[Kieran Matthew]

Hi Chris,

They’re on the disks aren’t they? (trying to remember!) I think it is just a folder named leaders & trailers that you drag to your media drive and then import the files you need in the usual way.

Could be wrong though!

K

[Kieran Matthew]

Hi Chris,

Speaking from a purely technical standpoint, SDI is the better option as it is digital and so represents the highest quality, however as media 100i is compressed it is hard to spot any real difference between analogue component using good quality, short, timed length leads and SDI.

If you are mastering a tape to send to another edit facility for further processing then it is handy to preserve the extra out-of-range detail (in clouds for instance) that is often lost via the rather brutal clamping in media 100, by going out SDI. If the master is for broadcast and you have no external legaliser, then analogue is often just a safer option.

Not really an answer, just an opinion!

K

[Kieran Matthew]

Hi Jim,

You beat me to it!

K

[Kieran Matthew]

Hi Chris,

SDI is just another output, like firewire, or analogue (though obviously it doesn’t have to go through a D-A). Once it is in the media 100, any media, regardless of its origin, is output simultaneously through the SDI and analogue outputs.

The only difference is that the SDI output is full range (0-255) whilst the analogue is clamped to legal range (16-235).

HTH,

K

[Kieran Matthew]

Hi John,

Assuming that the markers are chapter points (or can be made to be chapter points temporarily for the sake of this exercise) you can use the export to text function in Quicktime Player to get a text file of the timecodes and descriptions.

Export the file by reference (turn off the audio to save time) with chapter points enabled – open the resulting file in QT player. Open the “movie properties” window and engage the chapter track. Export from the file menu with the settings set to “Text to Text”. The resulting file can be opened in simpletext for printing or editing.

I use this method for retrieving chapter points to import into DVDSP when I haven’t encoded them into the original m2v file.

There’s probably a much easier method for doing what you want though!

K

[Kieran Matthew]

Hi Kevin,

I’d go to 8.2 if you can. The OSX version has many extra features, and I have always found it far more stable than 7.5.1

The 8.2 software can be downloaded from the media 100 website, and all you would then need is a copy of OSX.

K

[Kieran Matthew]

Hi Jerome,

OK, so I was wrong about the corrupted project files! Never mind.

Try running Disk Utility to diagnose the dive. If that doesn’t work, but the dive appears to be mechanically working, try a package like Disk Warrior.

HTH!

K

[Kieran Matthew]

Hi Jerome,

It sounds like your project files have corrupted, rather than the media. Firstly open a new project in a fresh directory. Then attempt to open the program from within the new project. If it opens all well and good, if not, try to open the last back-up of the timeline. These can usually be found in the media 100 backups folder in your documents folder in your home directory.

When it opens, immediately “save as” as a new file name or it will get auto deleted.

Hopefully there will be enough of the project rescueable from there.

K

[Kieran Matthew]

Hi KOleary,

As far as I’m aware, there’s no way to recover a system key once it is lost from the board or software alone, though someone else might know.

The only way I can think of is to contact Media 100 customer services with the Vincent serial number, explain the situation and ask them if they’d look it up for you.

Alternatively, you can always use the “tune-up” option to upgrade the card to XR and 8.2.3 (or 7.5.1 if you’d prefer), generating a new system key in the process.

Hope that helps!

K

[Kieran Matthew]

Hi FTV,

OK, there are a number of things that might be causing this effect that you are seeing. Two things spring to mind, first is video termination. If your deck is a pro machine then maybe it requires a 75-ohm terminator in the system. The other is NTSC “set-up”.

So a couple of questions.

Where in the world are you? Are you using PAL or NTSC ? Can you give us a rundown of exactly how the deck is connected to the media 100 including any switchers, monitors, genlock signals etc in the system. Have you tried any other analogue sources (for instance the composite out of your mini-dv deck) in through the same connections? Have you tried routing the VHS signal through the mini-dv deck and using the firewire input instead?

Give us as much info as you can!

K