Stuart Simpson
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Do we really need a new version of DVD Studio? What major features is it missing right now?
-Stuart Simpson
7 MacPros – Kona 3, Kona LH & Kona LHi
1 G5 – Kona LH
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Doesn’t it show up if you run a software update from the apple menu?
-Stuart Simpson
7 MacPros – Kona 3, Kona LH & Kona LHi
1 G5 – Kona LH
xbox360, Wii, PSP, PS3
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[Andree Franks] “Editshare would have been a choice (no ProRes support)”
Are you certain of this? I’m pretty sure it does have Prores support…
-Stuart Simpson
7 MacPros – Kona 3, Kona LH & Kona LHi
1 G5 – Kona LH
xbox360, Wii, PSP, PS3
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If you want to keep it super-simple you could use this:
https://DTVideolabs.com/PlaybackPro%20Plus.html
-Stuart Simpson
7 MacPros – Kona 3, Kona LH & Kona LHi
1 G5 – Kona LH
xbox360, Wii, PSP, PS3
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[Jim Wiseman] “The ones with budgets, the state legislature also getting it, will probably be 16×9 HD capable, but our contract states SD DVD’s”
If you make an anamorphic DVD and then put it in a DVD player that knows it’s connected to a 4×3 television then the DVD player will magically letterbox the image for you. You will correctly fulfill your contract if you make a DVD that is 16×9 FHA. Stay anamorphic and let the DVD player fix it.
-Stuart Simpson
7 MacPros – Kona 3, Kona LH & Kona LHi
1 G5 – Kona LH
xbox360, Wii, PSP, PS3
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[Jim Wiseman] “Did most of you do it letterboxed? (My preference) Good results?”
Argh! No! Anamorphic is the way to go. Never letterbox for DVD, always go for 16x9FHA.
-Stuart Simpson
7 MacPros – Kona 3, Kona LH & Kona LHi
1 G5 – Kona LH
xbox360, Wii, PSP, PS3
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The best choice is Episode. It’s not the cheapest though…
-Stuart Simpson
7 MacPros – Kona 3, Kona LH & Kona LHi
1 G5 – Kona LH
xbox360, Wii, PSP, PS3
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Use it all the time. Our only issue is the long export times for encoding to flash and windows media. Quality is great.
-Stuart Simpson
7 MacPros – Kona 3, Kona LH & Kona LHi
1 G5 – Kona LH
xbox360, Wii, PSP, PS3
https://www.speak.co.uk -
[Joel Colthorpe] “Powermac G5 quad 2.5GHz”
That’s your problem right there. We have a similar spec machine and it’s slow with anything other than DV or DVCPRO. All the memory and drive space in the world isn’t gong to help you go any faster with such an old machine.
-Stuart Simpson
7 MacPros – Kona 3, Kona LH & Kona LHi
1 G5 – Kona LH
xbox360, Wii, PSP, PS3
https://www.speak.co.uk -
If you used XDCAM Transfer to import your footage before you got to Final Cut you could set in & out points on the rushes. That would allow you to import just the section you wanted. No transcoding involved. You could even do it straight from the cards.
-Stuart
7 MacPros – Kona 3, Kona LH & Kona LHi
1 G5 – Kona LH
xbox360, Wii, PSP, PS3
https://www.speak.co.uk