Ron James
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Make sure your renders aren’t going to your system drive.
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[Steven Washer] “I got a reading of about 33 hours to digitize 33 minutes of footage. Unacceptable in my environment.”
Steven, that doesn’t seem right at all. Did you try an entire render, or did you quit out after you saw how long it was going to take. I think that number is only an estimate that dynamically changes and isn’t necessarily true. I’ve never timed my MPEG-2 renders, but I’ve been doing feature-length projects and I’m they definitely haven’t taken longer than six hours or so (I would just leave it overnight, so it may have been even faster, for all I know). This was at a 7 – 8 mbps bitrate setting.
If you want fast dubs to DVD, a standalone recorder works well. At one workplace, I use a DVD/hard drive recorder. We dub to the hard drive and then you can make dubs to DVD whenever needed, and it’s very fast.
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Thanks for taking the time to post this, Walter. I think people should be more willing to voice their experiences (bad AND good) so companies will get what they deserve (hopefully, more business for their great support and customer relations).
As for backup, doesn’t LaCie have a free utility for backing up?
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These would definitely be interesting questions to bring up at User Group meetings, especially when anyone from the Final Cut Pro team is present.
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[Shane Ross] “But so is pre-blacking your tapes before you shoot. That is a DOOZIE.”
That’s a head-spinner. Literally!
;O)
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Those myths have been popping up in posts around here and 2-pop for years. I would often make a point of challenging them, but the thread would just fizzle then (because there were NO answers and/or proof!).
The popular one is to export directly from, say, your DV timeline while it’s UNRENDERED, to MPEG-2 (assuming you’re going to DVD) so that all your Graphics and text will bypass the DV25 compression and go straight to MPEG-2. I’ve always doubted this and I’m not sure if that’s been directly addressed in this thread (not that I could see).
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I’d use Compressor to do the encoding. I find I have to do a lot of tweaking when going to MPEG-2, depending on the material, and Compressor has these tools readily available.
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I’ve also long-doubted the claims that FCP ignores timeline settings and/or render files. People have been saying this here and there, but I’ve never seen it proven.
I didn’t go through all the numbers (had a long week and can’t focus) but I’m not sure if file size is the best indicator? I’m guessing the best method might be a resolution chart to see compression artifacts for comparison.
Does this make any sense, or am I just burned out?
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Walter, this isn’t true (unless I’m misunderstanding you).
I’ve captured about 30 tapes this way, all with TOD broken timecode. FCP did it without a hitch. It actually captures every frame of stuff, that you wouldn’t get with roll times.
And it simply reads the new TC and starts it on the new clip.
It couldn’t be easier. Which is why I love FCP. Actually, ugly old Avid Xpress Pro can do it too.
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Why is it Avid people are so over-sensitive?
It looks pretty PC-inspired to me, I don’t care what platform you use it on. It’s Ugly and clunky. Elegant, it is not.
But I understand other people like it, and that’s just fine. I use what works for me and don’t buy into the whole coke vs. pepsi thing.
Sorry if I offended you. :O)