[Rene Borroto]

I’ve had file linking problems with the latest version of Premiere Pro CC 2018, so I downloaded the older (but more stable) CC 2017, and used the project file hack (Mac version) to allow the CC 2017 version to open a file created with CC 2018. I was very relieved that the hack worked, and my stress level immediately went down.
Adobe insists on forcing its customers to have the latest version of Premiere Pro, and not allowing the “save as” to a legacy format. And that’s not terrible, if the updates work. But with this latest update, it’s a mess, and they don’t let you go back. So I’m with you. I couldn’t care less about opening up two projects, if it means that other must-have functions don’t work at all. From now on, CC 2017 will be my tool until Adobe gets their act together.

René Borroto
Senior Editor
Multivision Video & Film

[Rene Borroto]

I don’t get the safe margins overlay on the external monitor either, and yes I have safe margins turned on.

René Borroto
Senior Editor
Multivision Video & Film

[Rene Borroto]

I have no problems viewing proxies with the XDCam Transfer Mac app, via USB or Firewire, whether they were shot 422 or not. I’m trying to do it via ethernet. If anyone knows HOW, I’d love to hear from you because I’m stumped. All I’ve been able to do is access the camera via FTP client app. (Fetch).

René Borroto

René Borroto
Senior Editor
Multivision Video & Film

[Rene Borroto]

“With mac you’ll get an error message saying FCP is not installed but it will still be possible to upload and view proxies.”

How? I am stumped as to how I can use XDCam Transfer software on my Mac to access/view SD proxy files on my 700. I have the camera on our network with a fixed IP address, I can access the files using Fetch, but that’s it. I can’t view any of it remotely. I was even able to enter the URL in Safari successfully so that the camera mounted on my desktop as a drive. Still, the transfer software was unable to do anything. The URL I used in Safari was ftp://admin:@192.168.1.200/

Help!!!

René Borroto
Senior Editor
Multivision Video & Film

[Rene Borroto]

I’m happy to report that installation of our new IoHD with a Mac Pro dual 3 GHz (2 Gigs or RAM for now) tower was successful. We purchased a Sonnet Tango Express 800 Firewire card, and connected a LaCie FW800 Big Disk Extreme (triple interface) drive to it.. I’ve been able to capture from a Sony J-H1 HDCam deck’s analog component output and analog (RCA) audio output as a source, and the IoHD set to cross convert the footage from 1080i to 720p ProRes422 (8-bit, I have not tried the better 10-bit HQ mode, not sure if the drive can handle the data rate). I’ve been able to capture the footage and play it back in a ProRes 720p sequence consistently with no problems…

But what about deck control and time code, you ask? Here’s a workaround I discovered in order to be able to control the deck and capture time code (kinda necessary, and with firewire control on the other FW bus). This deck is Firewire (the more expensive J-H3 has RS422 serial control and other goodies), so I took a firewire 400 cable from the deck to the LaCie drive’s extra FW400 port and got consistent and accurate deck control and timecode without any glitches, dropped frames, or errors. I also did a test with a RAID 1 pair of LaCie FW800 drives (the RAID was created using Apple Disk Utility) … they would not mount on the desktop with the Sonnet card, so I’m in the middle of working out that glitch with Sonnet tech support.

In the future we plan on purchasing an eSATA RAID (maybe Micronet or the like) so we can do 1080i 10-bit ProRes422 and better greenscreen keying. For now I’m a very happy camper just being able to use standard LaCie FW800 drives.

Ren

[Rene Borroto]

Bob:

1) I already own Firewire 800 drives, so I’m not reaching into my pocket for a new SATA host adapter or new SATA drives. Not everyone in this forum has pockets as deep as yours.

2) The LaCie FW800 drives I’ve used for years have worked flawlessly to help me complete countless projects without a hitch, so I beg to differ with you, they’re NOT “horrible” drives, as you so eloquently put it.

3) Unlike you, AJA has provided me with a POLITE suggestion, use a FW800 host adapter, and I can continue to use my LaCie FW 800 drives at the same time as the IoHD. They noticed the frustrated tone of my questions, and understood my frustrations.

The whole point of contributing to a discussion group is to help others with your experience, or to ask for help from others when you don’t know the answers. Instead, you chose to be impolite and snooty in your reply, and that does not serve the best interest of the anyone involved in this discussion.

[Rene Borroto]

One bit of bad news, you CANNOT use firewire drives while using the IoHD !!! It came as a shocker to me, we got the box yesterday, and that unpleasant fact has been left out of the advertising.

Ren

[Rene Borroto]

The pixel dimension subject can be very confusing. The thing to remember is that video content on analog Betacam tape is 4×3 aspect ratio, or anamorphic (for display on 16×9 screens, but let’s not discuss that can of worms here). In the digital world, 4×3 aspect ratio comes in many flavors. DV (non-square) pixel aspect ratio is 0.9 for a 4×3 image, and 1.2 for a 16×9 image, both 720×480. The difference is the pixel size itself, not the pixel dimensions. Uncompressed 4×3 video has a pixel dimension of 720x 486. If you capture analog Betacam at those pixel dimensions you’ll be OK. 640×480 is a square pixel flavor of 4×3 video, which was the world of the old Media 100 system. One thing to note, if you’re planning on making a DVD from 720×486 digital video you need to crop off 6 horizontal pixels in your compressor BEFORE making the DVD, because DVD pixel dimensions are 720×480 (0.9 or 1.2 pixel aspect, depending on whether the DVD is 4×3 or widescreen 16×9, respectively). Those 6 extra pixels will give you jittery video on the DVD if they’re not cropped off at the compressor. Apple’s Compressor application crops off 4 pixels and 2 pixels top and bottom, automatically, when you bring in 720×486 video. THAT’S VERY IMPORTANT…

Good luck!

[Rene Borroto]

Hi eyad.hh:

I’m not sure what you mean by: “Right now QA Engineering is testing the Io HD on Mac Pro G5 computers only.” A Mac Pro uses the Intel processor, the G5 uses the G5 processor(s). It’s one or the other.

[Rene Borroto]

Let me clarify that the IOHD is not a card, but rather a portable desktop “breakout box,” if you will, with analog and digital connectors, and it has a hardware-based ProRes422 encoder/decoder.

The amount of drive space a ProRes422 project will take will depend on several factors, and these include the volume of footage, the resolution at which footage is captured, the frame rate, the amount of rendering needed based on the number of layers and the power of your computer, graphics, animation, etc. I have found sometimes that my render folder actually takes more space than the capture scratch folder, particularly when you’re taking the same set of clips within a project and making several versions/sequences that need to be rendered.