Gary Milligan
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[Daniel Weese] “I was successfully able to use a reference file for each and create a DVD. The problem is I use this same reference file for bluray and one of a few different things happens. “
Don’t use a reference file. Export a self contained QuickTime file and use that as your ‘master’ for transcoding to whatever other file format you need.
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Gary
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You could render out your audio mix to one track and bring that into AE.
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Gary
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No scripting necessary… it’s in your preferences settings (Import). Select “Length of Composition”.
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Gary
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It looks like “Infusion” which is part of Red Giant’s Magic Bullet QuickLooks.
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Have you tried playing the burned disc in more than one player? Unfortunately, not all players are created equal and you have no control over that. If you try 4 different players and it works in 3 of the 4 then it’s most likely the players fault.
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Gary
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[John Nelson] “One (320gb) internal drive has SL, one (1tb) has Lion. Or, maybe it should be the other way around since videos take up so much more room???”
Does this mean you are using your system drives as your media drives as well? If so, that’s not a good thing. You should always put your media on a separate drive (7200 rpm) with a fast connection (e-data, or FW800).
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Gary
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That depends on what you mean when you say “better”. What would you like to try and improve?
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I don’t want to spoil your party, but doesn’t copyright infringement concern you or your client? Of course if your plan is to re-create the sequences using all your own footage elements (including audio) then that’s a different story. Even if your client is George Lucas you might run into problems as the franchise now belongs to Disney. Good luck.
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Warp Stabilizer can do wonders with some footage but unfortunately it can’t perform miracles with all footage and sometimes it just doesn’t work as well as we might like. The default setting for stabilization is 50% – try backing off to maybe 10% or less to remove the ‘jelly’ effect. You will have to compromise with having some camera movement. Obviously you’re not able to re-shoot but learned a good lesson which might inspire you to use at least a monopod next time. Good luck.
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Gary
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Michael – I assumed you were comparing the ProRes to your original camera files, not the Media 100 HD codec. ProRes is an excellent codec and probably the best for editing in FCP and other Mac based NLEs (including Media 100) that struggle or just don’t work with the more compressed files that most cameras use. I’ve found that a lot of people (noobies) are somewhat shocked when they first realize converting from something like H.264 camera originals to ProRes actually balloons their file sizes 4-5 times larger. You should also be aware that using ProRes HQ vs. just plain ProRes is probably overkill for you. The difference in picture quality is not at all apparent (unless you do a lot of heavy effects processing or are working in 2K or 4K) but the difference in file sizes is fairly significant. I’ve read many of your posts on the COW over the years and I think the type of videos you produce doesn’t really warrant using ProRes HQ – but of course it’s your call.
Up until a year ago I had been using Media 100 as my only editing tool (since 1995) and switched from the Media 100 HD codec to ProRes when I bought the FCP Suite 6 or 7 years ago mainly due to some of the tools it included (Compressor, Soundtrack, and DVDSP). To this day I’ve never done a project using FCP as an editing tool. I’m now using Adobe CC and so far have been quite happy with it. I made the switch because I became uneasy with the silence from Boris FX regarding Media 100 development. That and being able to edit footage in its native codec not only saves the time it takes to start editing, it also saves on storage requirements. Transcoding only comes into play when it’s time to export from the timeline. However, Media 100 is a very under-rated tool and probably the very easiest to learn which I think is one of its greatest strengths. Too bad it failed on the marketing side.
Koti – apologies for straying from your original question. When you play the QuickTime file does it play smoothly? Does the Blu-ray disc pause in the same place all the time? What are your Bit Rate settings in Toast?
Gary
