Jeremy G. butler
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Resolved! A little bit of Googling with some different search parameters led me to this:
https://www.tinyurl.com/FocusConverterMac
It’s a patch utility put out by the manufacturers of the HDD. Here’s the documentation (and a link for Windows users with the same issue): https://www.focusinfo.com/dynassets/documents/downloads/HDFileConverterPro_Updater_FAQ_3.16.12.pdf
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Sorry about the delay on this, but what I did was obviously download the software and the binaries (and to the uninitiated – follow the directions on the ffmpegx site very closely as it’s not just a standard installation).
Next I took the code that Michael so GRACIOUSLY posted and did like he said and put it into TextEdit, saved it as demuxedsd.ffx (once you save the file as an rtf or whatever, go into Get Info, uncheck “Hide Extension” and change the extension to .ffx), then made a second one called demuxedhd.ffx, and changed the resolution to the 1080 settings, and put them into a folder.
Once I open the program, I click “Open” on the top left of the window and open the demuxedsd (or hd – depending on your project) and it changes all the settings on the right side of the window to AVI VidX, then I drag the source file to the little window on the left (I’m at home on my laptop so I can’t take any screengrabs at the moment). Occasionally, I’ve noticed that the target res doesn’t match the source res so I just go into the Video tab and change the target accordingly. Then I click encode and bing – I have a demuxed .avi file. It plays from the desktop, it imports into FCP – it works completely.
The only thing to consider is that the settings default to mp3 audio – which you have to render in FCP (at least I do – that may be a setting I can change that I just don’t know about) – but there isn’t an AIFF option in ffmpeg, just AAC – and I just haven’t bothered to test that yet.
It really is incredible and I’m super grateful to everyone who chimed in.
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Everything works great!!! Thanks so flippin’ much.
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Fantastic – I’ll give it a test run a little later tonight and will let you know how it goes.
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BEAUTIFUL! Pardon a potentially dumb question – but what would I have to change in those values to transcode an HD file? Unless I’m mistaken, the feeds come down in 1080 since we’re a CBS Affiliate – but I’d have to verify that before I could say with any certainty.
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I don’t know, honestly. haha
Not that I don’t appreciate the input, but what would probably be most helpful is a solution on my end. In an perfect world…well, in a perfect world I wouldn’t even need to start this thread but I digress…in a preferred world, nothing would need to be changed in Master. They have their own setup that works and I don’t want to have to have them reconfigure anything or go to any extra steps just to accommodate my one little Mac.
If there’s a PC solution that would be an option as well – I have a Gateway Laptop that I integrate into my suite every day (mainly just because it’s my personal machine and I feel better checking things like e-mail and Facebook on my computer as opposed to the company’s equipment) and I could very easily put the file on there, do whatever needs to be done, then jump drive it or external hard drive it back to the Mac. My only concern on that front is that some of these HD feeds come out to about 6gig files and it’s no powerhouse of a machine or anything. I’ve had someone mention ffmpegx – is that just another rabbit hole or is it something worth looking into?
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As far as the specifics of our ingest/playback, I’ll need to get our Chief Engineer to answer those questions. I know we have a Pathfire machine, but I’m not entirely sure how it all fits into the overall scheme of things.
As far as the rest, my intention is to be able to import the files into FCP6 and edit. I’m pulling things like the Network Promo Feed in HD and other various syndicated what nots – so I’ll be using this “drag-n-drop” network method as opposed to having Master put the feeds onto tape and my having to capture them into FCP. The last time I talked to our chief he was looking into seeing if he could get the ingest server to NOT mux the files, but I’m not sure where he is on that. He’s out of the office at the moment but the next time I see him I’ll have him answer those questions and we’ll see where we are.
Thanks a million times over!!
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I would assume so? Just to save with file-size constraints I’m using an SD feed – so I tell it to encode with NTSC – DV/DVCPRO. It’s a setting that I’ve used for five or so years on my G5 with SD material. And just to verify that the file itself was okay I opened it in VLC and everything is groovy. I admittedly am not too well versed in Streamclip, though it does seem to be pretty straightforward, so I’m open to any and all suggestions.