[Mark Fassett]

I work in a corporate environment. It’s a royal pain to buy one-offs each time I need something. Buying a bunch of credits works much better in my environment.

I’m sure it works well for you, but you make the mistake of thinking everyone else works the same way. It’s a bad practice to make credits you use cash to purchase expire. They shouldn’t sell credits like this if they don’t expect people to use them this way.

[Mark Fassett]

I agree, it IS a little buggy. FCS has crashed on me far more often when using IOHD then when I’m not. I’ve only used it as an output device.

I have seen some image quality issues, but I suspect it’s something I’m doing and haven’t had time to troubleshoot.

[Mark Fassett]

I don’t know the “best” way but I’ll tell you how I’ve done it. Compressing into h.264 seems crazy, as you’re going into a highly compressed format only to then go into another highly compressed format (mpeg2).

I would be surprised if DVD Studio Pro doesn’t offer a way to downconvert into a 16:9 widescreen SD DVD.

If it doesn’t, then I’d simply create an SD 16:9 ProRes sequence in FCP and render that out.

[Mark Fassett]

I use XL for some things. It does compress WM9 quite well, IMO. I don’t really have anything to compare it with speed wise, I don’t have pro corder.

I mainly use my mac to compress, though… using Compression Master.

[Mark Fassett]

yes, I noticed the same thing and never found a fix. My workaround was to drag the audio file back into the sequence and NOT render it.. changing the number of audio tracks in the preferences so it didn’t require a render.

[Mark Fassett]

That’s how I do it.. camtasia. OR I also use timbuktu as well, depending.

The problem I have using quicktime export is it doesn’t keep the builds and transtions correctly… plus it only keeps a single frame of the final build, and it’s a much more difficult workflow that way for me.

[Mark Fassett]

Again, you are wrong. There is NOTHING in the law that prevents you from using a copyrighted song in a video production in and of itself. It depends on what you do with that video, if and how you distribute it, how you use it, etc.

If the video is for a commercial product or has any kind of commercial value, then you obviously cannot use copyrighted video without consent period. You get a bit more leeway in the education field especially where fair use is concerned.

Also, If the video is something you put together for fun, and you do not distribute it, I don’t think there’s a violation. If you distribute it at all, give a copy to your friends/whatever or post it on your internet site, that is a copyright violation. However, it’s also unlikely to result in an action, but you’re still acting at your own risk.

More information ca be found at a couple of sites. Go here:

https://www.cetus.org/fair6.html

Scroll down to the “Multimedia Production/Faculty” section.

Another good link:

https://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html

[Mark Fassett]

It’s not illegal to use a copyrighted song in an FCP project. It’s illegal to use it for a commercial video, and of course there are other copyright considerations, but it’s not illegal to use a song for a video you’re putting together for fun, for a demo reel, to show your friends/etc.

Let’s be real about copyright.

[Mark Fassett]

No, that’s not how it works.

Do an experiment. Move the 5 gig file to another drive, or somewhere else on the drive.

Then do a “recapture” on that clip, that is showing as “offline.”

All your edits are still there. The edits are contained in the PROJECT file, not the media files. Does that make sense?

When you do a backup, you just need to delete all of your files that were captured from tape, as long as timecode was captured… and delete the render files…

Most likely, you can now copy the remaining files to a CD.

[Mark Fassett]

didn’t think so… maybe next release… 🙂