[Jane Anderson]

Thanks Michael for your feedback.
I will check on the timeline setting as you’ve suggested.
If you read the earlier posting, I’d mentioned that the picture freezes when I use the J and L keys to fast forward and fast rewind through clips.
I was editing with Meridan box – on a very old system, but it was really accurate. Now, with this new Dell Quad Core, I find I have to exit the MC and re-start several times a day as the whole system slows down – even though the display says “memory used 7%” in the project display on my left monitor. I am running three screens – actually 4 screens but the 4th (client monitor) is a cable from the 3rd screen (my full screen display CRT TV since the LCD TV was too slow and there was an offset between my editing monitor that was driving me crazy).
Thanks again – any advice on what I should upgrade to if Mojo is the problem?
Jane

[Jane Anderson]

Hi Job – (other experts too)

I thought I posted the information about a week or so ago – on checking, it doesn’t seem to appear in the thread…

The video card is NVIDEA Quadro FX1700 Driver 6.14.11.7604

Mean anything to you?

The lack of accuracy is still frustrating me, I’m usually quite instinctive about my editing points, and I’ve lost that.

Hope this one makes it in, thanks again for all your help.

Jane

[Jane Anderson]

Hi Job –

Thank you again for all your assistance.

I wonder if ‘repsonsiveness’ might be a misleading way of describing my problem…

I just want to hit stop (space bar ) and have it stop exactly on the frame. On the old Meridan system I could, but now it is inaccurate.

Possibly related – is another thing, when I fast forward or rewind through either recorder or player side, by hitting J or L multiple times – the picture hangs (freezes) – I have to slow down the FF or Rewind to see the image in motion again. The old Meridan was smooth even up to the fastest FF and Rewind speeds.

Thanks again, I’ll sleep better tonight 🙂

Jane

[Jane Anderson]

Hi Job, and other Avid experts!

I’m in the middle of the shoot and syncing rushes every 2 days or so. Things look great, the audio syncs 🙂 and I’m sub clipping all the takes once they are synch’d up.

I plan to do a test to make sure I’ve followed the instructions correctly. I did in fact work from broadcast.wav files, the OMF transfer wouldn’t work. It’s actually ok as wav files because they are nicely labeled and take me pretty quickly to the next slate.

I hope you can help me with a couple more things. For the test – I plan to

1: Output a rough edit of a scene to SP beta. I think I can play out the edit at 24fps.
2: I’ll output the same edit as a QT 24fps – I hope there is a setting that says 24fps?
3: I’ll output an EDl of the audio edl, and get the audio guys to re-conform directly from the same source that I used.
4: I’ll OMF the audio I’m editing with.

In theory – they should all produce the same result… I think? I still don’t really understand if the audio I work with has been sped up to match the 25fps tc images, or not. Sorry – feel really dumb about this. My wav files, I brought in with 24fps timecode – since that’s what it was recorded with. But I have no frame 12 timecode, it all goes frame 9,10,11 then 13, 14…

So what do you think of my test path? They’ll be working in Nuendo. Once I finish the edit, I want to be able to OMF my cutting copy audio for the final mix, not re-lay from the original source recording.

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Next thing which you or others might be able to help me with…

I have this new PC (quad something?) computer with MC version 3 software. It’s running through a Mo Jo we had previously used with DV Express.

I have been editing on a very very old computer, with version 8 point something MC software – but it was with the meridan box and scuzzi (sp?) drives. And it was better!

It’s the response time on the new system that’s driving me crazy. Previously, if I hit stop – it was exactly the frame I wanted. Now, even with this super computer – I hit stop and it’s always 2 to 4 frames off. I can’t edit intuitively at all.

Any thoughts on this? I tried a 25fps project on the new computer (thinking 24fps might be the issue), but it was the same thing. So – any ideas if it’s the MoJo, the non scuzzi drives, or….?

One suggestion is that an upgrade to the MoJo DNX, because it has 3 types of processing, might help. I just want to be able to hit stop and have it stop on the exact frame.

Thank you Job, hope you will continue to be a fountain of knowledge and help 🙂

Jane

[Jane Anderson]

Thanks Job so much for your detailed reply, I am very grateful that you would take the time!
I wish I had an assistant, but I don’t – I’m the one with the 24 fps editing (Steenbeck!) – but I will follow your instructions!
There is no timecode on the camera and I’m not entirely sure I can get a flex file from telecine.
Thanks too to Michael, and Job thank you again!
Jane

[Jane Anderson]

Hi James –

Thank you so so much! You are correct and very sharp in my book 🙂

All that bloody copy and paste! Your suggestion is exactly what I was looking for and made a huge difference – thank you again.

In the pre-set for US keyboard, it’s command F9 and command F10.

I feel so much better about FCP editing now.

Jane

[Jane Anderson]

Thanks again – this time to Harcharan.

You are correct, I should keep myself more up to date, I don’t think I’m alone there.

I will purchase from the online sellers and by-pass the local rep…

Jane

[Jane Anderson]

Thanks to you both –

I will try Tom’s suggestion about pulling out the sequence timeline, and see how that goes…

Cheers, Jane

[Jane Anderson]

Hi Tim,

Thanks so much for your clear reply!

I’ve been cutting on MC for more than 10 years, it’s our secondary system that is Xpress. We will go ahead with the upgrade, what I’m not sure about is whether I’m being ‘done’ by the local guys or they are being ‘done’ by Avid USA.

I love Avid, but have had to pick up FCP to get the editing work. I resisted for years, after trying it 5 years ago; but the reality is too many people have bought into it.

Thanks again, I really appreciate it.

Jane

[Jane Anderson]

Thanks Tom for your reply.

I do have the tutorial book, FCP for Avid editors – I am trying!

Can I conclude that I cannot edit down from any sequence?

It is a common procedure for anyone who has edited on film, then non-linear, then Avid…what is your suggestion please?

Jane.