Gary Huff
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[Erik Lindahl] ” Would be more valid with a compression test from a proper encoder like Episode Pro or even Adobe Media Encoder. Apples Compressor is quite sub-par (or has been before).”
Agreed. Compressor isn’t the best way to check this.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “Or, taking the time to build a Mavericks system from a fresh install will serve you better in the long run, if it hasn’t been done already.”
I am on nMBPr with Mavericks (which came installed), and 10.1 has been okay, but I’m currently working on a project that is largely XF codec from the XF305, and it’s performance is lackluster at best. I constantly have to render every time I do anything, even as simple as using a text overlay effect from FCPXs built-in effects. Very annoying.
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[Samuel Féron] ” By “raw” I mean imported (dragged and dropped) directly from the camera… So yeah, uncompressed as well.”
Actually, it’s neither. From what I can tell, the Medion Life camera shoots MPEG-4 (not uncompressed). In an AVI container? Surely you can set it to record to an MOV container.
What you need to do is delete the crappy MacX DVD Video Converter software off your Mac, set your camera to record to MPEG-4 .MOV files, and use MPEG Streamclip to transcode to ProRes LT.
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[David Lawrence] “Adobe’s are by far, the worst in the entire software industry. And BTW, they do absolutely nothing to stop piracy.”
So they should just take them all out, right?
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[Steve Connor] “Which has SO much to do with Mitch’s original point.”
Well, Mitch’s original point was that Adobe’s activation process went screwy on him. Yes, it sucks. But would you support Adobe just removing all of that all-together? Because that’s how to fix that issue.
All anti-piracy measures will screw legitimately paying customers. You either deal with it when it happens or you remove it entirely.
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[Frank Gothmann] “Quality isn’t really great though.”
and so it continues with Compressor? I have never been really happy with what I can get out of it.
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[Steve Connor] “As it would be if your Windows PC broke down”
Not really, because one can easily hop over to Fry’s and buy a replacement part.
Unlike if your GPU goes out on your new Mac Pro.
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[Mitch Ives] “Bogus comparison. Most of us have more than one machine. I have four available Adobe stopped on both machines it was registered on. See the difference?”
Yes, you’re rich enough to afford 4 machines.
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[Steve Connor] “Yup, hardware failure and being locked out of your own software are EXACTLY the same”
The end result is the same.
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[David Lawrence] “2016 is based on Adobe’s publicly stated long-range targets.”
And if they make those targets?