[Steve Mac kenzie]

I am tending to agree about that, The two pass run is strictly a end of day thing because otherwise it adds up to allot of unproductive time in the middle of the day. I still have not seen any improvement either to even come close to justifying the extra time.

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[Steve Mac kenzie]

I am currently using the adobe media encoder on this. I have done alot of editing but this is my first foray into this new adventure. I appreciate everyones help and expertise on this.

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[Steve Mac kenzie]

Thanks for all of the help and pointing me in the right direction!
Steve

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[Steve Mac kenzie]

Just wanted to say thanks, I was able to get good results and FTP’d them to the site. I appreciate the help.
Steve

[Steve Mac kenzie]

Thank you as always for the insight into this new (4 me) medium. The 210 X 140 ratio was what the web guy coded on the site so I will have to get with him…… I appreciate the help and the link!
Another beautiful day in Central Florida, eh Mr. Gotz???
Steve

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[Steve Mac kenzie]

I have read on this and other forums as well that the project size and RAM usage issues so away with a 64 OS even though Adobe is still old school 32. I can of course keep XP and just keep it the same as at this point this rig is treating me just fine, I just want to know my options and if I hear that XP64 will play nicely or Vista will have drivers worked out then I may make the jump, but if it is issue city then maybe I will just keep her the same. I just want to be able to stay current with other programs if they need 64 and not paint myself in a corner on either side….

Thanks for the reply!
Steve

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[Steve Mac kenzie]

Yes therein lies my initial apprehension, I remember I had issues updating from 98 to XP and all the fixes and band aids etc. I appreciate the information and I will use this board as a knowledge base as soon as CS3 is released.

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[Steve Mac kenzie]

Right on, Thanks for your help. My windows media files are working just fine and I could not understand what was going on with the QT. Thanks for the heads up so I can move forward.
Steve

[Steve Mac kenzie]

The esata drives had issues causing the computers not to boot correctly. We ended up trying it on three separate systems. When I got it to boot correctly after shooting options all the way up to tier 3 support and trying exchanged drives it would cause issues with peripheral items not working such as DVD Burners etc and twice the computers needed to be reformatted but could not be recovered because they got locked up. Two brand new HP XW8400 workstations were shipped back before the drives were isolated as the problem. All of this was a real pain. We got to know seagate tech reps, hey after the first day or so we even got to talk to Americans but the problem never got solved, after 6 months we just ended up dumping the drives for store credit. I also found that the promised speeds never materialized (5 times the speed of USB 2.0 in the real world seems like a campaign promise from my experience and from talking to others.) and since I had deadlines I just kept the WB My Book Pro covering the raw video. I realize it is a bit pedestrian but it is rock solid for that system and I have never had an issue cutting 80 minute Multicam SD Timelines into television episodes. That being typed or said, I am not sour to the technology at all, Mr. Millard is very knowledgeable on these technologies. I just wanted to say that USB can be used depending on what you are looking to edit. I will be looking into some new drives soon and when I do I will look towards an esata solution because better performance is performance, but for me it will not be Seagate and it will be proven on a second machine before the switch is fully made. I like new and shiny but I like solid reliability more.
Best of Luck
Steve

[Steve Mac kenzie]

Though it is frowned on by some, USB drives can be used for cutting. I have over 50 television shows that were made on one set up with the raw video being stored on an external USB drives. The esatas kept having compatibility and durability issues so it just worked out this way. I say this because depending on what you are cutting you may find what works for you may be allot less than what some will recommend.

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