Floh Peters
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If you export a QuickTime in DV PAL (or any other “normal” QuickTime format), CS5.5 should be able to read it. When using the QuickTime export, Media 100 does write regular QuickTime files.
Or you could do a “Self Contained” export, which does export a file in the native Media 100 i codec that pre-V10 systems used exclusively.
The codec (Mac only) can be downloaded in the Media100.com support area and needs to be installed on the system where you want to open this exported self-contained QuickTime.
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In the Media 100 Suite 2.1 readme is Lion support for the Matrox MXO2 line mentioned. Recommended Matrox driver for Media 100/Lion: v2.2.1
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Yes; at least I don´t know why it should not be compatible.
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Since it is an MPEG2 file, it will get transcoded to whatever codec you have selected on import. Filesize can increase dramatically, depending on your selection. Are you sure you have enough space for the import?
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[Jim Wiseman] ” In order to proceed I may have to do the edit, in FCP where I can easily move between standards. Any ideas on how I could simplify this other than Media 100 accepting standards I am using (hopefully in the future?)? Is there any way to get 29.97 1080i out of this footage without reconversion of all the video, perhaps just the audio (with sync)? “
Seriously, the frame rate conversion in FCP is terrible; it just does some regular frame additions or removal, which does not give you a smooth result. If you would want to go to 29.97 from 23.98 in FCP you probably should do that with Compressor (or maybe with Cinema Tools, not sure if this deals with 23.98 footage, though).
Or you can downconvert from 23.98 HD to 29.97 SD on the outputs of the Kona cards, both in Media 100 as well as in FCP. So my recommendation would be to edit in Media100 in 23.98 and output via SDI (or Component or Composite) to SD29.97 in case a 29.97 version is required.
If you want to master to a HD format in 29.97 (what format do you want to master to, btw??), you either could do the transcoding from 23.98 to 29.97 of your finished master in AE or Compressor, or if the quality of FCPs conversion is enough you could also export your master from Media 100 in 23.98 and use the conversion in FCP for play out…
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Why don´t you simply buy an (cheap & large) USB Harddisc and copy / Collect or export the needed footage and the master version to this drive? You could even buy 2 drives for the price of your Blu-Ray discs and keep them in separate places…
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[Jim Wiseman] “My 23.98 HD Footage won’t drop into a 29.97 1080i timeline that also contains 29.97 footage. I have narrowed this down to the audio not being accepted by the 29.97 1080i timeline, for when I strip the audio off of the 23.967 ProResHQ clip it goes into the 29.97 timeline fine. I then tried doing an “Import to the Media Standard and Codec” of just the audio that was brought in at 23.98, and it was also brought into a 29.97 timeline fine. Does this mean that the video and audio have to be matched to the intended output rate during import as well, and cannot be just dropped into a 23.967 or 29.97 timeline after the fact as one can with Final Cut and have the audio not be rejected?”
Currently Media 100 can mix different video standards (Frame rates and resolutions) in a timeline, but unfortunately not different audio standards. So you either have to convert your audio, or bring in clips only with one standard.
[Jim Wiseman] “s the video media fast imported or is it also recompressed into a new ProResHQ file when one does it this way?”
If you use the “Import into selected Codec/Standard” the app does a re-compression of both video and audio into the current format. New media files get created for both video and audio.
[Jim Wiseman] “Just tried doing an “Import to the Media Standard and Codec” with video and audio ProResHQ 23.967 footage, and it still won’t go into the 29.97 1080i timeline.”
This does work if your format choice in the import window is 29.97 1080i. At least it should. If not, maybe this is a bug? What does your imported clip in the bin report as framerate/resolution? -
Can you post some footage somewhere? It could be related to shutter angle or something like that. We had stutter problems in pans with our first “progressive” DV footage some years ago, since the camera recorded progressive material with the shutter of interlaced recording
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Yes, this should be the Avid MJPEG-based (Meridien) codec. You can install them without problems on your system; at least we never had problems with them being installed on our Media 100 systems.
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If you look at the clip size, framerate,… in Bin List View mode, what do you see? Most likely the clips are in a different framerate (e.g. 30fps or so), so that the audio cannot be placed in a 29.97 timeline.