Robert Withers
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I imagine we can all pass these things along to the software designers, eg via https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/contact/email
But thanks for reporting here. I’ll stay away from the DV 16 for now and continue learning DV 15.Cheers,
RobertRobert Withers
Independent/personal/avant-garde cinema, New York City
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This is interesting. I have avoided any experiments with DV 16 because it is still a public beta release . . . https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/family/davinci-resolve-and-fusion . . . and I have enough trouble learning DV 15. I trust you are reporting your experiences to BMD.
Thanks for reporting on the Beta version,
RobertRobert Withers
Independent/personal/avant-garde cinema, New York City
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Suzie and all:
My Zoom H5 shows 3 bars of battery power when the 2 AA batteries are newly replaced. It drops to 1 bar after an hour or two of use recording and powering one or more microphones that require phantom power. It seems like it could run for quite a while on 1 bar, but that’s when I replace them. Replaced batteries show in the green area on a battery tester, but I don’t want to experience battery runout.
Best,
RobertRobert Withers
Independent/personal/avant-garde cinema, New York City
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Hi Robert,
Non-Linear Editors can be complex and confusing. I’ve never used the recent FCP X, which I understand is one of a kind.I’ve found Premiere Pro to be expensive and over-complicated with all its versions, but have recently tried the free DaVinci Resolve 15 which uses a timeline like the old FCP 7 that I used to edit with, and it seems to work fine.
I do use it on a Mac.
Best,
RobertRobert Withers
Independent/personal/avant-garde cinema, New York City
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Hi Suzie,
Just a follow-up.
I did find some curious behavior when using the stereo Zoom H5 microphone attachment with an additional XLR mic in.
No record shutoff, however.
I think I just didn’t understand what the recorder was supposed to be doing or what I was seeing on the level monitor.
I ended up with two .wav files on the card, a TR1 and a TRL-R, which seemed to have identical content but with different micing.
This was kind of a seat of the pants location situation–I need to try it again in a test situation.
And study the Fine Manual again.
Best,
RobertRobert Withers
Independent/personal/avant-garde cinema, New York City
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Hello Suzie,
I’ve been using a Zoom H5 recorder purchased over a year ago over many occasions with different XLR microphones and cables, using Input 1 or 2. It has been recording effectively.
I’m not aware of any issue of the recorder turning off upon selecting an input.
Does yours record using the Zoom microphone heads?
I think these respond to the selection for left and right channels.
Does the record function fail when you use the menu system to establish the settings?
When I use the menu it seems to establish settings for both inputs.
How do you try to alter settings for inputs 1 and 2?
Perhaps there is defect in your particular recorder?
I do study the manual whenever I haven’t used the recorder in a few months.
Good luck.
RobertRobert Withers
Independent/personal/avant-garde cinema, New York City
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Hi Raju,
How recent is your Compressor software? Educator Larry Jordan and Apple have been warning us that ProRes and QT files won’t be openable in Mac OS versions after Mojave ( OS 10.14) because Apple will be switching to exclusively 64-bit software. (I don’t understand exactly what they mean.) Apple’s iMovie is prompting me for an update but “warning” that the software will seek out old movie files and “automatically” convert them. If you have a very up-to-date Compressor I wonder if the software is trying to convert your file to 64 bit. I’m not updating iMovie because it’s unclear what kind of files it will try to convert, and I’ll try to avoid Apple software going forward. I don’t use Compressor or FCPX or iMovie anyway.
Good luck . . .Robert Withers
Independent/personal/avant-garde cinema, New York City
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Hi Peter,
I haven’t done anything, since I don’t have any special needs outside of maintaining my own backups.However, there are interesting discussions with some controversy that relate to the Apple ProRes codec and maybe some risks of proprietary codecs.
Here are two things:
!st from Larry Jordan,
Earlier today, Richard W. sent me this question: “Something came up that I [need explained.] …The auto-update on my MacBook Air Mojave prompted me to update iMovie from version 10.1.1 to 10.1.11 with the curious message: ‘Detects media files that may be incompatible with future versions of macOS and converts them to a compatible format…. I really hate the idea of any software converting my media files without my clear understanding and approval so I didn’t update this iMovie software… I wonder if you know anything about this?”Yes, and it is critically important that you understand the answer. Apple has deprecated all codecs based on QuickTime 7. If you upgrade to the next version of macOS AFTER Mojave, media using these codecs WILL NOT PLAY and CANNOT be converted! In other words, if you ignore this warning and upgrade, you are screwed. (Here’s an article that explains what is happening.)
What Apple has done, before the next OS upgrade, is provide a conversion utility in Final Cut, iMovie, Compressor, and Motion that recognizes these out-of-date codecs and converts them into something more future-proof; specifically ProRes 422. What this feature does is recognize when you’ve opened media which will soon be obsolete and gives you the ability to convert it.
This conversion is NOT automatic, nor behind-the-scenes. You have to click OK for the conversion to occur. However, if you DON’T convert your media, you will not be able to upgrade to the next version of macOS. (Here are two articles illustrating this conversion process in Final Cut Pro X and Compressor. Compressor is more flexible.)
Please, to prevent future problems, read my background article above and these newer ones showing how this process works. Because, once you upgrade macOS, you can’t go back and you can’t play your older media. Also, if you are debating what to do, please turn OFF automatic updating of your system. Here’s an article that explains how. This will prevent unexpected, and unpleasant, surprises.
2nd — I got complex responses to posting this on a list of archivists. Some disagreed with Larry and one posted this link: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209000
My solution until the dust clears: keep a machine that runs Mojave for future needs.
Good luck!
Robert
Robert Withers
Independent/personal/avant-garde cinema, New York City
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John,
I don’t think it will run under Mojave.
I keep an “old” MBP running OS 10.8.5 Mountain Lion which I think was the last OS to officially support FCP7.
Though I heard it would run under a slightly later OS.
Partition is a plan, then the trick is to get a copy of OS Mountain Lion.
Resolve runs under my current Mojave . . .
Good luck,
RobertRobert Withers
Independent/personal/avant-garde cinema, New York City
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Does it look like stereo on the timeline? Pr Pro has something they call a stereo track which will show two waveform patterns in the timeline. Or do they call it “dual mono”? I have a stereo track that was imported from FCP onto two mono tracks. You should be able to send the tracks to a submix bus that would play them as stereo, if they are not a stereo track on the timeline. I’m sure there are more buttons and settings that would apply.
Cheers,
RobertRobert Withers
Independent/personal/avant-garde cinema, New York City