Rafael Amador
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Neil,
You are very susceptible today 🙂
I know you are not cheating.
I’ve just mentioned the “official” specs for FCP and FCPX.
Happily FCP is really flexible with sizes and geometry.
That’s one of the things that keeps me away from FCPX.
Cheers,
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[Neil Patience] “Oh OK I have output hundreds of sequences across just about every tape format using edit to take with deck control.”
Hi Neil,
Nothing to apologize for.
I don’t mean that you can not do it by Edit to Tape, I mean that is easier by Print to Tape. Just put the desk to record, then the sequence to play.
No need of pre-striped tape, prerolls, etc.[Neil Patience] “If Sam is using firewire then it must be a DV/HDV based codec so why would this not work using a firewire connection ?”
That’s why I asking his sequence codec.
If he had his sequence codec and specs ready to play through FW, he would be able to watch the movie playing on camera, but he is getting just an still frame.
Any DV flavor and HDV should work. Also Prores because is FW supported and FC can transcode it on the fly.
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[Neil Patience] “Print to video is really only intended to be used where there is no ability to output the sequence in a controlled way. So if you are using firewire then the best option is edit to tape.”
I do not agree with you Neil.
Edit to to tape is for editing clip by clip (Assemble or Insert) as traditional tape to tape method.
To lie all the sequence at once on tape “Print to Tape” is to be used.Which is your Sequence codec?
Beside the Device Control Preset, have you set things on the “A/V Device” Tab?
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[Steve Foulkrod] “Thanks for the advice. Ya know, I’ve tried Perian before, & it wreaked havoc on my Mac, & other apps”
That’s curious. Perian is the standard for working with many QT unsupported codecs and format and I haven’t heard complains about causing problems.[Steve Foulkrod] “Can Compressor handle it?”
The problem is that probably your AVI (that’s just a container, some that’s QT) has some codec not supported by QT so you need the correspondent QT component to be able to open that file. If you have no that component, no one QT based application (including Compressor) will be able to open the file. When you have the component installed, every QT based app will open it.
Perian install a library that allows to open almost everything in QT.
MPGStreamclip has also some of those components, so try MPGStreamclip and if you are no able to deal with those files, Perian is the only option I see.
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The only reason for letterboxin is to display 16×9 on old TV sets and projectors that are restricted to 4×3.
I wouldn’t letterbox.
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You need FCP.7 to export Prores Proxi, but no to read it. That’s about QT.
Update the QT version of your editor and should be fine.
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[Steve Foulkrod] “My boss gave me some footage on a jump drive shot with a Flip camera. I believe its SD footage and in AVI format. I do have Flip4Mac installed & thought it would convert the files for me. “
Flip4mac has nothing to do with AVI files. Is to read/write WM (Window Media) stuff.[Steve Foulkrod] “I tried to look at the files in all 3 of my NLE Apps – Avid 6.5, FCP 7, & Premiere Pro CS6 & no dice. I can hear the audio, but no picture. I know I’ll have to convert the footage to QT, but not sure how to proceed. I do have compressor, just need to know a bit more.”
Try installing Perian.
Rafael