[Graham Fisher]

Thank you for the suggestion, Michael. And yes, it’s not fun to have trust issues with your search results.

We did try deleting the search index files, but to no avail. MC doesn’t properly re-index the bins at that point…

However, one of the guys just pulled up an older set of search index files from before this problem developed. When we delete the new search index files, and paste the old index files in their place, the project then finally re-indexes (or perhaps references the old information) and can find files again.

So looks like we’re close to a fix. We’re going to go off this approach for a week on one or two episodes before going widespread on the fix. More testing is in order.

Graham

[Graham Fisher]

Vimeo’s a good idea, but I know the client would not approve the setting – I understand when you post something, there IS someone on the backend of Vimeo making sure you are posting okay content. Which becomes a security issue.

I’m beginning to wonder if this is more an HTML/coding thing, and not so much QT.

[Graham Fisher]

Thank you, David.

I’ll give it a try.

Early on in the process, I’d asked some data wranglers for their favorite systems. They recommended Wiebetech as a solution that had never let them down. I gave this information to the producers of this project, and unfortunately, the cheapest solution (i.e. Sans Digital) won out.

And then the data wrangler fell through.

I’m very nervous about getting through the week without serious problems, and might push for them to just spend the extra couple hundred dollars on the right hardware.

Thanks again,
Graham

[Graham Fisher]

You are a genius. It worked.

And, actually, I was initially misinformed: the sound mix was done at 29.97.

Thanks for saving me lots more trouble shooting.

Graham Fisher

[Graham Fisher]

For the sake of posterity, off the top of your head, what is the difference between JPEG A and just JPEG?

You are the man.

Thank you,
Graham

[Graham Fisher]

Hi David,

Thanks for the quick response. You’ve made this post workflow one step closer to non-insane.

To confirm then, this is the “Image Sequence” option under QuickTime Conversion? I just ran through it, set it to JPEG, and “Best”, and output a couple seconds. It spit out a JPEG for every frame, numbering them sequentially.

This should be what they want, then?

Thanks!
Graham

[Graham Fisher]

For those in the same predicament as me – working with 4k RED footage on an older machine – I wanted to post a follow-up.

I discovered that the portion of the timeline that the computer was not capable of rendering was a clip that had color correction and a long cross-dissolve on it. After I pulled the filters and transition off any shots that had them, everything has been rendering fine. I’ll be outputting a self-contained 1920×1080 Apple ProRes version of the timeline to color correct at that resolution.

Not ideal in a number of ways, but better than not at all!

Graham

[Graham Fisher]

Thank you, Gary.

[Graham Fisher]

And the specs for the batteries I’ll be using:

Chemistry : Li-ion
Voltage : 7.4VCompatible with 7.2V)
Capacity : 6600mAh

http://www.espow.com/camcorder-battery/sony-hvr-z1u.php

[Graham Fisher]

It looks like I’ll be going up the mountain with a Sony Z1U HDV camera package.

I just talked to a rental house about being able to take something like 6 batteries, but that would probably still be under what I’d need to make it all the way up, and back down. Like I said, the trek is 7 days.

This question probably has an obvious answer, but I’m in the dark on it… Let’s say I went through two large batteries a day… would the Voltaic “Converter” backpack would be capable of charging those in the evening?

http://www.espow.com/camcorder-battery/sony-hvr-z1u.php

Nice backpacks. I’m new to this trekking thing, so I’m trying to think of how this could be added to the mix. We’ll all already be carrying medium sized packs with our misc. trekking stuff… there are porters carrying stuff ahead of us as well.

Thank you!!
Graham