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J. Tad newberry
June 3, 2010 at 10:06 pm in reply to: NX5 and FCP

In the midst of converting, and I’ve checked the files that are done. ALL audio/video sync is off by almost 2 seconds, and the worst part is that there are some places where “it” (the camera?) made it’s own cut while i was shooting – in what should’ve been an unbroken 10 minute speech! – and the clip that follows has NO SOUND at all, and the video is kind of “jittery”. but then, the next clip appears to be fine, though this “auto-cutting” resulting in no audio has – so far – happened several times. What now? Have any of you NX5 users encountered this? Maybe it’s a ClipWrap problem? Is Sony responsive to any of this??

Thanks again!

J. Tad Newberry
Big Ya Productions
Mac Pro 2.66 GHz Quad-Core
3 GB RAM
http://www.bigya.tv
J. Tad newberry
June 3, 2010 at 9:03 pm in reply to: NX5 and FCP

Thanks again guys. I bought ClipWrap and am converting to ProRes right now. The shoot went well, though not sure i love this codec for FCP. : ) Thanks again for your help.

Thanks again!

J. Tad Newberry
Big Ya Productions
Mac Pro 2.66 GHz Quad-Core
3 GB RAM
http://www.bigya.tv
J. Tad newberry
June 3, 2010 at 6:45 am in reply to: NX5 and FCP

Thanks for the pointers, Shane. I’m trying out ClipWrap. Do you use “Rewrap (don’t alter…)”, or convert right to 422 or 422 HQ, and then import directly into FCP without using Log and Capture? I’ve done all three conversion types, and of course, the file sizes are quite different, but just seeing what is the best most efficient way to go.

Then for archiving the stuff from the Flash drive, do you ONLY backup (i’m going to Blu-Ray discs these days) the ClipWrap converted media, or do you also backup the original MTS files, and/or ALL the info from the Flash drive?

Thanks again!

J. Tad Newberry
Big Ya Productions
Mac Pro 2.66 GHz Quad-Core
3 GB RAM
http://www.bigya.tv
J. Tad newberry
June 3, 2010 at 3:07 am in reply to: NX5 and FCP

Wow…just posting here makes my brain work better! I took the Flash Unit off…and there was a USB port on it that is hidden until you take it off! Guess what? The clips now show up in Log & Transfer! Amazing…

: (

Thanks again!

J. Tad Newberry
Big Ya Productions
Mac Pro 2.66 GHz Quad-Core
3 GB RAM
http://www.bigya.tv
J. Tad newberry
May 21, 2010 at 6:15 pm in reply to: creating mpeg-2 – why no audio?

delivery specs specify “CBR Bitrate: 8Mbs” and the default Compressor setting was two pass VBR, avg 15Mbps and Max at 20Mbps, so it seems to be making the video at a high enough quality, though on playback, it sure doesn’t look like something i would want to air! : )

Thanks again!

J. Tad Newberry
Big Ya Productions
Mac Pro 2.66 GHz Quad-Core
3 GB RAM
http://www.bigya.tv
J. Tad newberry
May 21, 2010 at 6:13 pm in reply to: creating mpeg-2 – why no audio?

settings are all default mpeg-2 (Program stream) Compressor settings

Extras / Multiplexed MPEG-1/Layer 2 Audio is checked and Program Stream selected (both of these by default)

thanks for the attention

Thanks again!

J. Tad Newberry
Big Ya Productions
Mac Pro 2.66 GHz Quad-Core
3 GB RAM
http://www.bigya.tv
J. Tad newberry
April 16, 2010 at 11:38 pm in reply to: cutting out a square from a square

Ah, yes…i knew that mask was in there somewhere! Thanks for pointing me to it, that was exactly what i needed.

Thanks again!

J. Tad Newberry
Big Ya Productions
Mac Pro 2.66 GHz Quad-Core
3 GB RAM
http://www.bigya.tv
J. Tad newberry
March 31, 2010 at 10:40 pm in reply to: Compressor droplets – any way to make an XDCam CBR?

i would enjoy less rendering and faster screen redraws during editing…

Thanks again!

J. Tad Newberry
Big Ya Productions
Mac Pro 2.66 GHz Quad-Core
3 GB RAM
http://www.bigya.tv
J. Tad newberry
March 31, 2010 at 5:16 pm in reply to: Compressor droplets – any way to make an XDCam CBR?

Glory Be! You’re exactly right, on theHDV/HDCam CBR naming! I never noticed that. I’m cutting a show from two HDV cameras, and know that HDV can be a little slow for FCP, so was wanting to first convert to something faster. I had tried DVCPro HD as well, but noticed the file size still several times larger than even HDCam VBR, and CBR was smaller and rendered faster so that’s why i was choosing it…never noticing that it ended up being the same thing i started with! Gyarsh…

Well, i just did a render test. I took a native HDV file, :25 long, converted it to Pro Res 422 HQ 1440, DVCProHD, and XDCam VBR. Took each new clip, put it on it’s own native timeline, then rendered out that single file from FCP and noted the render time and file size. Then took each new QT file and dropped it on my H.264 droplet and noted that render time:

From a :25 original HDV clip

Codec Render out from FCP File Size Render to H.264
Pro Res 422 HQ :24 581 MB :44
XDCam VBR :05 112 MB :28
HDV :05 81 MB :23
DVCProHD :14 357 MB :24

From this table, it seems like it is always best to leave HDV as HDV. Faster rendering on both ends and smaller file size…BUT, it seems when i have a full time line of tons of HDV clips, transitions, graphics, etc., it seems like the HDV stuff takes longer to render…but i haven’t done a test like the above for full time lines. Most people here are saying it is not efficient for the computer to use HDV clips, so best to convert….but in this instance, i’m not seeing the benefit.

So, my final project goes out to one client as an HD QT file on a hard drive, and to two others as an SD master on BetaSP tape.

Thanks again!

J. Tad Newberry
Big Ya Productions
Mac Pro 2.66 GHz Quad-Core
3 GB RAM
http://www.bigya.tv
J. Tad newberry
March 31, 2010 at 4:25 pm in reply to: Making “font collections”

Ah, yes, i knew about the available collections, but you just helped to find the very-easy-to-find “Browse” button, which lead me to the drop down menu where i chose “Manage Fonts”…THANKS!

Thanks again!

J. Tad Newberry
Big Ya Productions
Mac Pro 2.66 GHz Quad-Core
3 GB RAM
http://www.bigya.tv

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