[Glenn Hughes]

I found a simple solution that works for me. If, like me, the OWC Raid shows up in the finder, and you are able to import files into PP from the drive, but linking files doesn’t work, here’s what worked for me to relink the missing files:

1. On the desktop, create an alias to the folder on the OWC RAID that you are trying to access (you might be able to create an alias to any folder on the OWC with the same results, I didn’t try that).

2. Make sure the alias is on your local Mac drive.

3. When you use PP to relink to the missing files, click the alias and it will connect to the previously unseen drive.

4. Now you can reconnect all your files.

[Glenn Hughes]

This is a pretty important feature for Pros as most of us like to edit without touching the mouse and this is a really commonly-used task: cutting from one timeline and pasting to another. In PP it can be done like this:

1. Set in point: i
2. Set out point: o
3. Lift (ripple cut): ‘
4. Navigate to other open sequence: GOTCHA! (shift-3)
5. Navigate to insert point: Page up/down
6. Insert: Comm-shift-v

That looks like a lot of steps instead of using a mouse but once you get the hang of it it can be done REALLY quickly. Unfortunately cycling through the open timelines by tapping shift-3 mutliple times is NOWHERE near as efficient as the FCP version of comm-shift-{ or }. The weird thing is that cycling through the timelines seems to go in reverse alphabetical order, NOT left to right or visa versa! Try it.

This is one command that I am REALLY missing.

[Glenn Hughes]

Hey Sam. Wondering if you ever got that DT-V100CGU and what your results were.

[Glenn Hughes]

The code needs to be written in the Actions panel or a class file in Flash CS3, which of course doesn’t help much if you’re not a flash guy.Here are a couple of links:

First link:
The video containing my posted code is here (click on Cold Gin):
https://homeworkdesign.com/split_decision/flash/

There is a problem with it, though–it is posted on my server (which does not have Flash Media Server installed) so it is a progressive download, NOT streaming. Which means that you may have to stop the video and let it buffer. I’m currently working on some code to wait for enough to buffer before beginning play.

Second link:
Same video posted to YouTube as H.264 (click the “watch in High quality” link):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJLPWsYAN-8

I can’t find the link now, but yesterday I read a blog that used some Windows-based analysis using Firefox (I’m a Mac guy) to look at YouTube video sources to prove that when you upload an H.264 to YouTube now that YouTube actually plays the H.264 in High Quality mode, not a transcoded FLV version of your uploaded file.

I’m a bit dubious though as the one playing from my server (once you wait for it to buffer) looks better to me than the same video on YouTube.

I don’t know if any of this helps Micks. I just wanted to post the observation that there are options to transcoding to FLV

[Glenn Hughes]

Am I missing something? Are you guys talking about taking an H.264 and recompressing into an FLV file? If so, why? Flash can now play H264 files directly. I just did it, though haven’t uploaded it. Here’s the Actionscript:

//—————————
import fl.video.FLVPlayback;
//trace(FLVPlayback.VERSION);

var flvPlayer:FLVPlayback = new FLVPlayback();
var videoSrc:String = “Cold Gin-Split Decision_021009.mov”;

flvPlayer.width = 640;
flvPlayer.height = 480;
flvPlayer.skin = “SkinOverPlayStopSeekMuteVol.swf”
flvPlayer.skinBackgroundColor = 0xFFFFFF;
flvPlayer.skinBackgroundAlpha = 0.20;
flvPlayer.source = videoSrc;

addChild(flvPlayer);
//——————————

The videoSrc is a H.264 file that I created with compressor. No FLV involved.

Perhaps I’m not reading this thread correctly.