Jd Marlow
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My apologies for the hasty post! I seem to have answered my own question. Right click sequence > UPDATE EFFECTS. New sequence created > lasso all clips > remove effect. At least this is the solution to anyone else out there wondering…my apologies!
JD Marlow
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Rosie,
I don’t think there is any one way to do it. Part of it depends on you figuring out what works best for the show — and this will depend on how much of each source there is. For example, if 95% of the show is 23.98 material and you have some 30i archival I would suggest finish in 23.98, do your 30i to 23.98 conversions and then master to 23.98. Once the show is mastered, do one big cross-conversion to 1080i 59.94 (drop-frame, since it’s broadcast). Then you have a master with clean 2:3 cadence (which could easiliy be restored to 23.98 if needed later). Of course the only trick here is timing the show breaks properly, which the AVID TC calculator can do very easily since you won’t be working in drop frame.
Another option is to work 23.98, master 23.98 and then cross convert to 1080i 59.94 and cut in the archival at that native frame rate as a last step, so that it’s not being converted back and forth.
Of course if it’s the opposite, and only some of your stuff is 23.98 but you’re working in a 1080i project, maybe it makes sense to just cut with that 23.98 material in the 59.94 project you’ve already created. The only thing I don’t know, and maybe someone can help clarify this, is if you dump 23.98 footage on to a 59.94 timeline in AVID, will a proper 2:3 pulldown cadence be applied? Or will you just get weird motion blurring to achieve the conversion?
Hope this is helpful.
JD Marlow
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Michael,
Thanks for this info. I’ll try out transcoding the sequence. I don’t really want to re-capture or transcode all of the original material if I don’t have to.
We are working in an HD project (1080p, 23.976). The only stuff that’s SD are these downconversions from original film transfers. So if you’re saying that, once we lock picture, I can transcode the entire sequence to some DNX codec (baking in motion adapters removing 2:3 on the SD clips) and then batch in the new clips that came from HDCAM tape then that sounds good to me. What I’m hoping is that once I transcode the sequence and decompose, there will be some *.new clips for the previously 29.97 clips, but now at 23.98 that I can use to batch with.
I had no idea the web site was yours – it’s been a great resource for me!
Best,
JDJD Marlow
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Hi guys,
Thanks for your thoughtful responses. I don’t know yet if there are proper picture burn ins for either TC or KeyKode for these downconverts. The program is for broadcast and will likely not be going back to the film, though. The 29.97 clips have already been cut with in a 23.976 project so the motion adapters are probably already on there.
But I’ve done a few tests where I consolidate a sequence with 29.97 clips inside a 23.976 project and the condoliated clips are still 29.97 – AVID doesn’t create new subclips with the motion adapter “baked in”.
So the alternative is, as you mentioned, transcoding the original clips to 23.976 and cut the new clips back into the sequnce (I wouldn’t be able to re-link the clips in the existing sequence to this new media, would I?). I’m wondering: If I go to the trouble of doing this, will I eventually be able to batch capture from the HDCAM originals using the 23.98 timecode on the transcoded clips? If that were to work I’m assuming there would be some +1/-1 frame adjustments that would be needed. It’s a shame when you transcode 29.97 to 23.98 at the bin level you have no control over properly removing pulldown cadence. I am considering just re-digitizing all the tapes properly and cutting them in again, depending on how many there are. I’ve also looked into some EDL conversion workflows which might be a more clever way of dealing with this (https://www.24p.com/30_24.htm).
Thanks again,
-JD
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Guess I was wrong about this. I took out the eSata card and had the other two working. Upon a single restart of the computer, now I cannot get the USB 3 card mounting any devices with the Intensity Pro card in there. I’ve reached out to BM support about it and hoping they can do some testing for me. It’s a real bummer that the Highpoint USB 3 card and the Intensity Pro card cannot seem to work nicely together!
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Upon further testing it appears my Sonnet eSata PCIe card may have been the culprit. I took out the eSata card and put the Intensity Pro in it’s place and everything works fine.
If I put the eSata card back in using a different slot everything is mostly OK (no sluggishness at least), but the USB 3 card doesn’t mount any drives or devices. So I guess I will live without the Sonnet eSata card for now…
JD Marlow
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Just a quick follow up to this: I’ve tried the BM card in two different slots with same results.
I’ve also now tried installing the BM Intensity Pro card WITHOUT the RocketU Quad USB 3.0 card installed and everything works great. Video playback is fine. System isn’t sluggish. So it appears there is some conflict with this USB 3 card. Can anyone recommend another USB 3 card to be using on a Mac? I always thought RocketU made the best one but I need to have both cards working to have a functional system. Or, going the other way, can anyone recommend another straightforward video playback card with HDMI out that may not have this issue?
JD Marlow
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I’m still running Leopard as a backup for my Final Cut Studio 2 system. I have read about people upgrading to Snow Leopard and having trouble with FCS 2. There are also some other older software programs I want to be able to run on Leopard since I know it works on that OS.
I may decide to upgrade to Snow Leopard to see how it goes (but not without doing a Time Machine backup first!).
I emailed BM support and they don’t think it’s a problem to constantly be changing firmware back and forth on the card. I’ve asked them about potentially running 9.0 drivers on Leopard but haven’t heard back. I’m hoping it’s something that could work as an alternative.
JD Marlow
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If you’ve already synced your clips using pluraleyes and did not use the function to create a merged clip from that process, can you do it after the fact?
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It’s very strange. I purchased a bunch of 1/4″ to RCA adapters from monoprice.com, including mono and stereo adapers. I’ll try not plugging in all the way. If all else fails I’ll just abandon and go HDMI with an HD set.
Thanks for your input.
-JD