[Saya Hillman]

You probably have to put filters on each one — go to Video Filters, Video, and choose De-Interlace. Once you drop that in a stilll, change the Flicker Field to max in the Viewer.

If you do it on one still, you can copy and paste attributes for the rest.

[Saya Hillman]

I agree Tom, I tried to convince him to go the DVD route and explained the loss of quality. He’s stuck on CDs. Said something about people he’d be sending it to not having DVD playing capabilities.

[Saya Hillman]

Hey Ben, novice question —

here’s what I did:
-used Streamclip to get DVD footage onto computer
-used Cleaner to make file websize
-attempted to use toast to burn 75MB video onto a standard CD-R

The CD burned, but I didn’t see any video files, just data files. Just dawned on me, can I not burn this on a plain Cd-R? Do I need to burn onto a VCD or SVCD?

I see there are 3 options in toast to choose from:
VCD
Super VCD
DVD-Video

If I can burn onto a regular CD-R, which do I choose?

[Saya Hillman]

Thanks Ben, helpful points.

Thax, he wants me to make a master CD that he will mass-duplicate and give to people to watch on their computer. CD type = just your standard inkjet printable CD-R 700MB CD.

[Saya Hillman]

Thanks! worked perfectly.

[Saya Hillman]

Will do, thanks to both of you!!

I always thought the Cow was great, when I had questions like “how do I stop still images made from video from shaking?” —
now that I had a REAL issue, over which I shed a few tears today, I think the world of it.

Thanks again x10

[Saya Hillman]

I don’t know if the Cow gives points/fruitbaskets/hugs to helpful posters, but if there’s somewhere I can communicate your helpfulness, let me know —

I unhooked everything, general error.
I changed the read/write permissions, general error.
Right before I was going to repair permissions, I was curious to see if there were any project files I had overlooked so I did a Find. The first file I clicked on (one of the ones that wouldn’t open all day) in the Finder opened without a hitch — well, slower than usual but other than that, fine. All the rest followed suit. ??? So I’m not sure which of your suggestions fixed the problem.

Yes, this project has been a very interesting undertaking — 13 people ages 24-41 giving their views on the Chicago dating scene and everything it encompasses. I hope to a short version to ITVS (if I get it done by deadline), and plan on doing a feature length version when I have time over the next few months. Will definitely have a screening, just don’t know when or where. Feel like I should put you in the credits, thanks again!

Will check out your suggestions (FCP 4.5, OS 10.3.8, QT 6.5, etc.)….

[Saya Hillman]

YEA!

I don’t know what you suggested that worked, but now the master file and the autosave files ALL open. I haven’t explored much yet to see if anything’s awry, but besides offline clips, it looks fine!

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

Is there anything you’d suggest I do before I start working again? I don’t want to go through this again (nor I’m sure do you! 🙂 )

(I have OS 10.3.9; feel like all my answers have been some version of “I don’t know”, but I’m not even sure the difference btw boot drive and media drive; maybe how I have my system set up is corrupting files?)

[Saya Hillman]

Owner says ‘system,’ as opposed to my name. Group says ‘admin.’ If I change owner to my name, Read & Write ungrays and I’m able to select it, and change all the selections to Read Write.

I’m the only person who uses this computer and haven’t changed any of these settings. I did a security update a few days ago from Apple, but that just required typing in my password.

I’m in Roscoe Village —

[Saya Hillman]

When I open Disk Utility and highlite either of the ext HDs in First Aid, “Permissions Enabled” at the bottom of the screen is “No” (it’s “Yes” for my system HD).

Does this mean anything?