Jon Zanone
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Check your export settings – do you have the ‘enabled tracks’ and ‘in to out’ (I don’t remember the exact wording). Essentially, you are telling Avid to use mark in/out and the enabled tracks. If you don’t have in/out and enabled tracks, it won’t export….
Make sense?
Jon
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What version of Encore are you running? I thought ver 2.0 accepted QT refs…
Jon
“The Almighty tells me He can get me out of this mess. But He’s pretty sure you’re F%$#*D!”
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hmmm… All my software came with an ‘agnostic’ media DVD – had all the footage on the disk. Are you saying Avid has a site where tutorial media is stored?
Jon
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On the Avid side, the DNA processor (either the Adrenaline or Mojo box) are designed to speed up everything. If you do buy an Avid, MAKE SURE you buy from a reseller. It will cost a little more up front, but if you factor in the amount of time (and money) you save in the long run fixing problems, you’ll see huge savings.
As for the G3 – I don’t follow. Are you asking if the G3 can handle the your old system? If you are, the answer is no. G3’s actually shipped with the first Meridian systems.
Jon
“The Almighty tells me He can get me out of this mess. But He’s pretty sure you’re F%$#*D!”
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The best way to improve the speed of your system:
1) Drop it from a height to acheive maximum velocity.
2) Sell it on ebay for as much as you can make from it and invest in a new NLE of your choice.
Bill is right – you are stuck where you are. If you are really insistent on finding out more, poke around Avid’s website to see what was next in the upgrade path. If I remember correctly, the next upgrade to 8 gave us the Meridian (I may be wrong) boardset – in which case you have a dead end machine….
Jon
“The Almighty tells me He can get me out of this mess. But He’s pretty sure you’re F%$#*D!”
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Each manufacturer’s website should have a list of what formats their equipment supports.
As a GENERAL rule…
Panasonic decks will play most SD DV and DVCAM formats.
Sony will usually play Panasonic SD formats. The rub, as I understand it, is Panasonic uses a slightly higher tape speed, and Sony uses a lubricant on it’s tapes. SO, if you use Panasonic decks and have Sony cameras, it’s best to use Panasonic tapes in your cameras to avoid head problems. At least that’s how we do it – it works great.Once you start talking about HD / 24p stuff, you really need to check the individual deck – if it doesn’t specifically say HD, chances are it won’t play it. We don’t shoot 24p, so I’m not familiar with workflow issues… Here’s a link to Avid’s list of supported devices:
https://www.avid.com/content/8927/SUPPORTED%20DEVICES%20FOR%20AVID%20EDITOR%20PRODUCTS.pdfJon
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Wait – you’re using a DSR-11 to capture Panasonic 24p (DVCPro??) source material? I’ll bet that’s your problem. I don’t think the DSR-11 will support that Pannie format – it may play it, but won’t support the pulldown of 24p. Just a thought…
Jon
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Are you using QT same as source? That’s about the best you are going to get out of the Avid.
You also don’t say what resolution you are capturing at…When your AE person gives it back, he should render the file using the animation CODEC – it works well.
Jon
“The Almighty tells me He can get me out of this mess. But He’s pretty sure you’re F%$#*D!”
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Well, I’ll give you the standard operating answer first – read the manual. I’m not being flip – there’s really some good info in there.
Now, for some real world advice.
First, check your settings. I have seperate settings for multicam, and have F5 thru F8 assigned as source buttons – think of it as a switcher. I also use quad split (I think that’s what it’s called) and several others – you’ll customize to your liking once you get going.
The names of the tapes are not really important, other than when you redigitize (you did start off digitizing at 15:1, right? Multicam works best at this resolution) you’ll know what tape the machine is asking for.
Open up each clip and mark a standard in point. If you have common TC, that’s great – you don’t even have to open them up. If you select a common inpoint, you must use inpoint on all clips – same goes for outpoints. Hilight all your clips, go to CLIP>GROUP CLIPS (please bear in mind I’m doing this from memory – I’m not in front of my machine – I’m also assuming you are working on XPress – you didn’t say). A dialog box will come up asking what you want to sync your clips on (in, out, TC, AUX TC). Pick your poison.
Next, load that group clip into the source monitor. USe your quad split button to show up to 4 (in XPress) or 9 (in MC) clips. Select the clip with the best audio – click on an individual window, and hit play. At the top of the source window, to the center you’ll see something like “V1/A1-2”. That’s your audio follow video assignment. You can assign what your main video is, as well as your main audio – otherwise, cut that main audio into a sequence. Mark an in to out and slap it in there – you can fix it later.
Once you have your main audio laid into a sequence, go to SPECIAL>GROUP CLIP MODE – you’ll notice the hash marks in the source monitor are gone. When you move the blue line on the sequence, you’ll notice your source is (hopefully) synched up, and all (in your case) 3 clips will move at the same time. If your clips are not synched up, you’ll have to delete the group clip and start again (unless someone knows a way to do it).
At this point, you can work it like a switcher – hit play, then go through and hit your source buttons as appropriate. Don’t worry about screwing up. You can go back and tighten up the edits, trim bad cuts, etc. Keep in mind: When you click on a source IN GROUP CLIP MODE, it will edit that clip into wherever your blue line is in your sequence.
That’s all I can think of right now. Post back if you have anymore questions!
Jon
“The Almighty tells me He can get me out of this mess. But He’s pretty sure you’re F%$#*D!”
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First off, my apologies – I saw DV50 and FW400 and based my statement on that. That’s what I get for answering posts on a caffene deficiency!
Have you checked to see if your camera is a supported device?
https://www.avid.com/content/8927/SUPPORTED%20DEVICES%20FOR%20AVID%20EDITOR%20PRODUCTS.pdf
As for not being able to crash on assemble edit, go to deck preferences in the settings tab and make sure ‘allow assemble edit’ box is checked.
Also, make sure your audio project settings match your source material.
Jon
“The Almighty tells me He can get me out of this mess. But He’s pretty sure you’re F%$#*D!”