Jon Zanone
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Keep in mind these are for NTSC – PAL shouldn’t be that different… Also, this assumes you are either delivering a QT file, or your encoding software is on another machine.
I right click on my sequence and choose export.
Click on the ‘options’ button, and select Quicktime. Make sure the ‘use enabled tracks’ and ‘use marks’ buttons are deselected. This does nothing more than export the entire sequence. If I do have one of those checked, inevitably I don’t have all my tracks selected.
Make sure the ‘Audio and Video’ button is selected.
Check ‘same as source’, choose 601/709 (I think thats right – I’m not in front of an Avid right now!).
Choose native dimensions 4:3 (assuming you are in 4:3 land – if you are in 16:9, check that).
Click ‘save as’ so you can recall the setting later.
That should give you the highest quality QT out of the Avid.
If your encoding software is on the same machine as the Avid, you can use a QT reference. Its much quicker to export, and you use the OMFI files.
HTH,
Jon
“The Almighty tells me He can get me out of this mess. But He’s pretty sure you’re F%$#*D!”
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Probably not. Even if you were to consolidate your sequence, 45 minutes is a lot of footage. You would need consolidage the project, and use several DVD’s. You’d have to split the OMFI files into 4gb sections. I don’t know how viable tape storage still is, but that might be an option for you.
Jon
“The Almighty tells me He can get me out of this mess. But He’s pretty sure you’re F%$#*D!”
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Is the original file interlaced? If you watch an interlaced (regular TV) file on a computer monitor (progressive), it will look bad. Depending on the ultimate destination of your project, you’ll need to set your export settings accordingly.
Jon
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Keep it around 0 db – I don’t let it go much more than one bar past. Digital audio is much different from analog. When you distort digital, its REALLY distorted!
Jon
“The Almighty tells me He can get me out of this mess. But He’s pretty sure you’re F%$#*D!”
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Have you tried transferring the movie to a different computer and playing it from the hard drive? Me thinks your problem is an issue with the speed of the drive and the size of the file…
BTW, I lived in ‘rainy’ England – the first summer was one of the hottest on record… Of course, 4 years later all was well with the world and we had one nice week in June….
Jon
“The Almighty tells me He can get me out of this mess. But He’s pretty sure you’re F%$#*D!”
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How are you getting reference to the Mojo? Most BB gen’s have multiple outputs. If it doesn’t, you can feed the signal to the Beta, then loop it out to the Mojo.
Jon
“The Almighty tells me He can get me out of this mess. But He’s pretty sure you’re F%$#*D!”
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You are going to spend a lot of time exporting – no two ways about.
Does Vegas handle Quicktime? Avid is a native QT application – meaning it works best in QT. My suggestion is to work in QT, as long as Vegas will handle it. (I’m pretty sure it does – I use QT audio files in Vegas all the time).
Avid is not great at exporting anything other than Quicktime. If you export ‘same as source’, its not too painful. If you export .avi, it’ll take longer to get your footage out.
I’d suggest creating one short QT file to test in your system.
I found this on the CODEC page at Avid.com:
“These codecs are not for use with DV media on Avid Xpress DV. However, many Avid Xpress DV customers have been interested in the whereabouts of these codecs. The standalone Avid DV codec is included in the Goodies folder on Avid Xpress DV 3.5 CD.”
Hopefully, whoever owns the XPress system has the install disk readilly available. Install the CODECS in the C:\WinNT\System32\ or C:\Windows\System32\ directory.
Get your footage. Create a masterpiece. Get paid. Have a soda.
Jon
“The Almighty tells me He can get me out of this mess. But He’s pretty sure you’re F%$#*D!”
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Do 1 of 2 things.
-Mixdown your sequence (or just the portion with the key)
-Lay a submaster effect on the clip you want to key, and step into it. Lay your graphic down. Render to play.
Jon
“The Almighty tells me He can get me out of this mess. But He’s pretty sure you’re F%$#*D!”
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An immediate fix is to do 1 of 2 things:
-Make sure EVERY effect is rendered (even RT dissolves, wipes)
-Do a video and or audio mixdown of your sequence.
In the long run, make sure you set your drives to use ‘all available’ when you digitize. An under run occurs when the disc heads can’t acess files fast enough – meaning you’ve got a file or two in close proximity to each other on the same drive, and the head can’t move fast enough to read each one in succession (which is why you NEVER defrag your media drives).
Jon
“The Almighty tells me He can get me out of this mess. But He’s pretty sure you’re F%$#*D!”
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[syd] “-How to create .AVI files in Avid beyond the software 2GB limit?”
The 2GB limit is an OS limitation.
[syd] “Or is it posible to confugure Avid Mojo to work with Vegas or Premiere?”
Avid is pretty proud of the Mojo. I don’t know of a way to get it to work with any other edit software. What is it about the Mojo you have to use? What’s your source material? If you are coming in firewire, why not skip the Avid altogether and use Vegas/Premeire to capture?
[syd] “I need to capture with Mojo but I need to manipulate the files in Vegas or Premiere as .AVI files”
Is it the software you need to use, or do you need the final output as an .avi? Wouldn’t QT work for your purposes? I’m pretty sure both packages will handle a QT file. Maybe I need a better understanding of your need to use .avi…
Jon
“The Almighty tells me He can get me out of this mess. But He’s pretty sure you’re F%$#*D!”