Jon Zanone
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Check here: https://www.pbs.org/producers/
There’s a wealth of info here. Make sure you click on the link called ‘Red Book’. My experience with PBS is this. I offer a show to the regional affiliate (in my case, Denver), and they accept it. They turn around and put it up on the bird, and publicize to other affiliates what is being broadcast, and when. The affiliates record whatever feed they want and air it. They don’t have to accept programming just because it’s on the bird. A documentary about the spotted owl will probably get air in the northwest, but maybe not elsewhere. (Hmmm, lots of avian references…)
Some more experiences;
-I once sent a master to PBS in a padded envelope. They opened it, and the dust from the padding went all over the place. I now send masters in a bubble wrap envelope, If I can’t hand deliver them. (I’m still not sure why they didn’t use their PBS vacuum….
-Be VERY scrupulous about your video levels. Make sure you follow the standards PRECISELY. PBS engineers are very detail-oriented. If you don’t have one, you’ll make your life much easier by investing in a calibrated outboard WFM/V-Scope.HTH,
Jon“So you want to throw out the old you – but the old you is old enough to know it won’t make it better”
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The thing to remember about Avid is it’s an edit program. It edits very well. It has (possibly) the best media management going. It does layer video, but it has no transfer modes like AE. It’s audio manipulation is also a little weak compared to Vegas. Are you looking to make money with your editing skills now, or are you looking to break in slowly? Don’t choose a hammer because it looks cool – choose you tool because it works for you….
Jon
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Look in the reformat section of the effects pallette. Apply a 16:9 and it works like a champ…
Jon
“So you want to throw out the old you – but the old you is old enough to know it won’t make it better”
Del Amitri – “Make it Better” -
From a post over at the Avid Forums…
Thanks to camoscato for the post and knowledge…
This is from the Avid online help….
Understanding Real-Time Playback Information in the Timeline
When your Avid editing application is unable to maintain real-time playback of an effects sequence, colored bars appear in the timecode track of the Timeline when playback ends.
These bars provide you with information about the difficulties the Avid editing application had during playback. You can use this information to help you render only those parts of the sequence necessary to achieve real-time playback.
Red bars mark the ranges where the Avid editing application was unable to display frames.The ranges marked by red bars are ranges that the Avid editing application recommends for rendering to achieve successful real-time playback. If you mark IN and OUT points around these ranges, use the ExpertRender In/Out command, and then render the recommended ranges, the application will be able to preview your material successfully in real time. For more information, see ExpertRender.
Yellow bars mark the ranges that caused difficulty for the Avid editing application during playback because of processor limitations. No frames were dropped; this is only a warning.
Blue bars mark the location of frames that caused difficulty for the Avid editing application because of disk speed limitations. No frames were dropped; this is only a warning.
If you find that your playback information often includes blue bars, it is likely that replacing your media disks with faster drives will improve the Avid editing application’s ability to play back effects in real time.
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What version software are you using? What CPU, how much memory, what video card… All are important in tracking this down. I seem to recall this was a green/blue dot issue from AXP 3.5 days, but without system specs it’s hard to know!
Jon
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[promoboy] “It’s all about the shortcuts. All about the shortcuts.”
…That, cheap carbs and caffine!
Jon
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Post your system specs – software, version, video card, memory, Visa number (just kidding)… It’s impossible to troubleshoot without that info.
Jon
“So you want to throw out the old you – but the old you is old enough to know it won’t make it better”
Del Amitri – “Make it Better” -
Check the avid site and search authorscript. This was a problem in AXP about 2 years ago. It might be an issue in MC land as well.
Jon
“So you want to throw out the old you – but the old you is old enough to know it won’t make it better”
Del Amitri – “Make it Better” -
Did you selcect the desired input, type in Default EXACTLY without the quotes, then save? It should work like a champ…
FW makes perfect sense in your workflow. There’s an offset (I forget where it is and what it does – I’m currently sipping coffee in my jammies at home) that might help you, if you wanted to try RS422. Theoretically (which is code for ‘I don’t know’!) if you put tone at the head of the tape, and set the levels everytime you digitize, your audio should stay the same through out the process… But then you are converting your video to analog, with possible loss of quality…
Jon
“So you want to throw out the old you – but the old you is old enough to know it won’t make it better”
Del Amitri – “Make it Better” -
Another thing to consider is how many hours are on the head. I’ve heard (I don’t use digib) that they are VERY expensive to replace. If you can take it to a qualified repair shop, I’d do that.
Jon
“So you want to throw out the old you – but the old you is old enough to know it won’t make it better”
Del Amitri – “Make it Better”