[Jeff Carpenter]

No, he’s saying the prefernces might have become corupt in some way that’s causing an error. Tossing them resets everything to a basic system.

[Jeff Carpenter]

Nope. No difference between the 2 computers when it comes to files.

Something’s going wrong, but I don’t know what. Open the project on the Intel machine and do “Save As” and make a new copy of it. It sounds like something is corupt in the original file.

[Jeff Carpenter]

Search google. I’ve seen 3rd party software plug-ins that do this. I’m pretty sure that’s what you’ll need as Final Cut doesn’t really have anything built in to do this directly.

I’ve seen some for Final Cut and one for Motion too, I think. They usually cost between $50-$100. Hopefully you can find reviews for them online as I can’t suggest one over any other.

[Jeff Carpenter]

Mostly if you’re rendering video in a timeline, compressing video for web use, or encoding a DVD. For those kind of long renders, you’ll get slightly faster times.

That’s about it. For anything you do while interacting with the computer, you won’t notice a difference.

[Jeff Carpenter]

Going through another site (like Google video) is probably a good idea. I’ve had good sucess with Youtube. Youtube videos can also be embedded in blogs. Here’s what I’ve had success with:

Make a 4×3 DV project and drag your HDV sequence into it. It will make a letterboxed video image.

Go to FILE -> EXPORT -> QUICKTIME CONVERSION

Set it to a quicktime movie with these settings:
VIDEO
H.264
100 kilobits per second

640×480

AUDIO
AAC
MONO – 41.1 khz
128 bit
===================

Your file has to be less than 10 minutes AND under 100 MB. If it’s longer than 10 minutes, make it into 2 parts.

If you get a file smaller than 100 MB, go back in and raise the video bit rate higher. Keep trying until you get something between 90-99 MB. Youtube will compress it again once you submit it, so give it the largest file you can!

[Jeff Carpenter]

It sounds like the blog only takes certain formats. Is there a place where they list information like this? Or do they have an e-mail address to ask?

We can give you lots of advice, but it won’t matter how nice it looks if the blog doesn’t take that format.

Is this run by a company, like blogspot? Or is it something you’ve made yourself?

[Jeff Carpenter]

…and it

[Jeff Carpenter]

If all else fail, capture it as 1080 60i Apple Intermediate Codec. Make sure it’s set to start a new clip with each frame.

Then, use this advice to convert the files to 23.98 files:

https://digitalcontentproducer.com/hdhdv/depth/edit_v1_final_cut_052907/index1.html

Time consuming, but a nice fall-back if you need it.

[Jeff Carpenter]

Boy, this might be a “try it and see” situation.

I KNOW that the camera will play back the tape since it’s all recorded the same on tape with both cameras. (60 field 1080i Sony HDV)

I KNOW that you’ll be fine if you’re not removing pull-down.

But for removing frames…well I THINK it will work because I think that FCP does this based on the starting frame of each clip. (You used 24pA setting, yes?) So it shouldn’t matter what camera you’re using.

Whether or not FCP can determine what the first frame is while using that camera…I can’t say for sure. You might just have to try it and see what happens. I don’t know if the camera plays any part in that process.

[Jeff Carpenter]

In the Final Cut bin where your assets are, slide the bar over to find the properties of your assets.

The quicktime file is 23.98 and the sequence matches that too, correct? All that information should be in there.

Assuming that’s true, export from Final Cut using Compressor. Duplicate a pre-set for MPEG II and modify the copy so that the frame rate for that compression is 23.98. Run that and you’ll end up with a 23.98 MPEG II file.

Import that into DVD Studio Pro and you’re good to go.

NOTE that DVD Studio Pro will report it as being a 29.97 fps file. I assume this is because DVD players add the pulldown back in and DVD SP is just reporting it that way since that’s how it will be seen to the end user. I wish it would identify 23.98 clips as such, but it doesn’t. I don’t know if this is a bug or done on purpose, but from my experiments it doesn’t matter. The DVD will come out just like you want it, as a 23.98 disc.