Michael Sacci
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[Austin Steele] “Will that work even though its just a reference file?
“ Yes this is what a ref movie is for. You cannot move this files to another system but it will work.If you have a slow system it can take forever, there is a reasonably prices H264 encoder that will do it close to real time. https://www.elgato.com/elgato/na/mainmenu/products/Turbo264HD/product1.en.html there is even a tutorial on the Cow by Richard H. this is not for a playable DVD but you can fit a H264 file on a disc and send it off. This is the way to go.
To speed up Compressor to m2v (for a DVD) you would need to turn off Frame Control and use CBR instead of VBR for encoding, you will be giving up quality of the video those. 3 hours on a DVD is a lot to ask for. You could use DVD DL+R and raise the bitrate of the CBR.
WIthout the right hardware this is slow and even with the right hardware it ain’t fast.
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Your setting are wrong, if your viewers are 16:9 your sequence is 16:9.
If you are using FCP7 create a new sequence, drag a clip into the empty timeline, it will ask if you want to change the settings to match, click yes. If the clip is 4:3 the sequence will be 4:3.
NOTE: changing settings like Easy Setup in FCP are for any NEW sequences, they will not change any that have already been created.
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You take that Ref movie you made in your original post and drop it into Compressor. IF you want a playable DVD you need to encode the movie with an average bitrate of 3.1 (and use ac3 audio) Then take these to files into DVDSP and make a DVD.
Or as Tom said you can make a H264 movie and if you use the for iPod it will look pretty good and the file will fit onto the DVD but it can only play on a computer.
FYI – a Reference movie only contains the audio and then just points to the video in another place. When you move that file to a disc you are breaking the link and it can no longer find the needed video, and if you said the movie to someone else the video is no where to be found.
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[Ed Cilley] ” If you ask any audio engineer”
NO! Never ask an audio engineer any question about audio. If fact treat them like they have the plague. 🙂 -
I never set the field dominance to AUTO, I always set it to what it needs to be, seems like there has always been an issue with AUTO.
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That site has been linked to before, everything on it is for DVDSP 1.5 which was a totally different program than what we have now. There was a total rewrite of DVDSP.
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Get the 60D, it will be the best $200 you spend, the T2i is a fine camera but the 60D has a lot of improvements.
For low light you need at least 2.8 lenses if you are going to get zooms but I would be looking at a 50mm 1.4 also. For lenses the questions are always, do you need wide angle, do you need telephoto, if so how much, do you have time to change out lenses or do you need the quickness of reframing with a Zoom.
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if you shot 1080 25p you edit 1080 25p
[Khurum Khan] “and does anyone know what settings to use to
get a uncompressed letterbox look or an actual
film aspect ratio.”
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StreamClip can be used to convert to ProRes and it is free. Red Giant Software has Grinder to do it.
You lose the ToD TC that Log and Transfer adds but it would get you up and running.
Grinder will also process one clip per processor you have so if you are working on an 8 core it is going 8 clips at the same time. It is $50 I believe.
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Kressler Cranes’ are the mac-daddy of sliders if I had the budget I would look at anything else.
https://www.kesslercrane.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=283&Itemid=111
https://www.kesslercrane.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=280&Itemid=112I have a DIY that is great for the price but you really have to work it to get a shoot.