Michael W. towe
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[Oliver Peters] “Not that I’m aware of. It doesn’t do this because it IS optimized as far as the software is concerned.”
Okay this has me more confused, maybe because I am working with P2. If I import from a P2 card file structure I can tell X to optimize and according to the files it creates in the High Quality Media folder when played in Quicktime player they are ProRes. The files in the Original Media folder are ai5p I am assuming that is AVCIntra. So it looks like it is indeed optimizing.
For those working with AVCIntra from a P2 card, are you optimizing? Are you just importing and working with the original media? Is there a best practice?
I am sort of clinging to a FCP7 method of getting everything into one format prior to editing, but I don’t want to be wasting a bunch of time transcoding P2 AVCI footage if there is no gain.
Thanks again folks, this is a very informative thread!
Michael W. Towe
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Hey Craig,
The solution to the no picture issue in P2CMS is that you need the AVC-Intra decoder installed. You can find it here. Link is at the bottom of the page
https://eww.pass.panasonic.co.jp/pro-av/support/content/download/EN/ep2main/p2cms_dl_mace.htm
As for camera recording choices that will most likely get dictated by your end deliverable. If I am doing a corporate thing for the web I either shoot 1080p AVCI 100 or 720P ACVI 100. If it’s event coverage that has very long roll times I might go to 720p AVCI 50. I also do a fair amount of work for the local NBC affiliate who’s deliverable is 1080i. For them I shoot and post AVCI 100 1080p and then nest the final edit into a 1080i timeline. I try to stay progressive when at all possible through post, makes life so much easier.
Mike
Michael W. Towe
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But it will rewrap on the import right? Once imported is there any reason to transcode to ProRes?
Thanks again,
Michael W. Towe
President M2 Digital Post
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Okay, so this is something that I have yet to get straight in my brain. So X can work natively with AVC-Intra? About 90% of what I do is shot AVC-Intra 100. Up until now I have always transcoded the media on ingest to ProRes. Am I just wasting time and disc space by doing this? Is there any disadvantage to not transcoding?
Thanks,
Michael W. Towe
President M2 Digital Post
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For everything I have done with Optical Flares (the Video Copilot flare plugin) I have done the same thing in the mFlare plugin. I would say that if you want something that works in FCPX and Motion as well then dive in. It really is a quality plugin.
Michael W. Towe
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I would agree. That makes the search function very frustrating to use.
Michael W. Towe
President M2 Digital Post
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I see the Matrox folks beat me to the punch, but what I think was the biggest help was switching the sound preferences. Since doing that the crashing has subsided considerably. Oh and sorry about the leaving you hanging part, that was a bit rude of me.
Michael W. Towe
President M2 Digital Post
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I just have to follow up on this and give some kudos to the folks at Matrox. They saw my post, opened up a case and contacted me directly on this. The glitching/tearing I am experiencing is still there but not a Matrox issue. This appears to be a known issue with Premier based on responses I have received both here and on the Adobe forums. As for the crashing I was experiencing it has been drastically reduced by switching a setting in my sound setup that Matrox pointed out to me. I cut all day yesterday with only one crash.
In short, thanks Matrox for being so proactive on this. In my book customer service is a HUGE!!! part of the game and you just hit one out of the park. Oh but you’re Canadian so how about we just say you scored a hat trick!!
Thanks Matrox!
Mike
Michael W. Towe
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Several years!!! I would have gone insane by then. It’s not like P2 is some off the wall format that no one uses. This doesn’t give me the warm fuzzy about Premier.
Michael W. Towe
President M2 Digital Post
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Just thought I would pop in here and confirm that I am seeing this too. I am doing my first broadcast project in Premier 6.0.2 and the random glitching it present. This is quite an annoying bug since 90% of my workflow is P2. I submitted a report to Adobe, let’s hope they fix it soon!!
Michael W. Towe
President M2 Digital Post
http://www.m2digitalpost.com