Shane Ross
Forum Replies Created
-
#18 Edit to Tape “Incompatible Compression Settings”
Shane’s Stock Answer #18
To Edit to Tape you either need to have your sequence loaded in the VIEWER, or simply drag it from the BROWSER onto the Edit to Tape window and choose Assemble Edit or Insert Edit.
For both methods, the tape needs to be black and coded and have TC already on it. And you need to mark and IN point in the ETT window.
Shane Ross
Alokut Productions
http://www.lfhd.net -
I use G-Raids, and they work gangbusters (that means good). Solid drives.
If you need shared storage, and have the money, I’d look into the XServe Raids and XSAN. Otherwise you are going to be moving drives from station to station.
Shane Ross
Alokut Productions
http://www.lfhd.net -
Let’s do this the old fashioned way. The way we used to test OS9 and earlier when the computer would freeze on startup.
Take all the plugins out of the plugins folder. Now launch FCP. If it loads, quit, add 5 plugins, open again (do this aplhabetically so you know where you left off). And again and again until it quits. When it quits, you know it was one of the last 5 plugins you loaded, so take them out and load them one at a time until the program fails to load, then you know your culprit.
This happened to me not too long ago…
Shane Ross
Alokut Productions
http://www.lfhd.net -
Just to throw this out there:
#12 Dropped frames on capture/playback
Shane’s Stock Answer #12:
https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58640
1) Do not capture to your main system drive. Since it is busy reading the operating system and application files, it will intermittently drop frames during capture.
2) Do not under any circumstances run any anti-virus/filesaver software. Including Norton and Virex. Sure, Apple doles out Virex for free, but FCP doesn’t cooperate with it very well.
If you absolutely feel you must keep Virex installed on your system then use Kevin’s script to shut it off before you use FCP:
https://www.pistolerapost.com/viewing/virexhalt.zip3) Check the format of the drive you are capturing to. It should be Mas OS Extended, jornalling off. If it isn’t, copy your files from it and re-initialize it. If it is any other format, you will encounter problems. If not at first, then eventually.
4) Trash the FCP preference file:
Home/library/preferences/FCP user data/Final cut Pro PreferencesShane Ross
Alokut Productions
http://www.lfhd.net -
Well, this was written by Graeme concerning shooting with the DVX-100, but it should be pertinent for you as well:
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/24p_in_FCP_nattress.html
Shane Ross
Alokut Productions
http://www.lfhd.net -
The DVX-100 shoots letterboxed, not true 16×9, so all you need to do is add the other footage and letterbox it. And 24p is still edited at 29.97 fps, so mixing them shouldn’t be a problem. 24PA is 23.98, but regular old 24P is 29.97…so easliy mixable with your other footage.
Shane Ross
Alokut Productions
http://www.lfhd.net -
When you drop it into the uncompressed timeline and render, you master footage is still HDV. the new render files that are created are the uncompressed media that the sequence is now referencing.
Shane Ross
Alokut Productions
http://www.lfhd.net -
What decks? What capture cards? What machine, OS version, FCP Version…etc?
Shane Ross
Alokut Productions
http://www.lfhd.net -
It will be viewable, it just won’t look that good. it will look a bit blurry and will have artifacting around the edges.
This is what happens when you take 720×480 5:1 compressed video and blow it up to 1280×720 or 1920×1080.
Take a still image and zoom in 200% to get an idea.
Shane Ross
Alokut Productions
http://www.lfhd.net -
1) Yes, it will look bad. DV is the lowest form of “broadcast acceptable” formats out there. It is compressed 5:1 and has a 4:1:1 colorspace (as opposed to uncompressed having 4:2:2). It won’t look good.
Shane Ross
Alokut Productions
http://www.lfhd.net