Neil Ryan
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Have had this, too – come & go!
Try trashing your FCP preferences but look at the BlackMagic drivers, too – I think this is the issue.
Make sure you have their approved version for both your OS and FCP versions. Details are on their website.Hope that helps.
Neil.
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“I’ve found the service at Mediamax/Streamload to be unreliable — and yousendit.com kills the files after 2 weeks, even on the premium service”
Amen to MediaMax/Streamload – gave them plenty of chances to improve their service but have dropped them. Grossly unreliable.
We have been using
https://www.box.net/
and found it absolutely reliable.
Worth a try, if you’re a disgruntled MediaMax user.
Only thing I’m not sure about is how long a link to a shared file lasts. It wasn’t specified in their FAQ but you could email them and ask.
There are pros and cons to running an FTP as you are seeing in this thread. So far, its been too hard for us …And as an aside, if clients’ want permanent access to a file – irrespective of how it is hosted; FTP or other – do people charge for that service . . . ?
Neil.
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“Is the only option now to work and output everything to 4:3 as this is the aspect ratio it was shot in? Is there any way I can cater for the widescreen crowd in this case?”
Does depend on what your expectations are, or what you perceive your audience’s expectations to be, but my preference would be to always see all the original frame of the 4×3 footage.
I would do this by putting the 4×3 Source into a 16×9 Sequence and leave it at 100% size so you see all your image plus black on the sides (Pillarboxed) with no loss of quality.
Prepare it for DVD SP as 16×9 and when in DVD SP force this footage to Pan&Scan when in 4×3.
This way, on a 4×3 TV the DVD will play full screen because you’re only losing the sides which are black bars anyway, and on a 16×9 setup, it will be played Pillarboxed so every viewer will see all the frame at best quality.But someone has to decide how the footage should be viewed, and balance that against any trade-offs.
Hope that helps.
Neil.
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From an artistic point of view, why must you stretch it? Why can’t it be made in HD but as pillarboxed so it gets seen as it was truly made?
If it was produced – artistically – in B&W, wouldn’t stretching it into widescreen be akin to colorizing your B&W master?
just curious …
Neil.
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What kind of room are you in? Does it have any windows?
For your eyes’ sake, in helping reduce strain and eye-fatigue, you need to refocus your eyes frequently;
don’t have them focussed on 1-3 metres (3-10 feet) all day because you work in a small room all day.
So it helps if you have a window to look out of ocassionally, while you work.
Otherwise, go outside.Check your posture; are you hunching at all? Even slightly, over many hours can cause headaches.
So keep that back straight.
Keep your feet flat on the floor and your knees at 90 degrees.Every hour, no matter how stressed you are, no matter the deadline, no matter who’s with you, stop work, get off the chair and do some basic stretching.
Stand tall and reach for the ceiling and look straight up, too.And don’t do as I do, do as I say!
You don’t get a body like mine overnight: – it takes years of neglect!
cheers.
Neil.
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[lightning ad] “i’m in the pal 16:9 domain”
Adam, be aware that not all applications that make MPEG-1 files can/will allow 16:9 MPEG-1 files, forcing you to use 16:9 Letterbox, which you may not want.
Plus, it ads another step, which can be time consuming.I can’t check right now, but I THINK Compressor was one such application…
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“a column called “Audio”?”
Same problem.
It COUNTS the number of audio tracks and their type but doesn’t identify WHICH track is used.
i.e. it shows ‘1 mono’ whether I log/digitise either Audio Track 1 only or Audio Track 2 only.Again, seems I must ask Apple about this one.