Leah Chapman
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There’s another factor to consider when comparing the cost between DVDs and USBs: time.
For playable DVDs, you need to export it, author it, write the DVD, print the DVD, check the DVD, etc. As fast as we are as a shop, we can’t do all that in under 30 minutes. Sometimes it takes an hour. Even data DVDs require time to build and time to print.
For USB drives, we have a standard “ReadMe.txt” file with instructions. We just load that and the videos onto the drive, and the whole thing can be done in 5 minutes.
So for us, the capital outlay is greater for USB drives, but we save considerably on man-hours. Totally worth it.
Leah Chapman
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Is your graphics card compatible with Premiere? Here’s the info on their specs:
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A general tip for getting small H264 exports: simply export under the H264 main heading and then change the .mp4 extension to “.mov.”
Not sure if iDVD will accept that, but it’s a useful trick in other situations.
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I’m not sure if there’s a way to save time dropping them into the timeline, but you can save time in the Title tool itself.
In the Title tool window, you’ll see a little “T” inside a film strip. It’s located underneath the box in the upper left that contains the name of the title…e.g. “Title: Title 01.” If you hover over that, you’ll see that it reads: “New title based on current title.”
Make your first title, control/command+save, then hit that new title button and make your next title. Rinse and repeat. It’s much faster than duplicating, renaming and opening from your bin.
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There are thousands of variables here, but if it’s an issue of bad media…What if you try creating a new project with everything but the H264 files? I’ve had some trouble with H264 files in the past. Then you could try a new project with just jpegs, etc, and deduce from there.
If you have bad media, your project won’t always crash when the particular clip loads as the project opens. Sometimes the program is fussy in general but handles the bad clips well for a while. Then eventually you’ll get “Media Pending” messages or green screen or the clip will un-link.
If any of those things come up on a particular clip, transcode the clip right away. I had this issue with a multi-codec, 600+ clip project this summer. About 6-7 of the clips were bad, some (if not all) were H264 (though there were plenty of other H264 clips that worked fine).
I know this is a headache, but PPro is a great program. I hope you find a solution.
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You may be able to identify problem files this way: when the project loads, sometimes it will hang or crash on certain files. You should be able to see that in the lower left corner as it’s loading the media. If it hangs or crashes on a certain file, transcode it.
Another issue with PPro is plugins… if you have any 3rd party plugins, uninstall them. You may want to call AJA as well; sometimes the latest version of PPro doesn’t play well with the latest AJA plug-ins.
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Yeah, I am a walking cautionary tale about the effects of sleep deprivation on brain functioning. ; ) Thanks again for your help.
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It’s amazing what a good night’s sleep can do. This completely eluded me because it’s so simple. When QT enters full screen mode, it adds black at the top and the bottom to fill up the computer screen. The QuickTime player is not sending the 16:9 file to the switcher and thus to the LCD displays; it’s sending the dimensions of the desktop.
Occam’s razor. Thanks again for all the help, guys.
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Well please know that I appreciate it. If I figure out what causes it, I’ll post it. But at this point I’m just going to push it back on the tech guy. Since my output is 1920×1080, it’s probably issue on his end.
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Okay, I may have identified where the file gets letterboxed but still not how/why. When played in QuickTime or VLC in normal mode, it displays properly, like this:
When played in Full Screen mode in both QT and VLC, it displays like this:
Any ideas? Thanks so much for taking the time to help me out.