Jeremy Newmark
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[Jim Blokland] “Thanks for your reply. One further question: if I’m getting ALE files from the transfer house, they would automatically make sure each clip begins on a A frame, right? if so, I could just batch digitize from that list once it’s imported into Cinema Tools and be good to go?”
I would check with your post-house and not just assume this is the case. Every post-house works differently and has different practices. Better safe then sorry.
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Gary and Arnie,
Thanks for the suggestions. Much appreciated!
Best Regards,
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[Michael Alberts] “Besides, the editor will probably be working in ProRes. In that case ProRes will capture at 8 or 10 bit depending on the source.”
Just to clarify this, Apple ProRes is a 10-bit codec. Therefore it will always create a 10 bit file, regardless of the source material. There is a very common misconception that ProRes is 8-bit and ProRes (HQ) is 10-bit. This is not true, they are both 10-bit, it’s simply the data rate that is different.
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Our Quad G5 with Kona 3 has captured hours and hours of 1080p material to ProRes from HDCAM F900 source material. I believe the questionable part is frame-rate. 23.976 and 25 material is no problem, but if it’s 29.97 or 60i, then that will depend on the actual specs of the G5. This is for capturing ProRes of course. If you’re going the uncompressed route, then like Walter said, it’s all about the storage array.
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When down-converting a 23.976 signal out of a JH-3, the signal will always be 29.97. It will always have the pull-down in it, you can not get a 23.976 SD signal out of this deck. You can set it to display a burn-in that shows both the original 23.976 TC and the 29.97 TC, but that will be a burn-in, not the signal going from the deck to the capture card.
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Tom,
Did you happen to download the new leopard update today?
jeremy
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Dulce Systems also recommends journaling their arrays as well. We’ve always journaled both our Huge and Dulce arrays (per manufacturers instructions) and performance on those systems has always been outstanding. Just tested one of the Dulce arrays that was at 59% capacity in Raid 3 journaled and got 510.2 MB/s read speed.
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If the playback on the computer screen (in FCP) and the audio are synced, but the monitored image is not, then it’s most likely just a latency issue. You can fix this in FCP under SYSTEM SETTINGS -> PLAYBACK CONTROL -> FRAME OFFSET. Simply adjust that until it’s correct.
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Jay,
We picked up 4 Gateway FPD2485W monitors last year for 2 of our edit suites. We found them for $400 a piece. They have been great. They are packed with inputs, VGA, DVI, S-Video, Composite, 2 different sets of component inputs and 4 usb ports. With so many good options out there, there is no need to spend the money on Apple displays when you can get better monitors for less money.
best regards,
jeremy
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[Ramona Howard] “Many of our customers have been using the frame/file method for sometime with much excitement and success, check out the lastest release by Spy Post”
Ramona,
I saw this movie, “The Village Barbershop” last weekend at the Cinequest film festival. It looked great and was a very good movie by the way. The DI was well done.
jeremy