Floh Peters
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You should use the Interlaced option.
If you need additional help, put a source file and the same part as encoded file into a folder (not more than 100MB). Zip or stuff the folder. Go to YouSendIt.com and “send” it to your e-mail-address. Post the download link you get then here, and I will have a look.
Floh
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Do you have an FTP server where you can post a short clip of your original footage and of the resulting MPEG2 files? I would love to see what you are getting.
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[Andy Taplin] “Currently all my work is DVCAM so I’m assuming that Producer with Firewire is all I’m going to need until the move to HD? Is there any point in going M100 SDe with an AJA card?”
The only advantage in your situation is that you can connect a broadcast/video monitor directly to your system via the Aja cards. Otherwise you have to use some sort of FireWire->monitor converter, e.g. your deck or a camera. This will add some delay due to the FireWire->Analog conversion, but it does work.
[Andy Taplin] “Also, anyone have a view on the merits of Boris Red over After Effects in terms of workflows with Producer. I’m very comfortable in After Effects – don’t know Red at all.”
The big advantage is that Red can be launched within Media 100 directly. You don
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Very good explanation, Chris. Just a short note about your “The number of horizontal pixels – 720 or 768 – has no relevance to 4×3 or 16×9, as either way they have to be stretched and squeezed as you describe in After Effects”.
While this technically is correct, the big advantage is that AE has presets (for pixel aspect ratio interpretation and for Compositions) that can handle 720 Widescreen automatically. For 768 material you would have to set up these manually. -
Do it into 720*486, Media 100 720 NTSC codec; then it should “fast-import”.
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I doubt that either BitVice or the codecs are responsible for this. Sounds like either a damaged audio file or a harddrive problem. Have you checked your media drives lately with e.g. Apple DiskUtility?
Try to locate the problematic audio file in the Finder and see if it plays correctly in QuickTime Player -
Not that I know of. And it definitely should not crash if there would be a limit. If you are in a hurry an option would be to play out the timeline to your deck and redigitize the whole thing to have a stereo audio clip…
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MPEG Streamclip (as long as the DVD is not copy protected).
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The junction box does not matter, it is the board that counts. There are 3 different boards: the “original” Vincent board, the Vincent 601 and the P6000. If you go to the “About Media 100” window in the Application, there should be a “hardware” tab. I think there you can find the type of your board.
Additionally, if you can set your resolution to 720*576 or 720*486 you most likely will have a P6000 board. -
[Danny Jenkins] “Thanks! I thought this was the case. Will upgrading to the new media 100 make it easier to work in 720? I’ve been pushing my boss for a system upgrade and the more reasons I have the better!”
The new systems only digitize/acquire into 720 formats. But the big advantage you have with the new systems is that you can mix 720 and 768 media in the same timeline. So if you have a lot of old material in 768 you still can use it without problems, mixing it in realtime with new 720 material.