Russell Lasson
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What a pain! Good luck with it!
-Russ
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You could try Data Rescue. Or maybe there is a command in the terminal that someone knows of?
-Russ
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And it’s not like the current version of FCP doesn’t have some weird bugs that we just deal with. FCP6 will have some new ones, but I’m starting a project a week from now that I would love to use ProRes 422 on.
-Russ
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[MikeFromLA] “1. So if I understand you correctly, when I capture with DV NTSC, it is the same as DV25?”
MiniDV, DV, DV25 are all the same.
[MikeFromLA] “2. If I export as DV 50 should I also just capture as DV NTSC 50? Or does it not matter?”
If you are capturing over firewire, you only have the option of capturing in the same format that your tape is in. If you tape is DV the you will digitize in DV. If it’s in DVCPRO50, it will capture at DVCPRO50.
[MikeFromLA] “3. I am talking about computer displays. So what is the best strategy for exporting the video to look its best on all possible size displays? Just leave it at 720×480?”
How are you going to deliver the files to your clients? Data DVD with QuickTime files? DVD that will be played in a DVD player/program?
If it’s a Data DVD, try experiment and see what you like as far as frame size go. You don’t want to go too big or some computers might have a hard time playing it back.
If you’re finishing to a Video DVD, your frame size is set, 720×480.
-Russ
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I’ve had this question asked to me a couple of times.
I get a kick out of telling them to call the company and ask them some technical questions about the camera. There have been some great replies. My favorite was the guy who answered the phone by saying, “What do you want?”
It is possible that you might acutally get a camera if you ordered from someone like this. It’s also possible that you might get the same camera that you ordered. But the company will most likely just charge your credit card and wait for you to see how long they can hold you off before you cancel the order.
Who knows what happens to your credit card number after that?
If it’s too good to be true, it is.
-Russ
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If you need them organized like that, then I would stick with list view and add the thumbnails as a column.
-Russ
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[MikeFromLA] “1. Does it matter that the video is captured using DV NTSC and it is being converted with a different codec (DV50 or H.264)? Does this just mean that it will take longer to export? Can I ultimately export with any of the different codecs without affecting risking degredation of quality by changing from what it was captured with?”
No, you can lose quailty along the way. I use H.264 for approval videos (they don’t need to be the best quality) and it’s easy for people to play on computers. DV50 is a better format than DV (also called DV25). If you’re unsure about what you’re doing, you probably want to stick with exporting DV for the final DVD delivery.
[MikeFromLA] “2. What frame size should be selected to play the video as large as possible on different size displays? This video might be viewed on a display as small as 17-inches and as large as 30.”
You’re talking computer displays? You want to take a video that has a DV compression and 720×480 resolution and stretch it out on a 17″ 1440×900 resolution monitor, or worse, a 30″ 2650×1600 resolution monitor, and you want it to look good? You’ll be able to see the video, but it’s not going to look great.
If you’re talking about TV monitors, then you only have one frame size to choose from. Standard definition 720×480. That’s what DVD’s are.
[MikeFromLA] “3. When you say to
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In the browser, organize it by list view. Then right click on a column and select “Show Thumbnail.” Now you can organize by timecode and still see the icon.
Is that what you were asking?
-Russ
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[MikeFromLA] “1. What would you recommend as really good quality settings (maybe not the absolute best) for delivering QT files that will be delivered on a DVD just for others to see?”
I like h.264 (iPod video best quality or your own custom settings). Any computer with an updated version of iTunes will be able to play it (Win or Mac.) Unless you mean a DVD that will play in DVD players, then you go to mpeg-2.
[MikeFromLA] “2. What would you recommend for settings for saving QT files that will be later brought into DVD Studio Pro, in this case I would want the best possible settings since the DVD will be delivered to people.”
If your footage was shot using a DV camera, then I’d test the 4:1:1 color smoothing filter in FCP or using Nattress Standards Converter. That will make edges not as jagged. Then you can change your sequence settings to DV50 and export. It will take a while because everything will need to be rendered.
Honestly, I don’t know if you’ll even notice a difference doing that last paragraph, but you might.
Then if you need the best quality, you might consider taking your show to someone who really knows compression for DVD. Compressor can do a pretty good job, but it’s hard to improve the spots that you might have problems.
-Russ
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I’m not sure what to say?
Are you trying to remove a 24PA pulldown? Have you tried setting the deck back to factory settings? Have you tested a different system? Did you commit a major transgression against God in the past 24 hours?
-Russ