[Matt Campbell]

“Now what I need is something to convert .flv to .mov “

MPEG Streamclip will do this as well. You might need to install Perian 1.2 for this to work correctly though. Perian is a swiss army knife app that works with quicktime. it allows you to play back flv in quicktime. thus letting you use mpeg streamclip to convert.

I think what David was asking was, if you have FCP installed already, it comes with QT pro and the mpeg 2 playback component. no need for quicktime alternative junk.

OS 10.5.5, Mac Pro 2 x 3 ghz quad-core intel xenon, 9 gb ram, with BM Intensity Pro card

[Matt Campbell]

Not familiar with that camera. But double click the clip and load it into the viewer. check the motion tab. is it set to 100%.

what format are you shooting in? Meaning, is it 720p, 1080, etc…Make sure your sequence settings match your footage settings. Use the easy setups to help you out.

OS 10.5.5, Mac Pro 2 x 3 ghz quad-core intel xenon, 9 gb ram, with BM Intensity Pro card

[Matt Campbell]

Question, do you have any Blackmagic Design products? I have an Intensity Pro card and this problem happened after I updated to the latest driver. I then uninstalled that driver and went back to previous one. That fixed it for me. Not sure if it will work with you or not.

OS 10.5.5, Mac Pro 2 x 3 ghz quad-core intel xenon, 9 gb ram, with BM Intensity Pro card

[Matt Campbell]

Thanks Ken. Appreciate that. I am however aware that they do have those capabilities, but I think the question at hand was whether or not those conversions were hardware or software conversions. And unfortunately, I think others have told me that BM cards only have the software conversions. Some of AJA’s cards offer the highest quality hardware conversions, which is much better.

Thanks

OS 10.5.5, Mac Pro 2 x 3 ghz quad-core intel xenon, 9 gb ram, with BM Intensity Pro card

[Matt Campbell]

Great. I think I’m getting it. Appreciate the help. I tend to drag this questions on and on and on and…

well, just like i’m going know. Thanks again.

OS 10.5.5, Mac Pro 2 x 3 ghz quad-core intel xenon, 9 gb ram, with BM Intensity Pro card

[Matt Campbell]

Great thanks for the details. So just to be clear, I would be accurate in saying that using the Export to QT from the file menu and selecting another codec is a software based conversion, just Compressor right? I/O devices are for capture and output like you said, so output to a monitor or to tape would be the hardware conversion. Or even cross-converting 720 to 1080 on capture, right. (Although you’d probably do that after the edit and on output though, rather than on ingest. just saying though.)

OS 10.5.5, Mac Pro 2 x 3 ghz quad-core intel xenon, 9 gb ram, with BM Intensity Pro card

[Matt Campbell]

Before anything, I have to say that I have a doubts about the 23’98 DVCProHD p60.
I don’t know if that is p23’98 with pulldown recorded as p60 or overcrancked, or… I don’t know how to manage that.

I think unless this is 24 PN or native 24p than it will be flagged with pulldown for p60. I’m not sure how to remove those flagged frames though. Will Cinema tools do this? Or can’t you just drop the 23.98 flagged media into a 24p timeline with the others.

I don’t think is really advice on my part but mainly curious as to how the workflow will be.

OS 10.5.5, Mac Pro 2 x 3 ghz quad-core intel xenon, 9 gb ram, with BM Intensity Pro card

[Matt Campbell]

This might be a dumb question, but are you allowing time for the smooth cam to fully render. I’ve used Motion smooth cam feature and liked the results. Optical Flow is awesome but takes time.

OS 10.5.5, Mac Pro 2 x 3 ghz quad-core intel xenon, 9 gb ram, with BM Intensity Pro card

[Matt Campbell]

Sorry Shane, quick question. You mentioned about up/down & cross conversion on in the software for the BM stuff. So for AJA being hardware, is that just upon output to tape or would you get the hardware conversion upon output like using the export quicktime function from the File menu and selecting another AJA codec (say going from 720 to 1080)?

Also, I’m assuming that the hardware conversions are of the highest quality as opposed to software, like say using Compressor?

OS 10.5.5, Mac Pro 2 x 3 ghz quad-core intel xenon, 9 gb ram, with BM Intensity Pro card

[Matt Campbell]

Thanks Shane…again for your expertise. Thats exactly the kind of info I was looking for and don’t pick up on when reading about the cards on their sites. Its good to hear from the everyday users.

OS 10.5.5, Mac Pro 2 x 3 ghz quad-core intel xenon, 9 gb ram, with BM Intensity Pro card