Neil Patience
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Hi Guys
Sony does have a plug-in that allows you to use M2T files with the log and transfer tool.
M2T and DVCAM/DV files stored on the HVR-DR60 and the CF card of the Memory Recording Unit can be imported correctly to your Final Cut Pro 6 project by installing the Sony Recording Unit Plug-in software.
This software allows the video and audio stored on these devices to be transferred into Final Cut Pro using the Log and Transfer feature.
However I tried to install it on my MBP running OS X 10.5.2 and FCP 6.0.3 and it fails to find FCP on my system.
As such it wont install, giving me a message along the lines of “cant install, you need to have FCP 6.0.2 already installed on your system”
I have everything in default locations so not sure why it cant find FCP in my case.
Anyway maybe someone else can give it a go.
best wishes
Neil
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Yes if you are getting glitches in the black before the outpoint of the edit rather than at the out edit point this is incorrect.
What I have done before is put a single frame of slug (or any frame will do) way down the timeline after my programme finishes. This makes the sequence however long you want and gives you however much black you need after the finish of your material.
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Bobs suggestion of an old Avid system is quite a good idea especially for a long form project like a feature. The older systems are pretty much bullet proof. You could do a traditional offline online so would not need masses of storage. (about 50 secs/gig uncompressed) If you were lucky enough to get your hands on a Symphony you get uncompressed SD editing and a half decent colour corrector (real time) thrown into the bargain.
In terms of the 16mm question just get your rushes telecinied to the best SD source you can, ideally digibeta. Again if you can do more than just a one light transfer and you will save yourself a load of grading and get a very good result from 16mm.
As a minimum Avid spec you want something can can digitise at 2:1 for the online side of things if a !:1 machine is too expensive. You wont really notice the difference between the two in terms of quality Symphony has the best grading tools.
Actually there is a complete Symphony system for sale on ebay currently for about $10k to give you an idea. (ends in a few hours so happy bidding) You could probably sell it again after the project and not lose too much on it. – Just a thought !
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This is totally normal for an assemble edit to tape. You will always get a clean in point but at the outpoint there will be a break in the recording, picture, control track and timecode. This will cause the screen disturbance that you are seeing.
The only way to get a clean in and out is to black the tape from end to end and then insert edit. Or of course assemble and just add as much black as you need at the end so the out edit no longer matters.
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Javier I was just looking both Kona and BlackMagic cards and it seems none of them can be used with 33MhZ PCI slots
It fall below the minimum spec for Kona and the Blackmagic site states
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In summary, none of the PowerMac G5’s, with 33 MHz PCI slots, should be used with DeckLink cards at this time.”I am fairly sure that even if you found a card that would work it would not run HD on a 33Mhz bus anyway.
So you are pretty limited to something like a Canopus video converter which will give you firewire to SD video so you can run a monitor or look at Miranda, there are quite a few dv bridges available. Bear in mind you ideally want at least component or SDI.
I think the bottom line is that your G5 is simply not really up to HD grading. In all honesty I think that you would struggle running Color on your machine anyway as it only has a 128MB video card.
If you really cant stretch to a newer MAC then you are going to have to go SD for now and if that’s the case then the monitoring option that will give you the best indication of color is CRT.
regards
Neil
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Thanks Jeremy that’s what I did in the end and all seems well.
Appreciate the answer.Neil
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XML is the answer, I use this to go from 6.01 to 5.14.
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There is no real point in setting up your internal drives as a Raid just to run the OS and various NLEs. There would be little if any gain in terms of performance in the software as the standard drive set up does it quite happily. Its the external media drives that you want to optimise in terms of speed and as suggested Raid 5 is probably the best option in terms of speed and redundancy.
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According to the manual of my Kona LH card the minimum spec machine required is a G5 dual 1.8GHz with a PCI 66/64 slot so if your machine is PCI 33 then it falls below the minimum requirement as PCI-X slots are required.
Although slightly off the Kona track in terms of monitors, LCDs tend to have problems with slower refresh rates and the viewing angle is critical. You will find that if you view even slightly from the side the blacks will start to look blue. This means that if you were sitting with a client both looking at the same monitor you may well be seeing different colours depending on your viewing angle.
Having said that I have seen the JVC DT-V24L1D and have to say for an LCD monitor it fairly good. Much better than the Panasonic ones I have seen. It also shows interlaced as well as progressive which is important as you can sometimes get field order problems with DV footage that you wont see until you view on a CRT.
I would certainly avoid most cheaper LCD monitors for serious grading, unless your budget can stretch to something like the JVC DT-V24L1D.
On a budget I would look for a decent grade 2 or if your lucky and older grade 1 CRT monitor with at least a component input, you can usually get these 2nd hand for a reasonable amount. Whilst these will be fine for DV and SD work they are not HD capable.
For a budget HD CRT something like a JVC DT-V1710CG might be worth a look.Hope that helps
Neil
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Bob pretty much covered it, the only other thing to check is that you have set the analogue format to something your monitor can work with. It is at the bottom of the ‘analogue out’ set up page in the control panel. I have been using these cards a lot over the past year and have one myself. I have not known the analogue output to fail on its own although I suppose its possible. Are you using the leads or do you have a KL Box ? I would have thought a dodgy cable more likely.