[Paul Dickin]

[gary adcock] “one tidbit I have learned.
I had been told FCP does not accurately detect ” ALL” dropped frames if there is not a video card in use in the computer. not a graphics card – a video capture card. I have checked this on the last 3 systems I have and have found it to be true.
I gather that this has something to do with FW not being frame accurate to begin with.”
Hi
I can definitely confirm that on my DV setup (PAL-land).
Doesn’t happen often, but occasionally, both on capture and less often, Edit To Tape…
You can see the frame drops, but no error gets flagged.
It happened once with a DV timeline layback to DigiBeta via an AJA Io, but I think that was because the captured source footage may have been dodgy, so it probably only happens to native-DV FW.

[Paul Dickin]

Hi
Sorry my previous post was confusing 🙁
Shane’s procedures are correct.
FCP won’t send out timecode (well FCP 3 did, but not since then), but you can lay down some start timecode on the tape (with deck switched to External Timecode) using SimpleVideoOut.
Then reset the deck to Internal Timecode, and Edit To Tape your movie, using Assemble Edit mode.
Cheers

[Paul Dickin]

Hi
The DSR-25 has the External Timecode setting in its menus. Set it to extenal, and it will read FCP’s Edit To Tape timecode.
For a fuller explanation, Shane Ross has written a full explanation for a DSR-11, which is functionally very similat to the DSR-25.
https://proapptips.com/tips/article.php?story=2005092107133358

[Paul Dickin]

Hi
To clarify: QuickTime Export direct from QT Player to MPEG-2 is available to FCP 5, and QT 7, but only under OS X 10.3.9.
Its Tiger that takes away that functionality.
Caveat: I haven’t had this setup since the earlier versions of FCP 5 and QT 7, so any later upgrades that still run under 10.3.9 might not work.

[Paul Dickin]

Hi
Rather than struggle with screen resolution matters, or unadjustable keyboards, I’ve solved this to my own satisfaction by building an appropriate desk to work at FCP on.
1. The keyboard is positioned on a low protruding shelf, much lower than conventional desks, and of very thin plywood, so that it can be just above my knees, because…
2….I have a higher-than-normal fully adjustable (comfy) chair to sit on, with spatially positional adjustable arms on which my elbows can rest.
3. My two large screens are raised above the desk surface, and are quite near to me, so I can work fairly close to the front of the screen when neccessary.
The wheeled chair base allows me to push away whenever I need to sit back and check a sequence looking at the video monitor, and relax my close-focus.
(I love the fine detail of a Mac application, compared to the usually coarser (uglier) GUI provided by Windows – and it was even better in OS 9 😉 )
4. In the gap above the keyboard shelf below the monitors there is a deep recess where the keyboard can be pushed back when I need to handle papers or scripts, and where pens and other desktop junk can be available, but out of the way.

So even if FCP had a more configurable GUI I don’t think I would find the need to reconfigure it.
But its taken about 3 iterations of desk construction to get something that is right for me….
Given that I’m often stuck here (happily) editing for hours and hours at a time 🙂

[Paul Dickin]

[Pizmomac] “Do you know what settings could conribute to more noise?”
Hi
Here’s the BBC’s pages on camera menu setting adjustment – plenty of reading here 😉
https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/pubs/whp/whp034-add8.shtml
https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/pubs/whp/whp034.shtml
The author is a moderator on https://forums.dvdoctor.net

[Paul Dickin]

[David Smith] “Please please please prove me wrong!”
https://www.apple.com/legal/sla

From the Final Cut Pro 5.1 Software License (PDF):
“2. Permitted License Uses and Restrictions. This License allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on one Apple-labeled desktop computer and one Apple-labeled laptop computer so long as both computers are owned and used by you.
This includes the right to transfer your copy of the Apple Software licensed hereunder from an Apple G4 hardware platform to an Apple G5 platform.”

[Paul Dickin]

Hi
Can I post the 388th mention of using Mpeg Streamclip for extracting editable-format movies from DVD?
http://www.squared5.com

[Paul Dickin]

[Shane Ross] “There is no native support for the format at this time.”Hi
Here’s a quote from Panasonic’s Feb 5th 2007 press release:
“With the introduction of our AVCHD recording system, Panasonic expands its ability to offer professionals and video enthusiasts high-quality, solid-state acquisition solutions at a price that they can afford…
More sophisticated editing software from third-party NLE companies is expected in the Spring. In addition, Panasonic is developing a professional AVCHD recorder that is expected to be available by end of 2007.”
Canopus have announced their plans to make Edius compatible within that timescale.
Maybe, given Apple’s close relationship with Panasonic, FCP will also be given compatibility….
(Of course Sony and Panasonic versions of AVCHD may not be ‘standardised’….)
https://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prModelDetail?storeId=11301&catalogId=13251&itemId=108047&modelNo=Content02052007050109353&surfModel=Content02052007050109353

[Paul Dickin]

Hi
https://www.apple.com/legal/sla/soundtrackpro.html

“You may use the Apple and third party audio file content (including, but not limited to, the built-in sound files, samples and impulse responses) (collectively the “Audio Content”), contained in or otherwise included with the Apple Software, on a royalty-free basis, to create your own original soundtracks for your film, video and audio projects. You may broadcast and/or distribute your own soundtracks that were created using the Audio Content…”