[John Fishback]

Have you tried Michael’s suggestion of using Frame Controls? In Compressor’s Inspector click to turn on Frame Controls and set the Resize Filter to Best. This will do the best possible scaling of the image. It will also increase the encode time significantly. Try a test of your graphics to see if it helps. I also recommend BitVice (and Video Purifier (which does excellent scaling, too).

John

MacPro 8-core 2.8GHz 8 GB RAM OS 10.5.8 QT7.6.4 Kona 3 Dual Cinema 23 ATI Radeon HD 3870, 24″ TV-Logic Monitor, ATTO ExpressSAS R380 RAID Adapter, PDE enclosure with 8-drive 6TB RAID 5
FCS 3 (FCP 7.0.2, Motion 4.0.2, Comp 3.5.2, DVDSP 4.2.2, Color 1.5.2)

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[John Fishback]

FCP has an offset setting that might help. However, I’m not sure which way the offset goes. in Final Cut go to the System Settings menu and click the Playback Control tab. Then enter a number of frames in the Frame Offset field. I believe the range is 0 to 30. Hope this helps.

John

MacPro 8-core 2.8GHz 8 GB RAM OS 10.5.8 QT7.6.4 Kona 3 Dual Cinema 23 ATI Radeon HD 3870, 24″ TV-Logic Monitor, ATTO ExpressSAS R380 RAID Adapter, PDE enclosure with 8-drive 6TB RAID 5
FCS 3 (FCP 7.0.2, Motion 4.0.2, Comp 3.5.2, DVDSP 4.2.2, Color 1.5.2)

Pro Tools HD w SYNC IO & 192 Digital I/O, Yamaha DM1000, Millennia Media HV-3C, Neumann U87, Schoeps Mk41 mics, Genelec Monitors, PrimaLT ISDN

[John Fishback]

Also, checkout YouSendIt.

John

MacPro 8-core 2.8GHz 8 GB RAM OS 10.5.8 QT7.6.4 Kona 3 Dual Cinema 23 ATI Radeon HD 3870, 24″ TV-Logic Monitor, ATTO ExpressSAS R380 RAID Adapter, PDE enclosure with 8-drive 6TB RAID 5
FCS 3 (FCP 7.0.2, Motion 4.0.2, Comp 3.5.2, DVDSP 4.2.2, Color 1.5.2)

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[John Fishback]

How did you copy the media from card to desktop? Have you checked to make sure all the data was copied from your card? Get Info from the P2 card and the copied folder and compare the sizes. Something must not have been copied. You didn’t mention what computer you were using, but you shouldn’t use your system drive for media. This wouldn’t cause the problem you’re having, but media should be on a separate drive from the system. Have you tried L&T from the P2 card? If it’s damaged you can repair the folder structure in the camera.

John

MacPro 8-core 2.8GHz 8 GB RAM OS 10.5.8 QT7.6.4 Kona 3 Dual Cinema 23 ATI Radeon HD 3870, 24″ TV-Logic Monitor, ATTO ExpressSAS R380 RAID Adapter, PDE enclosure with 8-drive 6TB RAID 5
FCS 3 (FCP 7.0.2, Motion 4.0.2, Comp 3.5.2, DVDSP 4.2.2, Color 1.5.2)

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[John Fishback]

Checkout: https://mxf4mac.com/mxf-export and https://www.dvfilm.com/press/raymac3.htm

John

MacPro 8-core 2.8GHz 8 GB RAM OS 10.5.8 QT7.6.4 Kona 3 Dual Cinema 23 ATI Radeon HD 3870, 24″ TV-Logic Monitor, ATTO ExpressSAS R380 RAID Adapter, PDE enclosure with 8-drive 6TB RAID 5
FCS 3 (FCP 7.0.2, Motion 4.0.2, Comp 3.5.2, DVDSP 4.2.2, Color 1.5.2)

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[John Fishback]

Years ago, we shot an interior in a moving car. We used a small, gelled & diffused incandescent auto work light plugged into the cigarette lighter (they had those back then). A car followed behind with its headlights on high to provide backlight. We drove under streetlights which added periodic brightening. The biggest challenge was monitoring the video from the chase car.

John

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FCS 3 (FCP 7.0.2, Motion 4.0.2, Comp 3.5.2, DVDSP 4.2.2, Color 1.5.2)

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[John Fishback]

Here’s my off-the-wall suggestion. Use greenscreen to shoot all the narration. Shoot your background plate one morning. Roll 20 – 30 minutes. It would also be a good idea to shoot a zoomed-in background plate to use behind closeups of the talent. Shoot your talent in front of the green screen then key him into the beauty footage. If you search the Cow you’ll find many discussions about shooting with a greenscreen. Apart from the techniques to light the greenscreen to pull a good key, you need to light your foreground (talent) so that lighting matches the beauty shot. Then just shoot your wider shots of actual demonstrations outside. All this will greatly speed up the process and give you more control. Just a thought.

John

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[John Fishback]

IMHO, AT&T cell phones are the worst. In our studio I now recognize the odd chattering sound they make. When I first heard it some years ago I thought it was a hardware issue. But an associate clued me in that it was probably caused by a cell phone. After that every time I heard that sound, I checked if the talent had their cell turn on and every time they had. On a set or in the recording studio you can ask (demand) everyone turn off their phones. However, with a public audience there’s little you can do but hope you don’t get hits. In a situation like yours you might put a Zoom with mic on the podium and record independent of the sound company. Take their feed, but the Zoom might be a backup. Often, it’s a combination of cable, grounding, console, recorder that picks up the interference. Perhaps a simpler setup would be less susceptible.

John

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[John Fishback]

Capturing live audio well is difficult. Perhaps the best solution would be to take a feed from the audio company working the concert. If they’re doing a record mix as well as a house PA mix, use that one. Feed your wireless transmitter from their board feed. Just be sure to match the feed with the level your xmtr is expecting. If you can choose Line In on the transmitter (as opposed to Mic In), do that. You may need a special cable. Also, even with Line In you might need a pad to lower the line level to the cam. Board mixes at concerts can be hot. (If the xmtr only accepts mic level in then you need a pad that can handle that.) I don’t know if your cam has a switchable pad. It might be a good idea to talk to the audio company in advance and hear what they have to say. They’ve probably done this before. And test, test, test. Go to a rehearsal or sound check and record some audio. Play it back and be prepared to improvise if you have any issues.

John

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[John Fishback]

I’m glad it worked out. Were you editing with the H.264 codec or just using it to export?

John

MacPro 8-core 2.8GHz 8 GB RAM OS 10.5.8 QT7.6.4 Kona 3 Dual Cinema 23 ATI Radeon HD 3870, 24″ TV-Logic Monitor, ATTO ExpressSAS R380 RAID Adapter, PDE enclosure with 8-drive 6TB RAID 5
FCS 3 (FCP 7.0.2, Motion 4.0.2, Comp 3.5.2, DVDSP 4.2.2, Color 1.5.2)

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