[Paul Dougherty]

thanks Matthew, the Uninstaller on the orig MC 2.5 dvd will run but doesn’t do the job (some files/folders couldn’t be deleted…) I was running 2.7 which the link says use the Uninstaller. Wish I could get a newer version of the Uninstaller. Not keen on the manual route described as that is for 2.5 and earlier

Paul

[Paul Dougherty]

this from Lloyd on the AE-L

frameInterval = 3;
t = framesToTime(Math.floor(timeToFrames()/frameInterval)* frameInterval);
valueAtTime(t)

[Paul Dougherty]

Michael, you’ve been very kind to walk me through this. You’ve done a great job and I appreciate it. After populating the bin with footage from the p2 directory from the little hard drive, I selected the one I wanted and imported the p2 media. As per your instructions I set the Import tab in Media Creation to DNxHD the resulting clips were still DVCPro HD.

Paul

[Paul Dougherty]

Hi Michael et al,

I successfully did the P2 acquisition and the results are very promising. (MC 2.7.2) Since I didn’t have access to HPX170 camera or 1080i P2 footage I did a test 720p P2 footage from a hvx200. It worked but I got the Avid warning about mixing framerates, to be expected. Plays back tolerably well.

To re-cap, for this legacy ntsc 30i project I want to add some new HD interviews. It is an off-line project but I still want to be able to make decent screening copies. For the real deal I’ll tell the HPX170 shooter to shoot 1080i/59.94 right?

Also I ask because in MC the two other choices I have on my legacy Avid project are…

1080i/59.94
1080i/59.94 HDV

What’s the best choice or spec to tell the HPX170 shooter, 1080i/59.94 HDV?

Thanks,

Paul

[Paul Dougherty]

Look in /Library/Application support/Compressor/

It’s strange when I did a Finder search for the exact setting name it didn’t appear. Got a problem on that machine.

>Apples logic is that you bought a product called Final Cut Studio that is comprised of multiple >applications (Adobe do the same with Creative Suite).

>Silly of Apple to think that they are running a business rather than a charity!

Thanks for all the info but I don’t think this analogy works in the context I’ve described. Conversely two Adobe apps like After Effects & Photoshop while part of the same Adobe suite *will* run in tandem on different machines without conflict, so this Apple scheme isn’t a given.

[Paul Dougherty]

Thanks Michael,

If this P2 file structure is x-fered to a drive then if I “Import P2–>Clips to Bin” and point the Avid to the folder I should get valid field TC, yes?

I mentioned that I have the “Import P2–>Clips to Bin” function in MC 2.7 but I’m running on a PPC not an Intel Mac (so you indicated 3.5 is not an option)

Paul

Card01]
—-> LASTCLIP.txt
—-> [CONTENTS]
—>[AUDIO]
—>[CLIP]
—>[ICON]
—>[PROXY]
—>[VIDEO]
—>[VOICE]

Inside the Audio folder will be MXF audio files.
Inside the Clip folder will be XML files.
Inside the Icon folder will be BMP files
Inside the Proxy folder you may or may not have anything.
Inside the Video folder will be the MXF video files.
Inside the Voice folder you may or may not have anything.

If you get this file structure, select “Import P2–>Clips to Bin” and point to the [Card01] folder. Avid will populate your bins with masterclips for the media from Card01. Repeat this with all other cards.

If you have a folder with all the Card01, Card02, Card03 folders in it (for all the different P2 cards), you can point to that folder and Avid will read down. For example:

[P2Project]
—-> [Card01]
—-> [Card02]
—-> [Card03]

[Paul Dougherty]

Dear Michael et al,

I did a import test with a Quicktime* of DVCPRO HD material shot on a P2 camera and it seems to play nice with SD in the same timeline based on your instructions. This was not a truly native file but was a string of selects that had every appearance of being in the original DVCPRO HD spec, edited togther in Final Cut. This file was grey-out when I tried (in MC 2.7) Import P2–>Clips to Bin.

I don’t have a P2 card reader but want to do a more accurate test before asking a shooter to work in HD. I’m guessing most camerapeople take their P2 card and x-fer it to a drive by converting to Quicktime, do the resulting Qt files work withe the Import P2–>Clips to Bin feature? I’ve reiterated “exact copy of the P2 card and it’s entire structure” but I’m parroting that and don’t really understand the nuances. I know someone with a hvx200 who will run a test for me but I’m a little unsure of this work flow and want to do a valid test.

BTW the import test* isn’t viable because ever clip comes in at 1:00:00:00 and I care about TC from the field.

Thanks,

Paul

[Paul Dougherty]

“it resists my efforts to manipulate the keyframes”

It means I can’t move or create keyframes in the Time panel of the nested seq you helped me call into the Viewer with the opt-double-click command. On closer inspection I see that it’s stuck in Constant Speed since that option is greyed out …aka stuck. However when you get a regular clip from the timeline into the Viewer you can move the keyframes around and presto you’re in Variable Speed. So it’s a mystery to me why I’m stuck in Constant Speed.

Even though it’s very unfamiliar territory to this Avid editor, I’ll start to read up on Time Remap Tool as you suggest.

Thanks,

Paul

[Paul Dougherty]

Thanks Tom, yes sorry I’m on 6.0.6

Option double click puts it into Viewer but it resists my efforts to manipulate the keyframes in Motion – Time. This would be the preferred place to work with KFs.

As to “e. In earlier version you can use the timeline keyframe area to time remap the nested sequence” pardon my ignorance but I know how to place keyframes in the Timeline clip for opacity but how for speed – Time remap?

Thanks,

Paul

[Paul Dougherty]

>So this isn’t an XDCAM question at all?

Well yes.. can all the Sony XDcams shoot standard-def DVcam?
Question answered and I’m grateful.

In the case of the XDcam job there was no out-of-house transfer involved. Just a more work-flow overhead and conversion time to get to a SD deliverable on a job with with a low budget and tight turn-around time.

Thanks,

Paul