Mark Maness
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Ding, ding, ding…. We have a winner!
Something that almost everyone is missing is that the Mac Pro systems are very very different than the G5 setups. The memory requirements are different, slot placement is very critical, everything is different (system component-wise).
Research thru Apple’s tech support website about optimizing the Mac Pro with FCP can be found.
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Wayne Carey
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As Steve Martin (the comedian) would have said… “The new drivers are here, the new drivers are here!!!”
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Good deal!!!
AJA is moving in the right direction with VTR Exchange. But I have one question that I hope could be answered by AJA… Why is it in the prefs of the program, you have a choice for the serial ports if you can ONLY use the Kona serial port with VTR Exchange.
It would be very nice if I could control my firewire deck with it for scanning tapes and the odd digitize of a lonely clip. Could make for a nice viewing program if this were added to it.
I know… I know… You’re going to say this is only for the upper end pro decks using the serial ports but some of us are still using firewire decks also. This is just a suggestion that would be nice to be considered.
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[Mark Raudonis] “Anyone who says that XD-Cam doesn’t work for you, hasn’t really tried hard enough. We’ve been using the format for years now (Back when it was taped based IMX), and I can tell you that it works. “
Here, Here!!! This was the point that I was trying to convey. With FCP, there is more than one way to do ANYTHING. Yes, I said ANYTHING.
We, too, have been using XDCAM since its earliest days when it was called BetaSX. And I can tell you that it is the best format that we have used. Keep in mind that every workflow is mostly a personal preference and company preference, its not for everyone.
We use XDCAM HD (35 mbit) and HDV (25 mbit) for our programs and for compatibility reasons and speed of editing, all of the footage is captured the old way using Log and Capture. Now, when a program comes along that is all XDCAM HD, we edit entirely in XDCAM HD. Our final product is then written back to XDCAM HD for program masters. But like I said, this is OUR workflow.
Anything can be done if you just experiment and give it some thought.
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Wayne Carey
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You’re right, Jeremy… FCP can’t do this BUT the Sony Transfer Software program can. Anyone who is using FCP with XDCAM needs this software to fully utilize it properly.
I’ll give you that… why is it that FCP can’t handle it and Quicktime and the other supporting programs can. Once again, we are held captive by a large company deciding on how we are to use their program, instead of using our input to better ourselves and them.
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Bummer… Having a hard time finding equipment to rent only means this stuff is so viable that keep XDCAM in stock is a challenge.
I don’t blame you for not purchasing any XDCAM equipment but if anything comes up just ask for a PDW-U1 deck and you will find it much easier to deal with.
Being a P2 shop, I could understand fully your reasoning in this. You had a bad time using XDCAM and we had a bad experience with P2 in ours… so its all in our regular workflows that makes the difference.
Just to give you a heads on the PDW-U1 deck… Sometime in the very near future, Sony is supposed to be sending out a firmware update to make that deck be a data compatible deck – meaning that you could write P2 files on the 50 gig Sony discs. Yes, it is in the near future and not now, but it is something worth considering for data storage.
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Very understandable, Walter. It does take time, but I’m sure that you could rent a Sony PDW-U1 portable deck. Its has a USB connection and is real cheap – about $3200, so I’m sure that rent has to be reasonable for this deck.
Just something to think about for the future…
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Oh… But, there is a way to do all that you are asking. Its very different from P2.
Working with the low-res proxies are a chore BUT can be done through the Sony Transfer Software, under the menu – Clip – Export Proxy Movie to File. You’ll have to select which you want and place them into a directory of your choice in the program prefs.
As for the file naming, name your discs with the Sony Transfer Software and choose an export directory and all of those files will go into that folder under the disc name. And if you don’t like the C0001 naming convention, just log your clips with the same software under the tab – Logging and give your clips a name. It will then be able to save it to the disc forever. Anytime you use this disc, all of the clip names and disc names will follow your forever. Not putting down P2, but Panasonic can’t do this…
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Compressor’s settings work incredibly well. As a matter of fact, I’m typing this on my iPod Touch, of which I have several videos on it that I compressed using Compressor.
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Wayne Carey
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Two things…
First, trash your preferences and restart FCP. Also, repair your permissions.
Secondly and you’re probably not going to like this one… Go into the Render Manager and delete all of your render files, then re-render your project.
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Wayne Carey
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