Shane Ross
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I’m with Gunner. Output to tape and put on the shelf. Re-capture when needed.
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What version of FCP are you using?
So you tried the VIEW>EXTERNAL>ALL FRAMES and it didn’t work? Because ALL FRAMES isn’t an option under VIEW>VIDEO PLAYBACK.
And what footage are you working with? DV?
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Have you tried going to the VIEW menu and selecting EXTERNAL>ALL FRAMES?
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Right. You will need to copy all the files off of it, use the Disk Utility in the APPLICATIONS>UTILITIES folder to reformat it Mac OS Extended (journalling off or on, doens’t really matter) then copy all the files back. Then it can be used for further digitizing.
How you are going to do that when you are already low on drive space isn’t TOO much of a mystery. Just gonna need another drive. Borrow onw if need be.
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You need to make sure the drive is formatted Mac OS Extended. Otherwise it won’t work.
And is it a firewire drive?
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You can route the DVD player thru your camera and either record it to a DV tape (if it is a commercial copy protected DVD the camera won’t allow you to do this) or if the camera supports play-through you can capture the signal directly into FCP.
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Use the Disk Utility and Repair Permissions.
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Or simply firewire out to your camera, then RCA (or s-video) from the camera to the TV. No additional equipment needed. And no wear and tear on the camera either.
Dazzle? Avoid the Dazzle. If you want a dedicated converter, get the ADVC-100 by Canopus. That is the gold standard of DV converters, and it is cheap. $265.
But as I said, no additional hardware is needed. Just your camera as the piece of equipment between your computer and TV.
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Paris, it isn’t patronizing…it is the law in the US, as Walter pointed out. If it was the law that we could use any music we wanted, then we wouldn’t have a problem.
I use temp music for a lot of the shows I work on. Sure, I do work with a library of music that our usual composer did for previous shows, and we can use that for temp as well, but often the scene calls for something that we don’t have (say THE FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST by SHeryl Crow) and I temp in the song that gives the scene the FEEL I want to convey. Then the composer comes along later and replaces ith with a similar sounding song.
But, this can be dangerous. I once used DON”T GET FOOLED AGAIN by the WHO and it fit the scene PERFECTLY. Too perfectly. SO much that the network wanted to know how much to license the music ($25,000) or the sheet music ($8000). But when we tried to get the rights, we were turned down. BUT…the composer did such a good sound alike we all fear that we will get sued.
ANYWAY, all I am saying is that there are legitimate reason for wanting temp songs from iTunes or a bought CD. But, we don’t like to help people figure out how to rip the music due to the fact that many people might not follow the rules.