Michael Hancock
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Everything in your OMFI MediaFiles folder is your Avid media. When you capture directly into Avid or import a file it’s converted to either an OMF or MXF file. If you delete the original files from Vegas your Avid media will still be there, because it’s referencing the OMF it created. You either need to get a bigger hard drive, more hard drives, or delete the Vegas footage as Jon suggested, if you’re planning on editing in Avid.
One more thing–when you import, what resolution are you choosing? If you’re choosing 1:1 you’re going to get big files–try a lower resolution, depending on your footage. I assume if you’re capturing via firewire you’re looking at DV25 or DV50–importing/capturing to these resolutions will save you a lot of disk space.
Michael.
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Open another project, or make a new one. Open your Media Tool, select All Drives, Master Clips, Media Files, Precomputes, and select the project in the list you want to delete. Even though you deleted the project from the Project window, it should still be listed in the Media Tool if there’s media left on your drives that’s associated with the project.
Click OK and it will pull up all the media, master clips, and render files for the project you selected. Select all, delete. Done!
Michael.
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Can’t you right click on the desktop, go to Properties, then your Settings tab and change it from 2 monitor display to 1.
You may have to go to the Advanced settings for your card, but more than likely you can just right click, Settings, Single Monitor, Apply.
Let us know.
Michael.
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It’s not a bug, it’s a problem with your system, most likely graphics card related. You said you’re on a G4 running 10.4.10 and Xpress Pro 5.
First, Tiger 10.4.10 isn’t approved for any release of Xpress Pro. 10.4.09 is, but not .10.
Second, what version of Xpress Pro are you running? You said version 5, which could be 5.2, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, and all the point releases as well. They all require different things regarding graphics cards and drivers.
Third, what graphics card is in your system, and what driver is installed with it? The majority of the time, when your audio plays but your video stays still until you stop, it’s because you’re running a card that’s not approved and doesn’t work with the program, or your grapics card has the wrong driver installed. Check the ReadMe for the version of XPress Pro you have to find out what card you should be running and what driver.
Michael.
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[Chaz Shukat] “Mine only display on still frames, not with moving picture. Is that how it goes?”
Unfortunately, yes. I don’t know if there’s an NLE out there that displays scopes live while you play and that are accurate. Even with the broadcast safe limiter it’s best to use external scopes, in case there’s a bug in the software or something just slips through.
Mike.
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It sounds like your software scopes aren’t set right during input.
You said you’re using an analog Mojo–if that’s the case, I assume you’re bringing it in via Composite, S-Video, or Component. If it’s any of these, you likely need to adjust your software scopes before you Batch Capture.
Open your Capture window, then click the scopes button. Choose the input you’re using, and adjust the parameters available to that input until the scopes read what they should. Then save these settings, I suggest based on tape name. Do this with every tape, that way if one tape is running hotter than another you can adjust the settings for it, save them, and when you put it in later to Batch you can immediately pull up the proper settings for that tape.
Hopefully you have some bars laid to tape so you can at least get a starting point, then adjust based on the footage after that. Let us know what you find out.
Michael.
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[maverick13] “From 5.7, 5.7.2 is a $50 upgrade. It adds scrolling timeline and some other things. Visit this page for more info.”
That’s wrong. From 5.5 to 5.7 it’s $50, but from 5.7 to 5.7.2 it’s free. 5.7.2 is a patch, not an upgrade. You can download it here:
https://www.avid.com/onlinesupport/downloadcpr.asp
Choose “I Accept” at the bottom of the page, then go to EDITOR_DNA_SOFT and choose XpressPro_5.7.2_PC_Mac and download.
Michael.
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If you’re comparing your quicktime player to your composer monitor you’re going to see a quality difference. Unless the Nitris is different the Media Composer, it only shows 1 field.
Have you viewed these on a client monitor? It’s the only way to really judge the quality of your file. Or you can try importing the quicktime, export a quicktime reference, and open that in your Quicktime. Do you see a quality difference there compared to the original file? It should look the same as your original quicktime, and at least that way you’re comparing the quality in the same program.
Michael.
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I do hope this if for onlining in Avid too, because any quicktimes you import will be stripped of all timecode. If you need to recapture at any point you’ll either need to do it on your FCP system, create a new quicktime, and Batch Import into Avid or you’ll have to manually set timecode for every clip you imported in Avid and Batch Capture those.
Out of curiousity, if you’re capturing in FCP why aren’t you editing in FCP? The workarounds and constant importing/exporting seem like a waste of time.
Michael.
PS. Definitely use an Avid codec. It will decrease your Avid import times exponentially.
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Nope. You can, but I’ve found it can screw up AE’s ability to use your Mojo for output if you’re switching between the applications. I assume they’re fighting over the Mojo, and Avid usually wins.
Keep your Mojo plugged in, but shut down the Avid software. Don’t forget you have to setup AE to output through the Mojo as well.
Good luck!
Michael.