[Steve Kownacki]

As usual, Tim’s response comes in with what I want to read, as opposed to the “it’s coming.” HA! I’m cool with the UTC – Math is fun! Just a bit of retentiveness. You guys are the best! Moo.

[Steve Kownacki]

You tell the client that youtube will shut them down and you can provide an alternate solution. Why youtube? What’s the requirement of the job?

Alternatively, you can add $1M (or more) to the budget and get clearances on everything.

[Steve Kownacki]

I keep all of my projects and media on a dedicated drive with a synced Dropbox that I share with other external editors. Nothing is only stored locally. If a drive fails, it’s quick to replace a drive an re-sync a project. I also have 2 editing machines here so the media lan-syncs to a 2nd in-house computer.

Steve

[Steve Kownacki]

SUCCESS!!!!!

Documents>Adobe>Premiere Pro>14.0>{username}
Delete this folder and 3 other files. Voila! Everything working again.
Now, it may be that it was only 1 of the files or folders within the {username} folder, but I had no custom layouts and such so I didn’t care about losing any customization.

Thanks for all the suggestions!

Also noting- before this, tried Reset preferences, and no other apps running did not help.

Steve

[Steve Kownacki]

Thanks, Andy.
Tried your sequence trick. Tried copying contents into new sequence. Completely new projects with a tone clip. Any existing project – No sound.
Premiere itself no longer outputs sound.
Tried 3 output devices. Nothing.
I’m up to 6 hours of my day lost. Grrr.

Steve

[Steve Kownacki]

My office is really clean! Not that it was a wreck before, but physical and computer desktops are organized, gear is getting repaired, filing is done, taxes are done, I exercise more, zoom meetings are a way of life. Zoom also seems to be a great way to remote control desktops – I’ve given my IT guy control to help with network setup and it’s quite functional. I’m going to try and use it to adjust my customers’ webcam settings so they don’t look like crap.

Steve

[Steve Kownacki]

About 18 months ago I pivoted from scripted production to live event work and conferences. Audio, video, lighting, staging, recording and streaming. Full plate until March 9 when the phone started ringing off the hook… with cancellations of every project until June. Gulp. Good thing I know about streaming. It took a week, but the phone’s ringing again (not crazy though) and we’re transitioning those events to virtual events. Here in PA, everything “non-essential” is shut down, but private businesses are doing a combo of work from home and the office. We go in and work with their skeleton staff and no audience, but put on all levels of conferences. Lots of breakouts with death by powerpoint, but they are putting effort into general/plenary sessions to not just be a guy at a webcam – almost getting to full, multi-cam production for them. Some presenters are remote. It’s all over the place, literally, where feeds may come from and the quality of one feed to the next.

I’m VERY worried about the internet and if it will sustain this sudden burst. Some experts say it was built for it and no worries. So why is my fios at home so laggy lately? I use a bonded LTE router for data redundancy. Cool how I’ve been an IT nerd with managed switches and NDI video over the last week.

Fortunately for me, I’m weathering OK at the moment. But without live events, I’m not hiring much crew if any. I truly feel for everyone.

Here’s a link to an Events Industry bailout petition if you care to read and sign.

Try to stay healthy. Maybe we need to unplug 2020 and reboot.

Steve

[Steve Kownacki]

My 1-minute guess is $50K with a basic (non-union) setup/production crew not including pre-production, lighting design, or any post work; or any constraints such as load-in/-out time, access, etc. Depends on the screens too, 5mm vs 3mm vs 1mm is a jump. Would take an hour or 2 to come up with an more exact quote.

Steve

[Steve Kownacki]

Cool!
Nov 1, ’91 was opening day for Final Focus!

Steve

[Steve Kownacki]

I encounter this too. Ya think after 30+ years I’d have figured it out too!

I found this – you can decipher a little from it.
https://canon.ssl.cdn.sdlmedia.com/636795760653066499GT.pdf

Steve