Sean Oneil
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Look at it this way. Pretend you have a client that doesn’t have QT installed (not unusual at all). They have to go to a crowded and confusing web page and find the download link. Then by default the option is to download iTunes along with QT (which is humongous and makes the long process longer). It asks for your email and you can’t tell that entering the email address isn’t necessary. Then after a rather large download, they need to navigate to where the downloaded installer is, run it, and wait several more minutes for the installation. Then when it’s finished and it launches, they are spammed with “Go Pro” to buy the pro version. To top it all off, if they’re paranoid about spyware (which anyone who uses Windows will be) they may notice the QT logo in the system tray, and the Apple Update app running in the background – eating into their system memory and resources while unexpectedly nagging them to update each time a new version is available.
Long ass paragraph, but that’s exactly what a PC user has to go through. Us Mac users may not always realize it.
Now on the other hand, if they don’t have Flash (which is beyond unlikely) the installation is a thousand times quicker and less annoying. The browser informs them that there is a missing plugin. One or two clicks, and about 5-10 seconds later they’re done. That’s it. They now have Adobe Flash installed.
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Verizon FIOS is what you would need. It’s only available in a few markets. Even then you are pushing it. Upstream is still only 15mbps. You could move to a European country where everyone is connected via gigabit ethernet. We’re very, very behind here in the US.
Sean
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I think the size/quality ratio for On2 VP6 is really, really good.
If you want even better, Flash 9 supports h264. You can link a Quicktime h264 mov to a swf player and it will work in Flash 9. No flv required.
Sean
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In FCP 6.0.3, click on “Help” and select “Final Cut Pro User Manual.” Read pages 826 and 828.
Sean
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I use nested sequences to accomplish this.
Sean
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[Marco Badalassi] “Is there anyone that use a 2008 macpro with 4GB RAM”
I’ve been using a Mac Pro w/ 4GB of Crucial memory for a long time now. Those problems you posted links could be memory leaks. Memory leaks are the cause of bad software, not bad memory.
Sean
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[Chris Anderson] “Right now I use beta, DV, HDV and P2 DVCPRO HD 720p 23.98”
Do any of these decks have SD analog input? Why don’t you just do that and use Firewire capture while you save up for a Kona 3 plus a Blackmagic analog to SDI Mini-converter.
I think cramming two cards in the same system is a bad idea and your chances of finding someone who’s tried it will be slim. Also, available PCIe slots are like gold. You don’t want to waste one.
Sean
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[Paul Campbell] “-6VU and another mentioned -20VU”
Every digital tape I’ve ever seen uses -20db tone. The person who said -20 meant that’s what you set tone to. The person who said -6 probably meant that is the highest level that the actual content should peak at. Two different things.
Sean
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You can’t magically separate elements from a stereo mix. Just like you can’t take purple paint and separate it into red and green paint. You need the stems that existed prior to the audio mix
Sean
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You misunderstood. I’m saying that one of your 10 disks is bad. Stripping all 10 together when one of them is choking is going to cause the exact problem you have described. Creating two groups of 5-each and stripping those together is no different. If one failing drive is in there, the whole thing will only perform as fast as the failing one can operate.
Fibre channel ports don’t go bad. Hard drives do. I can almost grantee this is your problem. Create two separate groups (don’t stripe them together) and test them individually. If one is fast while the other is slow, then you definitely have a bad disk in there.
Sean