Neil Patience
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Hi Theo
Sorry to say Apple has stopped developing DVD Studio “Pro” so I dont think you are ever going to be able to use it to burn BluRay.
I think its also fair to say that Apple are not fans of BluRay so I would not hold your breath about being able to do anything menu driven too soon.
You would certainly need to buy an external BluRay drive or replace the one you have in any event.
Then look around for software that suits your needs and budget.
Might want to look at things like Toast or Adobe Encore, which is part of Premiere Pro.
best wishes
Neil
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Sorry Ben dont think I can help you with that to be honest.
But just so I know I am understanding you – Are you saying that on your work machine when you double click on any clip in the timeline the clip that is loaded in the viewer is only what is on the timeline – no frames either side at all ?
If thats the case I would have said you are looking at consolidated media rather than full rushes.
I am not aware of being able to change the double click function.
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Neil
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Ok silly question by me – what drive are you using as I am pretty sure that no Mac has a BluRay burner as standard so have you replaced the stock drive or are you using an external BluRay drive ?
Can you give a little more info about what you are doing in terms of file formats etc
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When you double click in the timeline the clip is loaded into the viewer with an in and out point marked that show the portion of the clip you have used. It is then ready to add filters change size etc etc
If you just want to match the clip instead just use the match frame button which is the “F” key.
When you say “the clip in the sequence” do you mean literally the section you have used and no more ?
Not quite sure why you would want that so apologies I may be misunderstanding you, but other than that what would you like to change it to ?
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Neil
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As I said if you are transcoding from HDV to ProRes HQ you are creating a much larger and higher bandwidth file.
What kind of spec is your Mac that you are using ?
There is no problem with delivery on a DVD as it is simply a delivery method.
Pen drive could well be too slow as well to play ProRes HD well so that would need to be copied too.
I get short files delivered to me on DVD fairly regularly but I know I have to copy them to my raid drive before I can play them.
If your client is experienced with video they will likely know this too.
If not simply tell them that because its an HD file they will need to copy the file from the DVD to a hard drive in order to play it.
Final thing – does your client have the ability to play ProRes files ?
They will not have the codec on Macs as standard if they just have the standard quicktime player. Also the ProRes codec is not ideal for PCs as again they cant play it as standard without downloading the ProRes codec.
Depending on how the file is going to be used you may want to consider using something like the H264 codec as that is compatible with both PC and Mac and can produce a good standard with reasonable file size.
However again the DVD drive or pen drive may well be too slow to play it and it will need to be copied as before.
Hope thats helpful.
best wishes
Neil
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Your problems are probably down to drive speed.
DVD drives are not quick enough to play HD Qicktime files. This is pretty common.
You must copy the file from the DVD to a fast hard drive in order for it to play smoothly.
I guess your timeline is HDV codec which is why it plays smoothly.When you transcode to ProRes HQ the files are much larger and require faster drives to play.
There is no need to deinterlace progressive material it is not interlaced.
Its fine to deliver the file on a DVD but it will need to be copied before it will play or the recipient will have the same issues as you are experiencing.
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Neil
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Hi Rafael
[Rafael Amador] “They work for “in picture flicker” (an object or area that flicks) but not for a frame to frame flicker.”
You could be right, Mieke would have to give it a try, however fluorescent lights flicker at around twice mains frequency so in the UK that is 100htz.
That becomes “field” rate flicker rather than frame rate so it wont be frame to frame flickering but in theory about twice per frame.
So that is why I thought it might just have some effect – it is a little hit and miss though.
Maybe Mieke will let us know ?best wishes
Neil
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Hi David,
What you say makes a lot of sense. I perhaps slightly misunderstood the environment Tony was working in.
I suppose the problem is we all see the usefulness or not of FCPX or anything else for that matter in relation to the diverse environments we all work in.
For most of the places I work X is pretty much useless as it stands but of course that does not hold true for others.I see the value of being able to quickly use pre-formed templates, drop zones etc for that kind of formula. FCPX is fast and the clever integration of Motion does seem to lend itself well to that work.
Perhaps this is indeed where it will find its first niche.
best wishes
Neil
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I suspect you are probably right. The “beating” effect between shutter and light flicker is likely to be the cause.
I am pretty sure that florescent lights flicker at nominally twice mains frequency however the rate is pretty unstable, especially if the tubes are old.
I think its very often a problem shooting under that kind of light for that reason.You could try the flicker filter (under video) as one possible solution. I know there is a Nattress G deflicker too (Big box of tricks set)
These might offer some assistance if the blue/orange colour change you are seeing is very fast – lighting flicker kind of rate.If it is more of a drift in colour balance then that’s going to be hard to fix with a plug-in.
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Neil
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Hi Tony
From hanging around the Cow for a while I certainly get the impression that FCP has a much larger following in the US compared to the UK in broadcast TV station environments. So its not that surprising that some US broadcasters are already testing the water with X.
My post was of course in the context of what I find working in the UK.
That’s not to say we don’t use FCP7 in broadcast here, we do and very successfully, it just Avid is the majority player in that particular area.
In my experience broadcasters especially are wary about jumping in with any new software, Avid, FCP or whatever really due to the potential of bugs causing failure.
They tend to run test rigs and let a few releases pass under the bridge before adopting it at all.
Despite increasing tapeless workflows the whole infrastructure is built around SDI video, monitors, scopes, video distribution etc etc with a fair amount of tape compatibility still needed especially on the archive side.So I was a bit surprised to see you are in there already running FCPX this early in it development in that particular environment, not doubting you for one moment though, you are clearly braver than we are.
best wishes
Neil
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