[Rob Neidig]

But note that this will only work if the DVD player used to play it back has been set up properly. I’ve had to help numerous friends and clients set their DVD players correctly. Each DVD player has a “set up” menu. In that menu there will be a choice as to what kind of TV you have. Also whether you want 16×9 video to letterbox or not. Especially with all the widescreen TVs being sold now, I’ve seen a TON of people watching regular TV all stretched out to fill their widescreen, yet their DVD players are still set to 4×3 so the DVDs they watch don’t work properly either.

Long winded, sorry. Noah is absolutely right about how YOU set up the DVD. You just gotta hope whoever watches it sets up their system right to view it.

Have fun!

Rob

[Rob Neidig]

My guess is that it’s a sample rate issue. Make sure that both the video and audio sample rate are the same. Then make sure you set the proper sample rate when exporting as well. Sounds like your original audio may be at 48kHz and you’re exporting at 44.1kHz? Or something similar to that would cause the slow down.

Have fun!

Rob

[Rob Neidig]

Yes quarter-inch, but are they TRS or just TS, or do you really need XLR, or maybe SPDIF or some other alphabet soup????!!!??? It’s a wonder we don’t all go crazy with all the options and incompatibilities. Wait… maybe we have… the lunatic is in my head…

Rob

[Rob Neidig]

Mark,

Really good info all around. Just to be clear, though, a guitar cord or 1/4″ plug is called a “phone” plug. A “phono” plug would be the RCA connectors like home stereo equipment has.

Sorry for the nitpick. Have fun!

Rob

[Rob Neidig]

Allen,

You can’t go wrong with Mackie. Their stuff is very well built and sounds good. Behringer has basically taken Mackie’s products and reverse-engineered them to produce a similar product for less money. Unfortunately the build quality and sound are not quite as good. I haven’t really looked at the DFX series – I think they are using different pre-amps and maybe some digital processing. The VLZ series has been around for quite a while now and is battle tested. Mackie recently lowered the price on the 1202 and 1402 VLZ Pro mixers, too.

Hope this helps. Have fun!

Rob

[Rob Neidig]

I remember in the early days of DVD, it was recommended to always have an AUDIO_TS folder as well as a VIDEO_TS folder – even though it would be empty (assuming you’re not doing a DVD-Audio disc). Apparently some players would not recognize the disc properly if the AUDIO_TS folder was not there, so including one increased compatibility. I notice that Encore does not create an AUDIO_TS folder. Are there compatibilty issues with that? And if so, would it be possible to add an AUDIO_TS folder (that’s empty) as if you were adding ROM content, then burn an image? What do you think?

THANKS!

Rob

[Rob Neidig]

The switch for Component 1 and Component 2 switches the input from the dub connector (multiple pin, but one big connector – forget how many – 26?), to the Y,R B inputs (individual BNC connectors for Y,R,B, typically fed with connectors that are Green (Y) Red (R) and Blue (B)). So yes, if you have the wrong one selected, you will not get your video into the unit.

Hope this helps.

Have fun!

Rob

[Rob Neidig]

What’s probably going on is that you don’t have any video “hidden behind” the transition to use during the dissolve. If the segment that’s in the timeline goes right up to the last frame of video, then when you try to place a dissolve, it’s not going to be able to do a dissolve that “starts at transition”. It could only do a dissolve that “ends at transition” (assuming you have some room at the beginning of your still frame). So you may want to trim back the video 15 or 20 frames, then drop your dissolve transition on it.

Hope this helps. Have fun!

Rob

[Rob Neidig]

Will,

Thanks for the extensive reply. I think you make a valid point about keeping the ENG and Cinema packages somewhat separate. I’ve used the Countryman B6 a number of times and like it very much, too. My only problem is handling it with my big fingers!!

I’ve used the Oktava a bunch as overhead for drums when I record. They work great for that. I only recently got the hyper capsule and tried it out in an interior with hardwood floors. It did a pretty good job of cutting down on relections and maintaining a pretty present sound. I think it is a good mic for the money. I’m sure the Schoeps would be a big step up though.

THANKS!

Rob

[Rob Neidig]

I do use Avids all the time. There is no way to export all the audio tracks and maintain them as separate tracks. That is, if you have say 4 tracks of audio in the Avid, you cannot export all 4 synced together (unless you mix them down into stereo first, which defeats your whole purpose). You would have to export each track separately as WAV files. Then import them and line them up in Audition. Of course they should line up perfectly if you export the entire files from Avid. So whoever told you how to do it originally was right. There is no magic easy way.

Have fun!

Rob