Rich Rubasch
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Wind noise is typically in the lower frequencies. If it is not drowning out the other voices you can apply a 3-band equalizer to the audio and only lower the lowest frequency (100 hz and lower) This will get most of it out, but if it is real harsh wind that blocks out voices you might be out of luck restoring the voice.
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OK, with a 1 1/2 minute DV clip I encoded it to AVI with DVCPro settings at Best, 29.97 and i used the ALaw 2:1 audio compressor with 44.1k Mono setting. The original 1 1/2 minute clip was 34 megs. The AVI was 308 Megs. This might just squeak in under 2 gigs if the program length = <10 minutes. Then I encoded the same clip using 75% quality DVCPro compression...audio same as above. Guess what? Same 308 meg size. So finally I went down to 50% quality DVCPro setting and it was...you guessed it....308 megs. Slide has no effect.
So you probably will be ok if you have a clip under 10 minutes. how about breaking it up and showing it in parts throughout the presentation? I have done that before...
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They want a 10-12 minute video plunked down smack in the middle of a Powerpoint presentation? Whew!
Ok, this could be trouble. Here’s why. You would need to make an uncompressed AVI file out of Quicktime Pro. But you will certainly hit the 2 gig filesize limit. I am used to doing :30 to 3 minute videos top.
As far as Ed’s comments, for 320 x240 videos out of Flip4Mac they are fine. But once you go up to 640 x 480 they will not be as good as the Windows Media encoder on a PC. I’ve done a bunch…trust me.
I am still perplexed that the client wants a 10 minute video in the middle of a Powerpoint. I would almost make a DVD and run it off that instead…it would require a switch to play it, but…
If your video is 720 x 480 in a DVC Pro or DVC Pro50 codec in FCP, you can export to an AVI with DV compression and it will look ok….uncompressed AVI is better. But this way you might be under the 2 gig flesize. Then take that 720 x 480 DV compressed AVI to a PC and encode it to a 640 x 480 progressive with around a 3k bitrate and it should look spectacular, and much better than any 640 x 480 clip Filp4Mac could make.
I love Flip4Mac but only for client approval in sizes inder 320…
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If you can exort AVI files to a PC and use the free Windows Encoder you will get the best quality encodes and can set up the clip for a streaming server. It is a klunky workflow but your client will appreciate your effort. If you will be doing more of this it is a good idea to work this out now and have a workflow in place for future projects.
IMO Flip4Mac is excellent for exporting right off a FCP timeline or QT Pro to make a WMV movie. But it is not as good at making large (640 x 480) WMV or for your needs…a streaming file.
Logically it’s best done on a PC.
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Well, it’s not just about color…well it is really. But it is also about inputs. The Dell is loaded and is really a great all around monitor. Also note that the 23″ 16:9 fits perfectly next to a 17″ Dell 4:3 LCD. So you get the nice wide 23 incher for your timeline and source/record, and the nice 17 inch 4:3 for project and bins. this way the whole setup is not too wide, which can make for too long a stroke with a mouse. I find the 23 and 17 are a perfect match…all my systems have em.
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Is it a new postion or are you replacing someone. If the latter, see what they think and why they left. Also, you obviously would want to enjoy the sport. Is it a successful franchise? Is their fanbase solid? It’s kind of like looking at the strength of a company before taking a job with their internal comm dept. How about the Marketing Director? Do you like him/her.
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Right David. Also, worldwide, DV video is all lower field. Most, if not all, NTSC D1 codecs like Avid 2:1, 1:1, Media 100 codec, and others interlace lower field. PAL Motion JPEG codecs are upper field, I believe, except for the DV codecs. Years ago, the Abekas digital disc recorders were upper field first, or Odd fields, and always clashed with the lower field Avid codecs. Boy, those were the early days of Non linear!
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To deinterlace correctly the plugin needs to know which field is first…so it asks…and since almost every full frame (720 x 480 or 486) video codec is lower field, that is the advice you were given. Lower field is also known as Bottom field, Even field or Second field.
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Just import the AE file…it makes a folder with all of that project’s comps etc.
But if you change one of those comps it’s not changed in the original file…
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Did you deinterlace it? That could have done it. And if you use the Current settings for the Image size that shouldn’t mess things up.
Seems like it should work, except for the long encoding times.
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