Josh Aderhold
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Yeah, that’s what I thought. Was just looking for any other solution besides bringing it into the Mac store.
So unless anyone has any other ideas as to what could solve the problem, I’ll go with I need a new graphics card.
Thanks!
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Small update to my problem.
Oh it’s a problem. I apparently have one of the few “unsolveable” situations. Somehow the corrupt quicktime files are not only mixing up blocks of information, they’re swapping between each other. I have clips of Clip A mixed in with Clip B. And because Treasured’s help file states that to this date no file with such a corruption has ever been resolved, not feeling all warm and fuzzy inside.
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Hi Rafael,
Tried copying the files (one file) to a different hard drive and even tried opening it on a different computer. Same problem. Ran DW twice and once did a scavenge, still nothing. It’s very odd to me as well. What’s even more odd is that its only in this projects directory. I have two other projects on the drive (8TB 4big quadra) and everything is fine on the other projects. But in two separate folders, my capture scratch and my export folder for my final quicktimes, half of the files won’t open. I’ve joked with the guys on this project that it was haunted (this isn’t the first problem we’ve had) but now I’m seriously starting to think it is.
Thanks for the help.
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Well, looks like I’m dealing with Corrupt files. Just purchased DiskWarrior, problem NOT solved. Directory rebuilt and Files scanned. Still having the problem.
Unless you have any other suggestions, thanks for the information. Looks like I’m gonna have to go through Treasured. At least I can now keep all my hard drives cleaned up with DiskWarrior 😉
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Thanks for the responses.
No problem with the extension. My computer recognizes it as a quicktime file, it just won’t open it. I added the extension just to double check. In terms of capturing, I let FCP do all the work for me. I’m not quite sure I understand your question Josh. Up until today, I’ve had no problems with my footage. I discovered the problem through Final Cut, then realized the problem was affecting the actual quicktimes.
I think this might be a corrupt file problem. I just don’t know how they corrupted. I can’t think of any recent time when the drive was unplugged accidentally or anything like that.
If the files are corrupted, will a program like DiskWarrior or TechTools fix the files? 100 bucks is a small price to pay to ensure all my files are working.
I discovered Aero Quartet today and used their application Treasured. It told me my files were corrupt. But to fix all of them is going to cost me 270. Again, a small price to pay, but I’d much rather use Diskwarrior or TechTools, one because it’s cheaper and two because the program will work for any future problems I run into.
So I guess my new question is, will DiskWarrior and TechTools fix corrupt Quicktime files? Do I have any other option besides going through Aero Quartet?
Thanks,
P.S. Later I realized it has affected half of my final quicktime DVD masters. So I have to find some sort of solution.
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So what you’re saying is Apply all my deinterlacing in FCP with filters THEN send to Compressor so it’s progressive. Then I wont need to deinterlace and my images will now have no problem since they also won’t be deinterlacing. I’ll give it a shot. At this point I’m looking for a solution of something to add to the slides.
It really seems to be white or black that is giving me the problem. Or maybe it’s that I can only notice it on an extreme color like White or black.
Exporting to video seems like it would take too long. Too much extra work to export every slide (I have quite a few) and then reimport and throw on the timeline. I’ll give it a shot as well though. Just to see if it improves the problem.
Thanks,
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I’ve set it to better, but that’s the best I can do without Compressor either A. freezing up or B. taking a ridiculously long time.
Could a filter within FCP possibly fix the problem? Doing anything specific to the image? Certain files it might work best with? If I wasn’t getting such a horrible result from “Same as Source” I’d just go with that. But I’ve actually got complaints from my client on the quality after following the normal procedures for exporting through Compressor. And I’ve seen the results, not so good.
Now this is something that irks me as well. I’m working on another project where the typical route of exporting through compressor worked just fine.
8-bit project (HVX-200)
https://img.skitch.com/20100122-p86ta7x86321nmstu5hrwnea6m.tif10-bit project (HDCAM)
https://img.skitch.com/20100122-nsfnudhjds4dx3d2xbnmb5b5ph.tifMy first project there, I didn’t even turn on Frame Controls, I just left it to auto and the result was fine. Where as with my 10-bit project, I follow the same procedure and it’s artifact city.
Can you possibly shed some light on why this would be?
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New question related to the same thing…
Could my quality be affected in anyway because I have two layers of video that aren’t nested together? I have a logo over the top of my video footage as a kind of watermark. But I don’t have the layers nested. Would this affect anything when exporting with Compressor?
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Well I’m not sure exactly. But from my experience, I have captured great looking HDV footage on my Mac Book Pro (Specs below) and had no problems. As for better quality, I’m not sure.
I have found that unless you select the HDV codec, Final Cut won’t capture it. So maybe that’s where the Kona card comes in.
I’m sure others will be able to answer your question more thoroughly. Just wanted to throw in my two cents.
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Great! As long as it looks good, I’m happy.
Thanks for all your help. I truly appreciate it.
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