[Nate]

Yeh you are probably right a cross post maybe….

But I tried the DVD SP forum a couple weeks ago and the great gurrus over there rarely show for work..

So the guy has a problem, just like I did,,, and with no help the client will walk ,, understand

so chill dude..

[Nate]

Steve, I was getting the same errors… with a 2 hour movie… I thought it was the length. I still do not understand where the problem was. It would always lock up on a frame and just keep going. I got everything to work by going thru Compressor first and then to DVDSP#4. But it would only complete the process if my source drive and target drive where 2 different drives. I have a Medea raid and you would think that would be fast enough to be the source and the target.

[Nate]

I have a Dual Gig G4..

LAst night, I installed a new Hard drive, loaded the latest Tiger with updates and the latest FCP 5.1.4 and even the latest Cinewave RT 4.7 (still can’t get the RT Key to work) but

In DVD Studio #4 the 2 hour movie is 1t 59% done which is over half again as much as DVD #3 would get to before it crashed… And you can see it cranking away…

Either DVD #3 was seriously corrupted or something was bad maybe early OS X..

But it seems to be working like I would expect right now, 2 pass variable rate..

But, But … this is only the first try with new updated software and it ain’t done yet…(it probably just crashed) I ‘m not looking, don’t wanta know,,,, just another ten minutes of everything working optimism please…. ;-0

[Nate]

yes,

The timeline plays sweet thru the Cinewave Card ntsc out

[Nate]

Yes I realize there are all those setting. I prefer the dual pass variable. But does anybody have experience with 2hour encodes and would remember how long I can expect to wait for it to encode.

[Nate]

Did you see the press on the new HDMI Blackmagic card… Plug in 2 HDV cameras via HDMI and get reel time production switching,,, no sync needed…. Why else is Sony cutting back on the SMPTE convention and upgrading their CES convention…

Your local IT guy can now do it all ,,, can he write copy???

[Nate]

I want to say, It is a lot better than the old days. I still have my Ab suite working and turning those knobs for hours would just destroy my wrist & eyes… So when I added FCP to the suite I built a special desk, A low keyboard on a retractable shelve, The 23 Cinema Screen monitor maybe 20 inches from my nose, ( I am near sighted) the NTSC Monitor a little further away so I could exercise my eyes, Wacom Tablet for the right hand, learn the key short cuts for the left hand and a Shuttle Pro for the left hand for fast scans and edits….

The old AB way after 6 hours I was in pain, the new FCP way – 14 hours later I don’t realize until I see the sun rising…

With FCP you can fix these problems., no excuses, no pain, no State safety committees… get it fixed… before it becomes an excuse not to edit your best…

[Nate]

Way to cool and nothin exploded, crashed or toppled over.. That is the best report I have heard for the new Matrox. But you didn’t do the “Wally drop Test”? Can the Matrox survive a 6 foot drop from that shelve.

[Nate]

My 1989 Pinnacle 3000 Graphics and Animation Box (Tips and Topaz) according to the salesman had the largest Hard drive that you would ever need,,,, a 100mb MFN drive, it didn’t have alot of bytes but it was really big.

[Nate]

“A lot of people are just really tired of what’s out there,” says Sandra Teraci, who runs Family Flix with her husband, Richard. “They’re tired of turning on the TV or renting a movie and constantly being hit by violence, profanity and nudity. A lot of people want to go back to the 1950s, before this sort of thing was routine.”

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This article is even more sad. These people should make there own movies, or maybe learn to play the piano or write a poem….. Everthing in your life should not be on a screen….