Maria
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Thank you very much, David. And to all of you. You’ve been great and certainly saved my sanity for yet another day.
cheers,
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Thank you so much. That seems like excellent advice. The problem is that I only have iDVD – I don’t have DVD Studio Pro. So, if I were going to actually give them a DVD master, I’d be limited to a 4:3 DVD, no?
I guess it’s looking like I should just suck it up and loan them a drive with a Quicktime Movie file that sticks with the anamorphic settings?
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OK, thanks, that’s all fine – this is just for a dub and not for editing purposes at all – just wanted to make sure there were no other advantages to going to DV first.
Thank you everyone!
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Thank you for the reply – would you mind elaborating what problems your method would avoid?
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Thanks, Walter! Especially for being so quick. Yes, you’re right, I’m going out composite and I had to change the non-controllable device setting and now it’s all set. Many thanks!
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OK, let me modify this. I changed a setting on the camera to turn “DV Out” on, so now I see the VHS footage replicated on the Log and Capture screen. But when it’s playing and I hit Capture Now, the program tells me it’s waiting for timecode and can’t capture.
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Thank you for all the suggestions. I like the 50% idea because I’m not shooting or editing the concerts in a safe way and I like the flexibility of being able to choose the perfect shot to be in for each moment. Many thanks to all of you.
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I do not – and now I see why I should!
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Thanks Will – I appreciate the reply and the clarification. Just to answer some of the questions:
We shot with my Panasonic DVX100B and it was only later that I understood the capturing at 24fps but taping at 29.97 or 30 dichotomy. So, I wrongly set the PD-6 to 24 fps.
We didn’t sync the PD-6 to the camera or use a timecode slate. We clapper slated every shot, hence the decreased cause for concern.
I have since settled on the solution where I’m taking the two-track files in through BWF2XML and I’m processing the three-track files in Audacity to send each track out as a unique file which I can then import easily into Finial Cut. I am still having trouble seeing waveforms in the BWF2XML imports. So, any advice on that would be greatly appreciated. But with both Audacity and BWF2XML I am converting the timecode to 29.97 and there seem to be no sync issues.
I am now considering upgrading to FCP5.1.2. and this will definitely accelerate that decision.
many thanks,
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I should add that we are going to export to DigiBeta only, never have to worry about a 24-frame output.