Miodrag Ristic
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Or just Print to Tape ypur sequence in 5.1.2 and then
capture it in 5.1,… or even better, export your sequence as a Qucik Time Movie
(current settings, selfcontained) and transfer it to yout
G4 with 5.5Cheers
Mick
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Kim,
It’s 21st century, we don’t defrag any more.
No wonder, there are so many people reporting drive failures:“Defragmentation on HFS+ volumes should not be necessary at all, or worthwhile, in most cases, because the system seems to do a very good job of avoiding/countering fragmentation.
It is risky to defragment anyway: What if there’s a power glitch? What if the system crashes? What if the defragmenting tool has a bug? What if you inadvertently reboot? In some cases, you could make the situation worse by defragmenting.”
I was told the same by Apple technician @ local Apple Centre two years ago.
Complete article:
https://www.kernelthread.com/mac/apme/fragmentation/All that I do is repairing permitions, before & after every install.Occasional restart as well.
With hard drives common sense; do not move them
whilst working, unmount them before disconnecting and keep them cool.Cheers
Mick
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Hi Chris,
As movie is going to be viewed mostly on Windows machines, you should export it as
a WMV file – not many PC users have an QT installed.
I think Squeeze should do it, I’m using Flip4Mac.With Flip4Mac is easy, just export from FCP as Windows Media Video (WMV),
keep it small (320 x 240, mono, 15 fps).Open you mail, attach your movie, you should be able to see it and play it
straight in your mail application, as well as your friends.I’m using this method to send proofs to my clients sometimes.
Don’t be confused that your movie still has a QT looking icon,
there is an.wmv extension that is telling you what file you’ve got.
Quick Time is anyway just a wrap (inside can be various codecs, Sorenson, H.264 etc.)Cheers
Mick
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Hi Kurt,
Have you tried exporting your project / timeline to a Quick Time movie, (selfcontained, current settings),
and then import that file back to FCP.
This way (instead of having all those video & audio tracks) it is much less stressfull for the machine, and it should output it
without dropped frames.Cheers
Mick
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Screen as well?
Mick
PowerMac G5 2.3 MHz, FC Studio, 3 x Lacie external
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Yes, you can do both, export (save as) PP as a series of slides / images and save it as movie.
In PowrPoint you go to File>Save As then choose PICT or JPEG for
saving it as a series of images, or choose Power Point Movie (Quick Time movie).There is a direct path from Edit>Make Movie, I beleive it does the same thing
as going through “Save As”.Older versions of MS Office don’t support this (I think Office 2004 for Mac onwards).
Interestingly, Windows version doesn’t have this feature, or at least it’s not this simple.Mick
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What was the problem? 24p in HD mode or something else?
Only problem I found was that FW cable gets disconnected from camera if
I had to run & gun.I’m not getting this? If you run with Firestore, you could transfer
QT files from firestore to your Capture Scratch folder (or to your back up HD for editing later).Mick
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I’m using the same workflow with my Firestore
(recording to a hard drive and a tape in the same time) hard drive.I know what you mean.
What I wanted to suggest, you might use Firestore, they’ve got
a model designed specifically for HVX & P2.
That way you avoid FCP / P2 related issues.
Only thing, I’m not sure if Firestore supports 24p in HDV mode
(it does in DV mode).https://www.focusinfo.com/solutions/catalog.asp?id=150
Mick
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You might consider buying a FS-4 Pro HD from Focusenhancements which records (with your Canon)
in DV and HDV mode.
There is an FS-C model designed specificaly for Canon XL X1 as well.https://www.focusinfo.com/solutions/catalog.asp?id=171
This way you don’t need to worry about capturing any more, just plug in and dump
it to your hard drive. What you spend there, you’ll make it up on the price of tapes.
Anyway it’s in todays CC neewsletter.Mick
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