Matthew Nelson
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Tools/Render Manager
You can delete render files by project/sequence as well as flush the undo.
Matt
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I’ve done many an insert to DigiBeta no superfluous frames.
FCP 6.0.4
DVW-A500
OSX 10.4.11
Xeon Octo-Core 8GB RAM
BM Decklink HD ExtremeI make sure I am in ETT Edit mode. My guess is that it’s a Kona issue. Decklink had an issue where it would duplicate the first frame of an insert that was fixed with a firmware update.
Matt
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I’ve worked and managed MetaSAN and XSan systems and they each work well with FCP. I have not had the privilege to work with Editshare and their unity type sharing, which I find intriguing. MetaSAN would be my choice for small houses, ie 2-3 seats, and houses that have a heavy mix of platforms, because it is easier to set up, volume management is similar to direct attached volumes and it is much more agnostic then XSan.
For a solid MetaSAN I would have 2 GigE switches one for corp LAN one for metadata with every seat issued a static IP, a fiber switch, I use a Qlogic SANBox 5600, that’s been properly zoned, a dual channel Fibre HBA for each seat, UPS’s for volumes and clients/controllers, a dedicated metadata controller, and of course a copy of metasan on each seat. MetaSAN is perfectly capable of using an edit station as a controller, as is XSan, however FCP is not the most stable of Apps and it takes about 30 sec for any backup meta controller to kick in. If someone is reading or writing to the volume during this period it can cause catalog tree problems, client crashes, and/or kernal panics to cascade through your clients.
XSan is the better solution for larger mostly mac (Xsan can link with StoreNext windows clients) houses, 4+ seats or houses that foresee needing to grow. I say this because of the StoreNEXT file structure that XSan uses. Since metadata and storage are split, volume sizes, as well as bandwidth, can grow on the fly. Just add another RAID and it is absorbed into whatever volume(s) that are already running. Also the XSan volume itself, in my experience, is much more robust then MetaSAN, I have had major SAN meltdowns and when I got everything back online the volume itself was unaffected, no data corruption, no catalog errors. I have not had to fix my san volume in almost a year of nonstop uptime. Management does require a higher geek factor. XSan 1.4.x admin GUI is a joke I use command line for all San management. I am looking forward to implementing XSan 2 which promises a functional admin GUI.
A solid XSan deployment has 2 dedicated meta-controllers, a primary and a backup, zoned fibre switch(s), 2 GigE switches, a meta LUN striped RAID1 with a hot spare, storage LUNs striped RAID5 with a hot spare, a climate controlled machine room, all clients bound to open directory, dual channel fibre HBA on all clients and controllers, an XSan license on all clients and controllers, UPSs for machine room and clients, and Apple remote desktop to manage everything.
Both add more moving parts and naturally add more potential problems but despite the headaches I love having shared storage. Don’t forget cabling. I use CAT6 for ethernet, copper FC cables for connections within the machine rack and optical FC for the FCP clients.
Matt
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[Ron Craig] “In the meantime, am I right that there is no easy way to eliminate all but two audio tracks from a group of clips?”
Automator may be able to do this but I haven’t been able to get it to work properly. So the sure fire way is to open the clips in quicktime pro, command j, select the unwanted audio tracks, select delete, save, repeat with the next clip.
If anyone has written an apple script for this that would be very nice.
Matt
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If the cadence metadata is passed through CT will use that to reverse making adjustments to cadence as dictated by the metadata (the Check Cadence Discontinuity setting). As for what will happen to the 60i footage only testing will tell. Again this whole thing is a big if. Let us know if it works.
Matt
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[andy shnikes] “is it even possible to remove say vocals from a prerecorded band track?”
I wish. The person who comes up with a way to do that will become very wealthy indeed. Get the source tracks. If you cannot then you are OL.
Matt
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Here’s a thought.
If exporting a reference QT from your 29.97 sequences will pass through the source clips cadence metadata then CT can read this data and reverse the advanced 3:2 while adjusting for the cadence breaks. You will know it worked, if CT gives you a simple reverse telecine interface see pg 212 in the CT manual. Make sure Check for cadence discontinuity is checked.
If you get the detailed interface, see pg 130 in the CT manual, then you are out of luck.
Matt
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If you have FCS 2 then Motion 3 can do the 3D compositing that you want as well.
Matt
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[Matthew Nelson] “In Encoder select the video settings. Since you were using ProRes HQ I selected that then changed the frame rate to 60. “
Change the frame rate to 24.
[Matthew Nelson] “Rate conversion I set to better with duration set to “so source frames play at 60.00fps.” “
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Graham
Here are the steps I took to get slow motion footage from 60i. Thanks Jeremy for that article.
In Compressor create a new Quicktime movie setting.
In Encoder select the video settings. Since you were using ProRes HQ I selected that then changed the frame rate to 60.
In Frame Controls I selected Better for resize, progressive for fields, better for deinterlace with adaptive details on, anti alias and detail I left at 0 for render speed reasons. Rate conversion I set to better with duration set to “so source frames play at 60.00fps.”
Rendered the QT.Open the new QT in Cinema tools and conformed it to 23.98.
Not as good as true 60p but a heck of a lot better then frame blending. Let me know what you think.
Matt