[Kat Baker]

Sorry…I also meant to say that the only NTSC thing about these files is the resolution. They are 720×486. They were transferred at 24fps and are 10-bit RGB.

I apologize for all the confusion.

[Kat Baker]

Sorry…didn’t mean to say scans…..they were dpx sequences created by transfering 16mm film from our Ursa Diamond telecine through our DaVinci 2K and then converted and saved as dpx via Max-T’s Sledgehammer HDIO.

So NTSC dpx files are a no go….hhhmmm…interesting. Had no idea.

Kat

[Kat Baker]

These are just NTSC scans, not even 2K. When you say use Glue Tools to control my output what do mean exactly? Sorry if this is a dumb question.

Thanks,

Kat

[Kat Baker]

Opening the dpx sequence in QT gives me the same problem. I save a ref movie and the drop it into FCP and the codec still says “DPX Digital Film.” We really are trying to do tapeless workflow from film here, but if I can’t playback the files without rendering it would seem to me that it defeats the purpose…..speed-wise.

I’ve also tried to batch convert the sequences in Silverstack and to convert a 47,000 frame sequence took over an hour on a Quad G5 with a 14TB xserve RAID striped 5+0. It still seems to be faster to injest from DBeta/HDCAM/DVCAM dailies then to do an offline edit with dpx files.

We have a Kona LHe, so if the Kona 3 will playback the dpx sequences then maybe we should just finally upgrade.

Ugh…so frustrating.

Thanks so much for all your help!

Kat

[Kat Baker]

Thanks for responding Russell. They playback in realtime in the Viewer, but as soon as I put them in the Timeline and try to play them back in the Canvas I have to render. I can’t find a sequence setting for DPX files. What am I missing?

Thanks,

Kat