Floh Peters
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You should download the Media 100 codecs from their support website. The Transcoder is quite old and has been replaced by the codecs. Additionally the Codecs are not Intel-native right now. So you need to open your QuickTime player using Rosetta if you want to see the file. Do a “Get Info” on the QuickTime Player application and select the “start using rosetta” checkbox.
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You can find the Codecs here, along with an instruction how to install tham. This should speed up your AE rendering dramatically.
Re the softening, try a short render in AE without moving your source layer down 1 pixel. Maybe this will be sharper…Floh
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Chris,
it should be very easy to do, but there might be differences depending on which version of AE you are working with.
First, as you probably already have done, you should export your whole program as a self-contained or by reference movie.
Next, import this exported file into your AE. Make sure that the field order of your file is interpreted correctly. Therefore select the imported clip in your AE project window, CTRL-click it and select “Interpret Footage->Main”. “Separate Fields should be set to “Upper Field First” automatically, and “Pixel Aspect Ratio” should be Square.
Then, create a new AE composition (CMD-N) with the Length of your movie, and with the “NTSC D1” setting in the “Preset” selection.
Drop your QuickTime into this Composition, and AE should do the resizing automatically. The 640 clip should fill the whole 720 comp, since AE does know the correct pixel aspect ratio and scales accordingly.
Move down your clip 1 pixel (arrow down). You can verify it when selecting the layer in your composition window and pressing “p” to reveal the Position property. It should read 360,244 now. Since the NTSC 720 codec is lower field first and the 640 codec is upper field first, you will make sure that you get the full original lines and not interpolated/softer lines.
Then press “CMD-M” to render the movie out of AE. Under “Render settings”, make sure you -
Media 100 Producer does not support 24p editing natively, especially since you are getting in with 29.97fps material.
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Yes, if you contact Media 100 sales they can sell you a version of Media 100 HD that can run on your Kona card. It is not Media 100 sw/Producer, but a special version with the according hardware drivers.
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Cleanest image will give you reacquiring as 720*486, and then exporting as self-contained. The other option would be to export as self-contained and change the resolution in AE to 720*480 if you are targeting DVD delivery. Compressor is not that good on upscaling 640 footage.
Anyway, a Media 100 self-contained export will not apply any re-compression. It will do a bit-by-bit copy of the original used footage, so you stay exactly in the quality you have digitized into. -
Check under “Real Time” prefs (next to media locations) if the “play effects at draft settings” is turned on. This does not only play effects but everything at full frame…
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[edunwody] “I think the upconversion and cross conversion is with the HD Suite only. Must be a software deal because the cards are the same. I think.”
The HDe and HD Suite cards are different (Kona LHe and Kona 3). The Kona 3 supports cross-conversion (720<->1080) as well as the HDx card, but the LHe does not.
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Try creating a new user on your system and look if Media 100 starts there. If yes, then it is a preference problem on your local user, or a problem with a 3rd party plugin. If it does not start, try reinstalling Media 100. Usually this cannot hurt at all, and maybe it fixes your problems.
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Gary,
as SoftHarbor says the hardware systems are still under development for IntelMacs; and while the software-only product can use Rosetta (although slow), the hardware board cannot be accessed by the Media 100 software via Rosetta. But since the Hardware version is announced for January you maybe should get in touch with TechSupport (especially since you bought a new system). Maybe they will do a betatest which you can take part of to get the software earlier (although it may of course contain bugs).