whole ProApps) team. So you feel much more at home in Media 100 if you have some basic Apple knowledge.
Here is an example of the stuff I am talking about: if you are working in Media 100 and you want to move your media files to another HD (e.g. for backup purposes or on a portable drive if you want to edit on the road/at home/…), you simply copy or move your media folders in the Finder. No problem with that. Open your timeline, relink media and you are there.
With FCP, moving a media file in the Finder is a good way of getting into complete chaos. The way FCP handles its media files is very problematic with that for several reasons. One is that if you want to relink a media file, FCP only searches for the filename and suggests you files for relinking, that could have nothing to do with your project and only have the same name than the file you are searching for. So you could end up with wrong clips in your timeline without knowing. And if you move clips in the Finder, especially in the case you are working with Multicam clips, you can be sure that even if you relink to the correct clips you will end up with the wrong parts of the clips being relinked to your timeline, and audio and video will get out of sync.
Just one example of where you have to be much more careful in FCP than in Media 100…Floh
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Which version of Media 100 and Boris are you using? Does that also happen when you create a new title?
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You can install the Aja Kona drivers ahead of FCP or later. Does not matter. You need the drivers for the Kona LHe card if you have a Media 100 HDe setup.