Michael Hancock
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[Matthew Mullen] “mixdown, and sub-clip.”
I wouldn’t go that route. You lose timecode info when you mixdown so you can’t recapture if you mixdown.
Just make a sequence of your shots, add the flip to either V2 or directly to your clips, and load that sequence into your source monitor. You can always subsequence it out into individual shots, too.
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Easiest way is to feed your system to a broadcast monitor and turn it upside down. Otherwise, set up your timeline like this:
V2: Flip effect
V1: FootageThe Flip effect goes on all of V2, so it will flip anything on V1. Your source monitor will still be upside down, but at least your timeline will be rightside up. Plus you can make a sequence with all of your shots on V1, Flip effect on V2, and load that into your source monitor and cut from it.
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[Esther Leonard] “‘ve just bought Media Composer 4. I had intended to buy the version with the dongle but unfortunately i was pushed for time and the only one available was one with a Serial Number activation. “
Actually, the dongle is dead for all new purchases. To get a dongle you have to buy a dongled version from someone else and pay a license transfer fee.
[Esther Leonard] “f i deactivate the software on my laptop in order to install and use it on another computer, can i then go back and reactivate the software on my laptop after deactivating it on the other computer? …basically using the Serial number as a kind of dongle of numbers. “
Yep. That’s exactly how it works, although you don’t have to deactivate to install MC on another system. You just have to deactivate to run it. So before you leave your desktop deactivate MC. Open your laptop and it should look for activation. Before you close your laptop, deactivate it there. It’s basically an internet based dongle system, or sorts.
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Start Avid and let it rebuild all the databases and try MediaMover again. If that fails to help, download MDV (a free MediaMover type program) and see if it can tell you more about the media. Here’s the link for MDV:
I’ve used it to back up all my projects since it was released a few yearas ago.
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You’ll need to import all the Quicktime files into your Avid, which will take awhile depending on the codec your files are in. If they’re Avid codecs you’ll have a fast import, but I assume they’re not.
First, find out what codec these files are in. A lot of FCP Quicktime codecs are proprietary to FCP, so if you don’t have FCP installed (and if you have a PC, you won’t) you’ll need to convert them. If you do have to convert them, download the Avid codecs to the FCP system and convert them to the corresponding Avid codec (for example, DVCProHD converts to Avid DV100, DV50 to AvidDV and set it to DV50, etc…).
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Go to the fast menu in your timeline – it’s in the bottom left hand corner. In that menu you’ll find an option to show your tracks – turn on the ones that are currently hidden.
Hiding tracks is nice if you have a ton of them and some of them won’t need changes. You can hide them to make it easier to work.
Michael
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In future project, render the Pan and Zoom shots as you go.
I use Pan and Zoom a lot when we do animatics. If I render after setting 5 – 10 shots it doesn’t fill my RAM, then once the cut is locked I mixdown each P&Z to a video track directly above the effect for further effects (color correction, etc…).
Also, you could try AvidFX. It’s a wonky interface but is great for P&Z, plus you can rotate the pics.
Michael
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Open your Audio Tool. Click the PH button and click “Create Tone Media”.
Set your tone level, frequency, length, number of tracks, target bin and drive.
Hit OK.
Avid will create tone according to what you enter and put in in your bin. Just load that into your source monitor and cut it into place.
Michael
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For an overview of a DIY system, check out videoguys.com. Here’s their most recent DIY:
Also, a guy did a custom build on DVXUser. Here’s that thread:
https://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?p=1779682#post1779682
Also, as David said, throwing four SATA drives into a RAID will be plenty fast enough for SD, especially if you go with a RAID0 (no protection, but plenty fast). I have two 500GB SATA drives in a RAID0 here and it’s fast enough to cut SD, DVCProHD, and all flavors of DNxHD, so four will suit you just fine.
External storage is nice if for no other reason than heat management. Having four drives stuffed in a computer case can add a lot of heat very quickly. As long as you have adequate cooling in the computer you should be fine, but it will be a lot hotter than if you ran your storage externally.
Good luck with the system build. Just remember to check their specs to the Avid recommended systems. Primarily, look out for the video card (go with a Quadro from the approved list) and go with Intel processors. AMD may work, but Intel definitely works.
If you build a solid system, post the specs here if you can. I’d like to see what you end up with.
Michael
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Call ChicagoHD and ask if they can do it. We had an HDCAM-SR tape that we were going to need transfered and they were incredibly helpful on the phone and their rates seemed reasonable.
Unfortunately the project fell through so we didn’t end up needing the transfer, but I’m pretty sure they do format conversions, etc… Worth a call anyway.
Michael
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