[Greg Ball]

Thanks Todd. I don’t know about your town, but here in South Florida the Chamber of Commerce is mostly comprised of small businesses, banks, real estate offices, and some doctors. There are no corporations involved.

For all of the large corporate events we’ve shot, not a single company has gone through the chamber or convention bureau.

Of course the convention bureau wants us to pay a fee and join them, they will not give out information otherwise. This it has never worked in the past. It’s a waste of money.

When I worked in Corporate America for a Fortune 500 company, they NEVER contacted the convention bureaus for hotel info.

Greg Ball, President
Ball Media Innovations, Inc.
https://www.ballmediainnovations.com

[Greg Ball]

I realize the age of my computer, but as I said ordinarily I don’t have an issue with one-off corporate videos. It’s 26 90-minute videos that’s presenting the challenge.

Otherwise my 10-year old mac works perfectly for my needs.

Greg Ball, President
Ball Media Innovations, Inc.
https://www.ballmediainnovations.com

[Greg Ball]

Thanks Joe,

I don’t have access to another machine. Since this is a 1 time project, it wouldn’t make sense to purchase another machine.

BTW the drive I use is connected via ESATA, so I just can’t connect it to another machine anyway. All of these processes would end up taking longer than just exporting the 26 videos.

Thanks anyway.

Greg Ball, President
Ball Media Innovations, Inc.
https://www.ballmediainnovations.com

[Greg Ball]

You guys would like this one. I bid on a job for a corporate video. I gave them a proposal.

They contacted me back and said this.

Hi Greg,
Thanks for following up. I reviewed the quote with my VP and she has submitted it to the CFO for approval. Once this is cleared we can begin.
I will let you know as soon as we receive the “go-ahead” from him.

I followed up several times by phone voicemails and email with no response!! Today she finally writes me to say they went with someone else. I asked her why, considering she indicated we were the choice. She asked for our liability insurance information.

She then says that she sent me that acceptance email to me by mistake. It was meant for someone else.

I usually don’t go back after a client like this, but I asked her how it was a mistake by showing her our whole email chain. Her answer? “We were considering 7 companies, and were answering multiple emails, I sent this email to the wrong company.”

Can you imagine? She’s the head of HR for a company!!! What if she erroneously sent a job offer to the wrong person?!

All I can say is that I’m glad to not work on a video project with such a disorganized company!!! Live and learn.

Greg Ball, President
Ball Media Innovations, Inc.
https://www.ballmediainnovations.com

[Greg Ball]

Thanks Joe, My mac is a Mac Pro (mid 2010) quad coreIntel Xeon. I export as faster encode. I’m averaging about 2 hours per 90 minute video.

The videos are multiclip videos with 3 streams. Do you think that’s why this is so slow?

Greg Ball, President
Ball Media Innovations, Inc.
https://www.ballmediainnovations.com

[Greg Ball]

Thanks Mark. In FCPX I can also batch export to MP4. These are all multiclip files that are at least 90 minutes long. I really do not have as need for compressor. Why would I need that?

I have thought about Premier, but I can’t wrap my head around a monthly subscription. I paid $300 for FCPX, and have never needed to pay additional fees.

I just have 1 edit suite with a Mac Pro Intel Mid 2010.

Greg Ball, President
Ball Media Innovations, Inc.
https://www.ballmediainnovations.com

[Greg Ball]

That’s perfect Oliver!!! Thanks so much!

Greg Ball, President
Ball Media Innovations, Inc.
https://www.ballmediainnovations.com

[Greg Ball]

Thanks so much Jeff!

Greg Ball, President
Ball Media Innovations, Inc.
https://www.ballmediainnovations.com

[Greg Ball]

Thanks Eric,

The app is called 7 to X. But I can’t figure out how to use it sinec FCP7 is on . 10.6.8 and FXP X is on OSX 10.13

Greg Ball, President
Ball Media Innovations, Inc.
https://www.ballmediainnovations.com

[Greg Ball]

Thanks so much Terry. That’s very helpful!!

Greg Ball, President
Ball Media Innovations, Inc.
https://www.ballmediainnovations.com