Jason Mccaffrey
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Whoops, sorry about that. I meant to, then clicked on Final Cut Pro out of habit.
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FCP HD 4.5
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Good question, but it is in fact a tv monitor. I am privy to the difference between interlaced and progressive scan. In fact, the dvd player that I am viewing the dvd on is hooked up to the same tv that my deck and computer are hooked up to. I’m viewing the timeline output and dvd output through the same tv. In the timeline – no strobe. On the dvd – strobe.
Jason
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I am using an external monitor. I just reviewed that section again from the timeline and there is no strobing going on, it’s only in the dvd. What gives?
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Thanks for the advice, guys, but it still ain’t working. Whether we send the FCP project file or the XML file we get the same error message. “Error: Wrong File Type”. It then proceeds to open FCP, just not the project we’re trying to get finished. What are we doing wrong here?
Jason
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Thanks! That thread told me exactly what I needed to know.
Jason
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Thanks! Actually, NetMedia did have a basic timecode calculator that just adds and subtracts for free, which is all I needed.
Here’s the link in case anyone else looks at this thread looking for the same thing: https://netmedia.fr.pl/osx/index.html
Jason
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Thanks for the response. I found another work around besides the two you suggested. I loaded a random video clip into the viewer. I then looked for all of the problem spots and put the random clip on v2 where the render files were sticking and then deleted the random clip. This fixed the problem.
I’m curious why this problem happened in the first place, though. Is this a bug? A preference problem? A configuration problem? It seems noteworthy that the phantom clips were completely unrelated to the video they were near. There was no reason for those clips to be there in the first place.
Jason
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Did you ever find a solution? I’m having the same trouble, but recapturing the footage is not an option at this point.
Jason
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In your list of programs that you are interested in running, I think Shake is going to be the one that asks the most of your system. Its minimum requirement is a 1 GHz G4. Check out all of the tech specs on the software you want to run and come to your own conclusions.
FWIW, at home I’m running FCP 4.5 and After Effects 6 on a dual G4 500 MHz powermac with nothing to complain about. However, my computer at work just got upgraded to a dual G5 2 GHz powermac and the render times are ridiculously fast compared to my computer at home. So, if you are an impatient sort of person or if you realize that time=money, get the fastest computer you can afford.
By the way, I have had great success with finding amazing deals on used macs on eBay.
Jason