[Jeff Carpenter]

You want this program. (It’s free)

https://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/mpegstreamclip.html

Use it to convert the files to whatever format you usually edit with and use those.

[Jeff Carpenter]

I can’t tell you for certain on the MacPro, but that has been the case in past computer models. I’d say it’s fair to assume it’s the same here, but that’s just me guessing.

I never really thought about it because I think it’s generally best to seperate your media drives from the system bus and get them their own PCI card anyway. So whether or not this is true, I’d still suggest going that way.

[Jeff Carpenter]

Hope it helps:

https://www.sony.ca/dvcam/manuals/DSR-1500A.pdf

I don’t know the details on this deck, but usualy DVCPRO playback on Sony decks works with some outputs but not others. Like, component will work but firewire won’t, for example.

I don’t know about this deck, though, but hopefully the manual can help you out.

[Jeff Carpenter]

A common mistake with green screen, I think, is that people try to make the green really bright. You want good color saturation, but making the screen as bright as you can will result in more green spill on your subjects and make for a harder keying job in general, I think.

Light and expose for your talent first and then light the green. You should aim for about 50% – 60% on the IRE scale. If you’re not using a scope, you can still estimate something that’s well lit but not super-bright. The screen shouldn’t be brighter than the talent.

Also, subject back lights should have some kind of color gel, like gold or amber, that helps seperate their edges more than plain white light would.

[Jeff Carpenter]

The only way to run Windows programs on a Mac is to install Windows using Boot Camp or Parallels. (Or run some kind of Windows emulator.)

None of this are things that most Mac users have. Until Intellidisc comes up with another solution than putting a Windows program on their discs, you’re pretty much limited to Windows users as long as you use their system.

[Jeff Carpenter]

Supporting it? Sure. Apple said so months ago.

Replacing HFS+ as the default format?

Well, maybe. That part is still an assumption, though. Sun didn’t technically let any new information out, it was just said in such a way that people are assuming that’s what they must have meant. But I’m not quite ready to make plans based on the assumptions of people who make their living hyping mac news.

[Jeff Carpenter]

The point is that it’s nice to let something like that work while you’re gone.

I’d much rather set a 12 hour compression over night than capture 8 different 30-minute DV tapes. For me, that’s a 1 minute job versus a 4 hour job. It’s the same principle here.

I, too, am looking forward to 50 GB discs in the future.

[Jeff Carpenter]

I’d think 2 GB of RAM is fine for what you’re doing, but just in case you want more, yes, shop elsewhere.

For example, buying 4 GB on crucial.com costs $370. You’d take that and replace the 2 it came with which is a fair bit better than the $750 Apple chargers to add just 2 GB!

[Jeff Carpenter]

Over in the HDV forum there’s a thread on June 3rd called “FCP won’t capture Sony V1U”

It looks similar to your problem. Check out their solution and see if it’s the same thing.

[Jeff Carpenter]

Thanks for the find! I’d spent some time searching the ‘net and this is the first I’d seen of a photo anywhere.