Martin Curtis
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[Rafael Amador] “Voltaic allows pre-edit the stuff on the original codec, but in the end you need to transcode the footage if you want to bring it to FC.”
Voltaic also transcodes:
Since VoltaicHD for Mac supports any QuickTime format, exports can be made direct to Apple ProRes422, ready to edit in Final Cut Pro.
I tried Voltaic and Clip Wrap with my Canon AVCHD .mts files and both worked well converting files to FCP compatible Quicktime files. I never ended up buying either of them, because I know how to use Log and Transfer, though I did particularly like Voltaic’s Preview function.
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Voltaic is another application that can do this.
This isn’t so much a case of needing workaround as needing a way of integrating a new filetype into a workflow.
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Could there be a corrupted file somewhere? Try exporting just the second half, after the bit where it usually crashes.
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I’m guessing you’ve got .mts files on their own and not a card taken from the camera or an image made from that card.
If you do have the files on their own, you’ll need to transcode into ProRes codec wrapped in MOV before FCP will want to use it.
ClipWrap is one utility that can do it. $50 and it’s yours. Just remember to select the Transcoding option, not just the re-wrapping option.
Voltaic is another. $40 and it’s yours. The same people make some other useful utilities as well.
Both have trial versions.
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I have that Sony (Lav Mic & Bodypack TX, and Portable RX Wireless, not the Plug-on Tx) System and I think they’re great. I haven’t noticed any interference. It’s easy to overload them with someone going from, say, conversation level (having set up the system for that) to a shout/loud laugh etc, but I don’t know if it’s better or worse than other lavs.
Overall, I’d buy another one. In fact, I did.
Extra plus for me: they can be set to take a line-in, so I can plug the Tx into an AV system to record auditorium audio.
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Too long. I vote we all call it “T-Bolt”.
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I have a Primera BravoPro Xi. You can stack 50 discs on each side and just set it going. Very reliable (biggest problem is DVDs sticking together while they are being loaded), the printing SW isn’t very Mac-like (but the label maker is excellent) but it’s pretty solid, too. Not cheap, but we can do biggish runs, whereas our little Canon was struggling.
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I’ve got Mark and Jem to the left of me and Patrick to the right. I’m getting there, one small mountain at a time. Everything can be filtered, replicated, keyframed and jiggled. It’s all too much!
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[Mark Suszko] “Microsoft also has a free download of a player for powerpoint, called Producer,”
An FYI for the OP, Microsoft Producer for Powerpoint is Windows only. Strangely enough, the overview for it is completely devoid of any useful information (yeah, ok, Bill, it’ll create “rich media presentations” … but what does it do?). That is very unlike Microsoft 🙂 -
FCP:
- I put a clip on V1 (the one that will be zoomed) and V3 and scaled them accordingly.
- On V2 I put a solid black matte.
- On that matte I placed a mask shape (rectangular) mask that was the same scale and same centre as the clip on V1 and inverted the mask shape
- I keyframed the V1 clip’s scale and centre as required to zoom in on a particular point at a particular time.
I’m still learning Motion so FCP is my first instinct.