Sean Oneil
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Did you capture NTSC? Or did you capture native 720 and simply edit on an NTSC sequence?
If it’s the latter all you do is copy and paste the clips in your sequence to a new 720 sequence and remove the Motion and distort attributes.
Sean
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I wouldn’t expect anything major prior to Snow Leopard being released.
Sean
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[Stephen Franciosa] “I cant remember if it was like this before my other audio issues started, How can I fix this?”
I’m sorry to tell you this but I have no idea. There’s no way to “Remove Attributes” in this case unfortunately. When I first discovered all this odd behavior, I sent feedback to Apple.
All I can suggest is maybe try to make it offline, change Easy Setup, save quit and restart FCP, and then reconnect the media.
Sean
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[walter biscardi] “I’m just of the mind it’s ludicrous to spend money I don’t have to”
Well I’m always of that mindset. But given the silly low price of the new Blackmagic Mini Converters, I don’t see it as a significant purchase. The converters are also great for feeding embedded SDI audio into your analog mixer. Buy whatever you want. But you’re the one who asked me why it’s different using component on a CRT vs an LCD. It is different and I hope I explained it to your liking.
[walter biscardi] “Using something like a Dell 2407 or even this HP Dreamcolor for broadcast monitoring is something I would not do”
I agree with the Dell, but the HP is supposedly the most accurate LCD monitor in existence.
[walter biscardi] “If HD-SDI is the single most important factor in your world, then have at it.”
I never said it was the single most important thing. I don’t know what that argument tactic is called exactly, but I’m sure it’s one or more of these:
https://www.don-lindsay-archive.org/skeptic/arguments.htmlSean
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[gary adcock] “Are we forgetting that HDSDI is nothing more than a Digital Component signal?”
I didn’t forget. Doesn’t mean it’s a flawless conversion. Also, monitors are actually RGB, not component. So that’s a conversion that one would much rather have done digitally.
[gary adcock] “A <>D should not be an issue….”
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[Brad Buss] “the component inputs on the Dell 2405 are completely awful”…which I can confirm is true. Not all converters are good.
It doesn’t matter that both are Ycrcb. Doing D/A and then A/D is never preferable when you can just do D/D.
There are tons of potential problems analog can cause. Noise caused by electrical interference, incorrect levels from voltage fluctuations or less-than-optimal cables. All kinds of issues that you don’t have to worry about using an all-digital setup.
With CRT you don’t have a choice, it’s analog technology. Not so with LCDs and plasmas. So I personally find it ludicrous that one would spend thousands of dollars on color grading LCD only to connect it with component. Even if it does appear to be identical, why take the chance? I’m honestly pretty shocked that I’m sitting here explaining to you guys why digital is better than analog.
Sean
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[walter biscardi] “We run analog component to our Sony HD CRTs”
CRTs are analog displays so it doesn’t matter if you use component.
LCDs and plasmas are digital. Using component means you’re going D->A and then back to A->D.
You can (and should) connect two Beta SP machines together using component. But would you connect two Digibeta decks together using component instead of SDI? Of course not.
[walter biscardi] “TV Logic 24″ display, we fed by HD-SDI and Analog Component and saw no difference.”
Did you do side by side, one monitor with HS-SDI and another with analog? Or did you try one input, then try the other. The time it takes for the monitor to change inputs can often be too long for your brain to remember what the previous one looked like.
Even if it does look just as good, you can’t assume other people’s monitors will. The reason everything went digital over the past 20 years is to avoid some of this nonsense and have some piece of mind. It’s ludicrous to have two digital components but use an analog method to connect them together.
Sean
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Using analog component on an LCD is kind of ridiculous and it will not be as accurate no matter what. Blackmagic sells an HD-SDI to HDMI converter for $500. AJA makes one as well. Just pretend that it’s an HD-SDI option board for the monitor and you’ll be set.
Sean
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Do whatever Easy Setup you need to bring one piece of audio in so that it syncs. Once it syncs, export a Quicktime movie with video and audio.
Open that new Quicktime movie in Cinema Tools. You can then conform it to 23.98 or 24.00. Now when you import this new file in FCP, it will be recognized as that framerate no matter what Easy Setup or sequence setting you use.
Sean
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If you incorporate standard def, then the Blackmagic products are terrible at upconverting. Everything else about it is top notch.
Your graphics person will need the Apple ProRes Quicktime components. These components are only available legally by purchasing Final Cut Studio 2. If you wish to engage in illegal activity, which is always evil, you can find the Quicktime components in /Library/Quicktime. For whatever reason, Apple has taken no measures to prevent copying these files to another machine. IMO all Apple codecs should be included in all versions of QT (PC and Mac).
Sean
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Thanks! I got it repaired on Friday. It was dust (which turned to grime) in the motor.
Sean