Jeff Carpenter
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Ok, 2 more things:
1) Make sure that your sequence settings and the capture settings all match. Use the “Easy Setup” to select DV and make a new sequence and use that one. Then check the DV files you’ve already captured to make sure everything looks right there. (29.97 fps, 720×480, etc.) It’s possible that something isn’t matching, forcing the machine to convert the video in real-time as you play it.
2) Also, at the left of the timeline is a pull-down menu called “RT.” Check that and make sure everything is set to “Unlimited.”
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Use Compressor. That’s where all those options went and what Apple expects you to use now. You can either:
1) Go to FILE -> EXPORT using COMPRESSOR
or
2) Export a Quicktime refrence movie, open up Compressor and drag it in.
#1 gives slightly better quality but #2 can be a lot faster and it doesn’t keep Final Cut busy which can be nice.
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https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/review_chv_morph_.html
It’s $59 but that’s probably worth it from the looks of it. I’ve never used it but it looks promising.
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You’re thinking of ‘Parallels’ which is a program that allows you to run Windows inside of OS X. Graphics performance on that is very low.
But Boot Camp allows you to restart the computer as a total Windows machine. No issues there…Windows has no idea it’s on a Mac. You get full hardware performance.
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Use Quicktime Pro to export a quicktime movie. Use the H.264 codec for video and AAC for audio. You can play with the size, frame-rate, and compression amount for both of those things to see what makes you happy.
This will require Quicktime 7 to view. If you know who you’re sending it to, this is fine. If it’s just going on a website for the public to view you may want to do this as your main video but also offer something else for viewers who don’t have quicktime.
But I find that many people have quicktime 7 now since they tend to download it along with iTunes.
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If all you are using is firewire it make zero difference what you do.
If you had some kind of capture card and could go analog out of the camera and capture that as some other format then yes, it would make a difference.
But going firewire is the same as recording to DV tape first.
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Yes, but for most programs those files are generally under 5 MB and they’re totally inert. They don’t DO anything. On a Windows machine you’d have the program leave marks on the registry which would slow down the computer sometimes, but that’s not the case on the Mac. All your losing is the hard drive space, which is pretty small. The files left behind are nver again used by the computer. So just leave them alone.
If you REALLY want to get rid of them, erase the program and then empty the trash. Then use Spotlight to search for the program. Any files or folders that you still find at that point…erase them.
That’s all you have to do. It should take about a minute. I’d do it for large programs like Final Cut Pro since it may leave large files behind. But something like “Fetch” or “Handbrake?” I wouldn’t even worry about it after I erased the program from the Application folder. At that point the program itself is gone and that’s all I care about.
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1) Your Final Cut application should be on the internal system drive. The video should be on the external drive. (Set Final Cut Scratch Disk to external drive.)
2) The external drive should NOT be USB. Firewire will be ok for DV or HDV video but you might need something faster for other formats.
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I’m nearly positive that all the Sony decks can only play DVCPRO out their analog ports. So component would work, but Firewire or SDI will not.
You either need to get a DVCPRO deck or some kind of I/O device or card for your computer that can capture analog component signals.
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First off, what laptop is it? You’re getting into a situation where you might have to tailor your clip to fit the hardware.
Here’s a guide:
https://www.apple.com/quicktime/guide/hd/recommendations.html