Rich Rubasch
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What about using MPEG Streamclip and open the Video TS folder, open the VOB file and export an AIFF clip. You can even increase the volume right out of MPEG Streamclip with the Adjustments controls. Cool.
then, at least you’d have an AIFF that was louder. I assume you authored the DVD so it’s just a matter of replacing the original low audio with the new one you created.
Did I miss something else?
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Cheaper maybe, but perhaps not better. For the extra cash, I get a manual that is nicely bound, is easily flipped through and is a smaller form factor than 8 12 x 11 sheets. I tried printing a few different manuals from the PDFs and it just never really worked for me. mayba an extra trip to Kinkos to get them bound, but it seems Apple has a pretty good deal going IMO.
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MPEG Streamclip from squared5.com. The best.
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Remember that the network connection is only telling the software what files it needs to play back. It is not actually sending all the data thru the pipe, only sending commands to the drives which files to play. In the old Stratasphere editor the Mac Host sent signals across 10 BaseT Ethernet to a PC based Media server. The Mac only had the video processor, the media server had the RAID and the media. So the Ethernet connection is pretty efficient at shooting these commands across to the Xserve.
Uncompressed HD? I doubt it, but you can probably edit quite a few different formats using the ethernet to access the media files.
Try it. Let us know if you get it to work.
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You can export a self contained clip and use Quicktime to export an AVI file. Be sure to select NONE under compression for the video. Watch frame size too…should match source…ie 720×480.
As for QT versions, if you make a QT ver 7 and the PC has version 6, they will get a white screen.
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Since it is 8:3 it sounds like two movies side by side (both 4:3) would fit. You’d have two decks synched together and two projectors aimed at the wide screen. After Effects would be the route I would go to create the big clip before dividing into the two halves. But it sure sounds like two MPEGs playing side by side would work.
You need to check with the staging company, the producer on the job and get more specs on the project.
Have you done that yet? If not let us know what they say…
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You’d want to get in touch with the AV guys at the venue…see if they’ll provide a source audio feed from the mixer (if there is one.)
Also, scout the location to look at room layout and lighting concerns etc. Don’t forget to try to get any kind of crowd shots just before or just after, or perhaps during a speaker changeover so you have something to cut from just in case. Ideally, one camera from the back medium locked off and getting the audio feed. A second closer from one side for a tighter shot.Rich Rubasch
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I would do a Save As out of PowerPoint and save all slides as JPEG or Tiffs. I would make sure everything fit into title safe for video, make colors NTSC safe and bring everything into and NLE. Same with the audio tracks…Then I would cut togegher all the slides, make some transitions and encod for DVD.
The problem with most PPTs is that they have type that is usually out of title safe and colors that are illegal for video.
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Thanks…giving them a try!
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I think AVI is best suited for a Progressive at best download. AVI is not easy to compress, especially for Web. I think a better strategy for your client is either an MPEG-1 encode or Windows Media with version 7 capability. With those two it will work on almost any running PC out there and both MPEG-1 and WMV will compress much easier than AVI ever will.
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