[Jason Goldammer]

Thanks for the responses. I will try them out, although the last time I tried saving multiple fx to a single preset it only saved the first effect I clicked on. The others didn’t show up later.

Am I missing something about CC? Isn’t a pay-by-the-month only service? I don’t like the idea of having my editor connected to the internet…at least where I work. (a small college) They continually push Windows updates, virus protection and force a 15-minute screen saver. (Matrox hates screen savers, so there would be no coffee breaks during exports or heavy rendring.) The IT guys cause nothing but problems. 😉

1. I find myself doing an F9 all the time in Premiere and wonder why it doesn’t work. 🙂

Thanks again Will, for 2 thru 6. It lowered my stress level.

Jas

[Jason Goldammer]

If I remember right, you may be able to import video and audio peices separately into a timeline from the “bad” folder structure. Tedius, but it worked for me until I updated firmware on the disc reader. The correct folder/file structure has always appeared since. (I don’t think it’s the firmware on the camera that has issues.) I haven’t heard of a way to correct the structure after it’s been written. Ian didn’t sound optimistic, so I gave up hope as well.

Not sure if HD and EX can be viewed on the same program, but I use PDZ-VX10 XDCAM Viewer Ver2.30 to preview HD files from a PDW-F355.

Jason

[Jason Goldammer]

It seems to be working great. (Knock on wood.) Evidently the firmware was the issue. I’ll admit I was confused with the various versions out there. (ie; PDWU1 ver. 230 updates firmware to (currently) 245)

Thank you, thank you.

Jason

[Jason Goldammer]

Thank you Ian! That was the best explanation I’ve read in months.

My next question, which I may find out on my own in a day or two, is in regards to a hard drive back up of several discs. They were backed while seeing the GEN and PROAV. I’m curious if I connect
the hard drive via USB (after properly installing drivers) if the “Clip, Sub, Edit, General” folders magically appear. My next attempt would be to import the MXF files in Premiere anyway to
see if they work, even though I would need to re-sync the audio with the video. If it fails I’ll have to back up the discs again, (luckily I still have them), when the PDW-U1 displays the
correct folder structure.

I know I have the latest drivers installed, but the firmware upgrade on the PDW-U1 I’m not sure about. I’m about to check it out now.
Thanks again for the help.

Jason